In support of the Australian government's Digital Education Revolution (DER) initiative, the itSMF Australia chapter has introduced a new membership category for schools to improve the delivery of IT services to students.   Schools will be provided with access to knowledge and increased awareness as to…

ISO/IEC 20000 has undergone an update (May 2011), for part one of the standard for the time being anyway.   The number of stipulated requirements has increased from 210 to 406 therefore many organisations are updating their intellectual property (IP) accordingly to meet the…

An ITSM study undertaken in April and May 2011 by Forrester and the itSMF USA chapter focused not only on ITIL but also covered management software vendors. Below are some of the findings published by Glenn O'Donnell the author.   Some of the findings came as…

Assistance in raising the awareness of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is being provided by Hewlett Packard (HP) who is delivering a series of ITIL awareness sessions with Softline, an IT specialist in Azerbaijan. The sessions cover both ITIL and Project Management Professional (PMP).  

Gartner's vice president Jay Pultz states that IT Infrastructure and Operations (I & O) represents 60 per cent of total IT spending worldwide. Pultz goes onto state that I & O cost savings of 10 per cent in twelve months and up to 25 per cent in three…

Recently ITILnews has been contacted by one of our visitors asking if we could provide any guidance around the costs involved in implementing ITIL into an organization. Due to the variables associated with an organization including, size, location and budget, it is impossible to specify specific costing's. …

Capabilities that speed up employee and contractor onboarding will be displayed.   Atlanta, Ga. - October 3, 2011 - PMG.net Inc., the technology leader for enterprise service catalog and business process automation software, announced its participation in The HR Technology Conference, the foremost conference for HR…

A study undertaken in April and May 2011 by Forrester and the itSMF found ITIL has a positive impact on organizational productivity, service quality, IT department's reputation with the Business and operational costs.   Primarily focused in the USA, data was collected from four…

Deutsche Bank having partnered withÂTata Consultancy Services (TCS) who will deliver a global application service desk, service operations and all other IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) services to the bank at locations across seven countries - the USA, UK, Germany, Hungary, Philippines, Singapore and India to achieve transformation. …

Having developed the ISO/IEC 20000 standard and certification scheme, based upon its knowledge and experiences of ITIL, the information technology Service Management Forum or better known as the itSMF, decided to sell the certification scheme to APMG International for an undisclosed amount in October 2010.   …