ITIL: What goes in a Configuration Management Plan? Your email has been sent Configuration management is one of the few processes that overarch all other process and service lifecycle phases in ITIL ...

Over the last year, I’ve written on the topic of the Configuration Management Database as proposed by the IT Infrastructure Library in its best practices for service management. The CMDB has since ...

ITIL is process-oriented, but it nevertheless posits a CMDB to enable both management processes and, of necessity, management applications in support of those processes. According to ITIL, “Many ...

Pressures to decrease cost, increase reliability, and comply with local regulations conspire to make it harder than ever for IT to deliver business services efficiently. We are fast approaching the ...

The Art of Service, the leading provider of IT Management Education solutions today released the updated version of the Configuration Management Toolkit. The Configuration Management Tool Kit provides ...

Despite having a significant improvement, Mok said the process of complying with ITIL is challenging. With a large number of staff, arranging them for training and developing new processes, as well as ...

Change management reminds me of the arcade game Whac-A-Mole where you bat down an ever increasing supply of creatures that pop up. A large organization may install 300 changes a week and consume vast ...

Over the last two decades, ITIL has become the de-facto industry standard for managing IT services. IT service management tools and processes were developed and implemented to execute ITIL standards.