The owners of ITIL, the UK Government Cabinet Office, have gone out to tender with a 'joint venture'.   The alarm bells are starting to ring. One of the fundamental strengths of ITIL is that it is non-proprietary, although a few questions were raised with the appointment of…

This Management Guide provides readers with two benefits. First, it is a quick-reference guide to IT governance for those who are not acquainted with this field. Second, it is a high-level introduction to ISACA's open standard COBIT 5.0 that will encourage further study. This guide follows the process structure of…

ATLANTA, October 29, 2012 - Consulting-Portal, a leading IT Service Management (ITSM) software and services firm, is announcing our rebranding to Navvia.   Navvia reflects the evolution of our company and combines Consulting-Portal's proven ITSM services with ITOptimizer, a SaaS BPM (Business Process Management) product, now…

November 2012: BankservAfrica, an automated clearing house is using ITIL best practices to improve and lower the cost of services to clients, and provide a framework that will enable the organisation to identify and implement continual operational improvements. Marvel's MSM Expert, an integrated ITIL-based solution has been chosen to assist…

The attached case study from iET Solutions discusses how SBB, Switzerland's largest travel and transport company, is benefiting from implementing ITSM, including improved management of multiple outsourced service providers. Download PDF: Swiss Railway SBB iET ITSM the missing link between IT service providers and SBB Informatik (420kb PDF) …

Civil Service Employees Pension Fund (CSEPF) IT Management needed improvement in following IT Service Management Areas : Need to enhance employee service response time for its IT Help Desk. Improve accountability and visibility of IT Service and Support. Improve Quality of…

The world media are having a feeding frenzy after an IT software change at a major banking organization in the UK failed, disrupting many payments into and out of customers accounts, primarily locking their funds for several days.   Numerous stories were published regarding members of the public…

17 April 2012 - ICCM Solutions is set to launch its Deploy & Improve methodology at the 2012 Service Desk & IT Support Show, to maximise the business value realised by customers when replacing legacy service management systems.   The Deploy & Improve methodology has been developed to…

The US Army's move of 1.4 million users to the cloud for email is assisting to fix long-standing process problems across the department. Mike Krieger, the Army's deputy chief information officer, stated the service and its partner, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which is hosting the email…

From January to November 2011 a global total of 224,614 people undertook the ITIL Foundation Examination.   The average percentage who passed was 88%, which equates to roughly 197,660 successful candidates passed the ITIL Foundation Examination.   If you are considering taking the ITIL Foundation Examination…