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…

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…