Recently the big research organizations of Gartner and Forrester have publish material that appears to support the implementation of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) into organizations.   Research into ITIL   Gartner's research identified that ITIL assists to reduce costs, to find out…

ISO/IEC 20000 has undergone an update (May 2011), for part one of the standard for the time being anyway.   The number of stipulated requirements has increased from 210 to 406 therefore many organisations are updating their intellectual property (IP) accordingly to meet the…

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. …

The introduction of ITIL into an organization often begins like a pebble dropped into a pool, small to begin with but then ripples out across the various teams, departments and in some cases divisions and countries.   Not everyone will be provided with ITIL training or…

The beauty of ITIL v3 is that it covers the Service Lifecycle comprising of the Strategy, Design, Transition, and Operation through to the Continual Service Improvement - all of which is documented in the ITIL core publications.   Having had the opportunity to engage with numerous multi-national organizations…

UK, London: The Directorate of Information (DoI) on behalf of the London Metropolitan Police Service will implement ITIL v3 by the end of 2010.   The Directorate of Information (DoI) in the United Kingdom provides the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with technology, communications and information…

The ITIL Lifecycle Process Model provides a high-level view of how the ITIL Core publications fit together. In addition it positions where the various components of ITIL come into play.   To view the ITIL Lifecycle Process Model click here (opens in a new window).  

If you are sitting scratching your head trying to pull together a proposal to support the introduction of ITIL into your organization then help is at hand. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) the owners of ITIL have published a white paper that is entitled the 'Executive Briefing…

As a recent subscriber to ITIL News, I read a well constructed article on the website regarding Service Reporting. It started by referring to the commonly used phrase of 'aligning IT with the business', and then talked about how IT Managers' business counterparts don't quite understand how IT spending creates…

How do you transform your data center from its current stove-pipe approach to the technology and process of the much heralded next generation data center?   When I sift through the list of great and visionary qualities that many believe will define the data center of the future, I…