The ITIL v3 Software Endorsement Scheme permits consumers to buy and use ITIL based software tools with confidence, knowing the software has been reviewed for compliance with ITIL v3. In addition consumers are provided with usability assurance, whilst software vendors are provided with the ability to show compliance with…

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is more than just a cloud-based delivery model. It is a service approach that IT organizations are considering for meeting their IT service management needs. With a SaaS model, IT organizations can focus their staff and infrastructure on high-priority activities and initiatives while still enjoying access to IT…

Knowledge Management (KM) has been portrayed as being a direct descendant of the quality movement that started with W. Edwards Deming, and quite rightly we can trace many of the core tenets of KM to the various Quality Management offshoots. The concern for parsimony and efficiency, the analysis…

The ITIL v3 certification scheme operates at four levels: ITIL v3 Foundation in IT Service Management ITIL v3 Intermediate Level - Service Lifecycle and Service Capability Streams ITIL v3 Expert Certificate ITIL v3 Master Qualification The following information has…

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a best practice framework that is publicly available for use by the IT industry. While ITIL has been in existence for over twenty years, the global adoption of ITIL has increased significantly under ITIL V2 in the last five years, and…

Like a scene from Indiana Jones the walls are closing in and you are desperately trying to find a solution or a way out. The global economy seems to be closing down, providing similar pressures, pushing, driving and dragging individuals, organizations and multi-nationals to deliver more for less.…

The motivation to write this article came from reading 'How many light bulbs does it take to change the world?' - by Charles Fishman, published in the September 2006 edition of Fast Company.   The current hot topic is global warming and the need for everyone to actively reduce…

PROLIN Provides Frictionless Path to the Future of ITSM   Woodside, California - April 27, 2010 - PROLIN, a pioneer in Service Desk software for IT Service Management (ITSM) and innovator in SaaS-based ITSM product development, today announced the company's re-formation and the commercial release of…

I believe that most would rightly accuse me of understatement for saying that both the commercial and government IT worlds are not comfortable places to be at the moment, whether permanently employed or contractor although things are looking better than they did twelve months ago, overall the short…

Imagine having an environment where several third party suppliers are involved in delivering your end-to-end services to your customer community, irrespective whether they are internal or external customers.   All is great until it fails or goes wrong. If you like 'bun-fights' you may need to…