Today’s Paradigm for IT Support
There is a new paradigm in IT Support: Supporting a business that is completely reliant on IT. With this in mind, IT failures are no
Phyllis Drucker
April 6, 2022
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The Small ITSM Consultant Dilemma
An ITSM consultant memory of mine I was an IT director for a major bank when it was decreed by management that we would have
Daniel Breston
April 6, 2022
Service Desk Basics: what to do when the end user doesn’t respond?
If I remember my ITIL* studies and exams correctly – well it was over ten years ago – an incident or service request should only be closed by the
Stephen Mann
April 6, 2022
Projects from a Service Management Perspective – Part 1
Idea through to Delivery I’ve seen too many IT projects fail and too many business-driven projects pushed into production only to give IT headaches. We
James Gander
April 6, 2022
IT S&M Pain or Pleasure – Major incident management
In the final part of this three-part blog we look at the pleasure and pain involved with Major incident management Major Incident Management To my
James Gander
April 6, 2022
The Internet Experience: Employee Self Service and Self Help
I recently attended an ITSM conference where I heard the words “…and when we get to real self help…” OK, almost 20 years since I
Phyllis Drucker
April 6, 2022
A journey from Service Management to Service Management via IT
One of the things about staying around an industry space long enough to get old is that you see things change so much they come
IvorMacfarlane
April 6, 2022
Holiday Tech Freezes – Stay C.A.L.M ( Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement )
“Spokojnych swiat” – is one of most popular Christmas wishes in Poland. In English it means “We wish you a calm and peaceful holiday season”.
Aleks Yenin
April 6, 2022
ITSM/ESM Christmas Lights
Jingle bells, jingle bells.. WAIT, say what? Christmas Lights? What do Christmas Lights have to do with ITSM/ESM?? EVERYTHING!!! If your dashboards aren’t lighting up
Gregor Anton
April 6, 2022
If You Went On an ‘ITIL Journey’
You Shouldn’t be Surprised if You Got Lost…. We’ve all heard the story (or a variation of it): “In order to address growing complaints from
Michael Keeling
April 5, 2022
Why do you need a CMDB Tool in 2020? Five Companies to consider
Why do you need a CMDB tool in 2020? ITIL has been around for over 30 years touting the virtues of a configuration management database
Ryan Schmierer
April 5, 2022
Measure Twice, Cut Once! The key to successful configuration management
Most of us have heard the expression ‘measure twice, cut once’. Used in a carpentry sense (literal) it means you should double-check your measurements for
KarenFerris
April 5, 2022