The global economic downturn is being blamed for the collapse of a significant UK Training Provider.   New Horizons UK franchise owned by Thunder Bay Group Limited went into administration in April 2009 owing £2.1m (approx. $3m). John Stoddard the Managing Director was unavailable for comment…

Recent figures released for January 2008 to January 2009 suggest that ITIL Version 2 Foundation, Practitioner and Managers courses are still in strong demand almost two years after the release of ITIL Version 3.   When launched ITIL Version 3 promoted the fact that ITIL Version 2 disciplines…

The following information is for the period from January 2008 to January 2009:   ITIL Version 2 Examinations taken   FOUNDATION PRACTITIONER MANAGERS 107850 …

We understand that the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), the owners of ITIL, is looking to create an online survey for the international ITIL community to evaluate the possible withdrawal of ITIL Version 2 publications and qualifications.   As soon as we know more we will…

During July 2008 Xpertise, the UK based ITIL training organization announced it had made an offer to takeover Parity training also UK based. In August 2008 the Xpertise shareholders rejected the resolution after it had received a takeover approach.   Privately owned QA-IQ specified…

EDS (Electronic Data Systems) Asia Pac, hot on the heels of it's agreed takeover by HP (Hewlett Packard) in May for around US$14bn, has announced that it is to standardize on BMC's Atrium Configuration Management Database (CMDB) based on ITIL, to assist with managing and monitoring people, processes…

UK based Touchpaper, the provider of ITIL Service Management software has been acquired by Avocent of the USA, for approximately $45 million. The deal was completed on 1st July 2008.  

APM Group (APMG) the organization who are responsible for the development and administration of the ITIL Version 3 Certification Scheme, announced on the 23rd May 2008, the release dates for the ITIL Intermediate Certificate modules, ITIL Service Lifecycle and ITIL Service Capability. The exact details are…

A three year contract has been awarded to STG who work under an ITIL framework. STG will continue to provide IT services, systems integration, high-performance computer (HPC) support, and graphics and administrative support.    

Compugen Inc, Canada (March 2008) announces Release 4.1 of Compugen eMerge, its asset lifecycle management solution. Based on IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) eMerge assists to control costs, minimize business risk and maximize the business value that IT infrastructure delivers by helping to manage IT-related assets - hardware, software,…