The preamble and build-up to the launch of ITIL Version 3 promised much but has it lived up to those promises six months after the launch in the middle of 2007 ?   In this article ITILnews.com attempts to objectively outline some of the observations following the release of…

Integration Technologies Group- ITG (USA) announces its flagship product Centre Version 4.6.3 has successfully met the minimum functional criteria for ITIL processes and has been awarded the PinkVerify Service Support certification designating the software as ITIL compatible. For more information, visit www.itgonline.com

Fujitsu Siemens - Announces the introduction of a complete services package for its BladeFrame system. The Solution Contract Blade Frame services package includes remote support as well as scheduled maintenance for the system and virtualization software based on the ITIL. For more information, visit: http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/

LiveTime Software announces it is partnering with Harlock Srl, based in Milan Italy.   Harlock will be a reseller for the ITIL compliant Web 2.0 Service Management software.   For more information, visit: www.livetime.com and www.harlock.biz

The Art of Service (Australia) - Receives accreditation from EXIN for a new integrated ITIL® certification course that will enable practitioners to effectively manage, organize and optimize the ITIL Capacity, Availability and IT Service Continuity Management processes.

CheckFree (USA) - Steve Olsen, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer, with a budget of $305 million and an IT team of approximately 1000, announces one of the current top initiatives is the implementation of ITIL processes combined with the consolidation of thirteen data centers into three.

Singapore's tertiary institution, the Republic Polytechnic have teamed up with BMC Software to offer students an Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) diploma. Students will be introduced to best practices including ITIL. The diploma has been introduced as a direct result of the IT skills shortage in Singapore and Asia Pacific for…

Nigeria: The United Bank of Africa (UBA) announces it is to provide ITIL training to its technology staff, inline with the training provided by other leading banks in America and Europe.  

Fox IT and Global Knowledge in the UK have announced a strategic partnership to deliver IT Service Management consultancy and learning solutions.

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