In a recent newsletter, we pointed out that poor WAN management processes cause the majority of WAN outages. We also noted that in spite of this fact, most network organizations focus much more on ...

The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) "should be a strong requisite" for companies looking to improve outsourcing relationships, according to a Hewlett-Packard executive. Developed by the U.K. Treasury ...

KIRKLAND, Wash. & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2006--Covestic Inc.: -- Covestic partners with Lombardi to produce an IT Service Management (ITSM) Business Process Management (BPM) ...

Half the battle with properly managing IT infrastructure and applications is adhering to best practices. The other half? Putting technology in place to automate, monitor and speed problem resolution.

IT can no longer deliver services based on technology fiefdoms or silos as it has in the past. This practice is dead. Organizations that refuse to accept it will either dissolve, get outsourced, or ...

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Return on investment can turn heads, even when the catalyst for that ROI is a fairly arcane IT management strategy. Return on investment can turn heads, even when the catalyst for that ROI is a fairly ...

Deep in the heartland of America an experiment is under way. The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), a set of best practices for IT service management, has begun to take root in the ...

In 2004, the Food Lion supermarket chain needed to automate its change management to help comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It decided to adopt ITILs change management processes, ...

Meta Group's weekly Client Advisor newsletter (client registration required) comments on ITIL progress in the US: The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) process framework, specifically the IT Service ...