With the excitement of a new version of ITIL (IT infrastructure library), there should be a resurgence of interest in ITSM (IT service management) as well. IT service management (ITSM) is nothing new.

With internal auditors breathing down their necks over compliance and security issues, many large companies are eager for help organizing IT operations infrastructure. That helps explain the ...

About three and a half years ago, LG&E Energy LLC was researching best practices for information technology services when company officials stumbled upon a concept that has revolutionized IT ...

Network management is a complex topic. In today's diverse networking infrastructure, the network has to handle more instances of unified communications, video, and virtualization. The role of the ...

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Agile service management means applying the agile mindset to IT service management, a concept that is as simple as that. Take into account, though, that this is not something that has often been done ...

Know the ITIL framework’s essential ideas, principles, and procedures. To be good at managing IT services, you should study the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service lifecycle and its five phases: ...

As a standards framework for IT services management (ITSM), the IT infrastructure library (ITIL) continues to be useful and beneficial for companies. However, it needs to be updated with more ...

The ITIL framework – the acronym being retained from its former description of Information Technology Infrastructure Library – is focused on aligning IT services with the needs of businesses, ...

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 ...