ITIL Change Management clearly states that all Requests for Change (RFCs) must be approved and authorized in advance of implementation. The speed and effectiveness of the approval and authorization element of the Change Management process can provide the difference between the organization being responsive to market forces, competitive…

OMNITRACKER is more than just a premium IT Service Management tool, it is an extremely flexible, high performance IT platform that currently supports 12 different out-of-the-box and integrated applications, including IT Service Management, Project Management, Requirement Management and Contract Management. All applications can be easily modified and even better, clients…

A must have for anyone studying for the ITIL Foundation Examination, the ITIL Foundation Handbook.   Following on from the release of the revised ITIL 2011 core publications, the ITIL Foundation Handbook has now been updated. The updates are aligned with the new ITIL 2011 syllabus…

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…

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. …

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…

ITIL and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Â -ÂAudit findings   USA: The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has recently published its audit findings regarding ITIL Event Management, Incident Management, and Problem Management initiatives at Service Operations Command Center Branch (SOCCB).   SOCCB…

As we await details of a free download providing a summary of the updates we have pulled together the following information highlighting some of the high level updates...   ITIL Service Strategy   The concepts have been clarified, without changing the overall message. The…

ITIL 2011: ITIL 2011 is simply a continuous improvement exercise that has incorporated over five hundred changes, plus additional suggestions, roles, process flows, inputs and outputs that have been identified since the launch in 2007.   ITIL 2011 Translations: Translation of the ITIL 2011 Core Publications…