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 Stationary Office (TSO) in the UK has announced the official ITIL Version 3 Glossary of Terms has been translated into French and is available to download for free subject to agreement to the terms of use by clicking here.   Info moved here.  

A comprehensive and professionally produced download produced by the itSMF organization. The free download provides a high-level overview of ITIL V3. It is aimed at a general audience and is valuable to both an individual and organization who have simply heard of ITIL and also those that are…

61% believe having staff trained in ITIL gave businesses a competitive edge. 66% not ready to implement ITIL V3 although did plan to implement in the future. 17% had set timescales for implementing ITIL Version…

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.  

The table below (click here) provides details surrounding the ITIL V3 courses, although these may change as the ITIL V3 Qualifications Board is still required to approve them. Further details regarding the ITIL V3 Qualification Scheme Structure and ITIL V3 Bridging Qualifications can be found by clicking here. …