IT service catalogs can make a big difference to IT organizations wanting to improve the end-user, or customer, experience. But it’s not just a technology “thing.” Instead, those involved in making the IT service catalog a success need to ensure that they think from the customer point of view. In essence the service [...]
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If you actively participate in the IT service management (ITSM) community, then you’ve probably heard the growing level of [...]
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Many IT organizations will admit to the fact that they could be somewhat better at getting better, i.e. better at improving operations [...]
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“Kaizen” might sound like a breakfast roll but don’t be fooled – it’s a philosophy and approach that aids continuous service [...]
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Many IT organizations think it’s too difficult to take on software asset management (SAM), also called software license management [...]
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Questions around the performance of IT self-service, compared to more traditional IT support access and communication channels, opens [...]
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Who doesn’t love the holidays? The feeling of goodwill, the great TV, seeing friends and family. How awesome is the holiday period? But [...]
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In the IT service management (ITSM) world there’s often talk of the need for configuration management and configuration management [...]
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Aha, the highly-effective series continues. Release management is often a misunderstood process, or capability, with the dividing line [...]
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DevOps isn’t just about development, the creation of new code and capabilities, there’s also the need to release to the production [...]
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Configuration management and the configuration management database (CMDB) should play a key part in the IT service management (ITSM) [...]
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IT asset management (ITAM) is a powerful IT management activity that saves your organization time and money and minimizes risk; but all [...]
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Public cloud has come a long way since we were all worried about the levels of security and availability associated with the delivery [...]
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So in case you hadn't worked it out yet, I'm Joe! Hello there. I'm a native New Yorker and I love everything connected to IT service management (ITSM). I'm a passionate blogger and Twitter addict, and I'm also the resident IT guy at SysAid Technologies.