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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The upgraded best practice framework ITIL Version 3 includes guidance on how to get processes in place to optimize IT service delivery and management. For IT shops looking to adopt a best practice ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been nearly a year since Version 3 of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) came out. The update to ITIL, a framework for best practices in IT service delivery, was intended to sharpen its focus ...

IT managers with tight budgets and growing demands might want to check out a set of best practices that have the likes of Procter & Gamble Co. and the U.S. Navy talking about its promise to cut costs ...