ITILnews editor comment: Following the publication of an article on ITILnews we are pleased that one of out readers has decided to expand the article by sharing his experiences of working with ITIL in practice. I hope you find the response from Colin Mayers, an ITIL Manager, Red…

ITIL is becoming the de-facto standard globally for IT Service Delivery but is it the silver bullet?   Many companies globally have implemented and are implementing ITIL be it version 2 or version 3. Companies from both Public and Private sectors have started their journeys in…

You can now submit your ITIL press releases (or ITIL related press releases) to ITILnews.com for publication and distribution via the ITILnews.com web site.   Your press release will remain on the site for as long as you would like, only moving down the list as additional releases…

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The adoption of ISO/IEC 20000 is a considerable investment by any organization in time, resources and ultimately costs.   To assist Senior Management in making an informed decision on whether to commission the ISO/IEC 20000 route a work book is available entitled:  …

From the same stable as ITIL, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), comes the updated Prince2 2009, which is to be launched on the 16th June in London, UK. The launch event is by invitation only, but the publishers, The Stationary Office (TSO), have a live stream that…

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…

For the first time since creating the Information Technology Infrastructure Library more than 20 years ago, the U.K.'s Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has officially endorsed a compliance framework to audit vendor products, documentation and processes against the published best practices of ITIL (versions 2 and 3). The compliance scheme…

During the current global economic challenges, expenditure is probably the most important focus of any organization. The governance of the majority of economic expenditure within IT is performed primarily through the Change Management process. For clarity the definition of 'Governance' according to ITIL is:   Ensuring…

Introduction   The official definition of an ITIL Service Catalogue is:   (ITIL Service Design) A database or structured Document with information about all Live IT Services, including those available for Deployment. The Service Catalogue is the only part of the ITIL Service Portfolio…