Starting or Restarting Your ITSM Program with a Business Improvement Focus

Focusing on IT value to the business—at the least cost and amount of time—requires a different view of IT service management, one from a business-value perspective or a customer-oriented approach. Successful IT organizations redirect focus to business transformation and business growth...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Small and Medium Businesses: The Threat Landscape and the Plan of Action

While large enterprises have a well-defined security mechanism in place with dedicated personnel to look after it, in most SMBs the scenario is less organized, short-staffed, and under-equipped. They have a small number of IT staff who manages to give only a portion of their time towards the...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Service Transition: Leveraging Three New ITIL v3 Concepts

For years organizations have struggled with the concept of change. We know that we need to change; we just don't do a good job of planning and managing change within the IT organization. With the introduction of ITIL v3, three new concepts have been brought to light that will help your...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

Service-Oriented Architecture: The New Paradigm

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) promises to deliver exceptional flexibility and cost savings to IT by defining a methodology for the use and reuse of software components and business processes. SOA focuses on bridging the gap between business processes and IT through well-defined,...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Service Level Management: Essential Techniques for Developing and Managing SLAs

The service level management process represents the heart of any ITSM program, as it deals with managing customer expectations and defining the level of service to be provided. In cloud-based or multisourced environments this is of particular importance, since accountability for the end-to-end...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Service Catalogs and Security Processes

For many enterprises, service catalogs can be a double-edged sword. They allow you to automate and publish, via the web, access to a vast library of applications and corporate information to both internal and external constituencies. Yet access to anduse of those applications and corporate...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

Service Catalogs: Actionable vs. Static

This white paper addresses a key confusion point about service catalogs, and why the service catalog might be the most important ITIL concept you should consider and implement.
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

Service Catalog Trends

In many large organizations, the role of the IT function is poorly communicated and hence misunderstood. IT groups often view business users as overly demanding and under appreciative, while users perceive IT as reactive and defensive. In recent years, frameworks such as ITIL have emerged,...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Service Catalog: Are You the Master or Slave?

This white paper explores the art of service catalog management: how to create, how not to create one, the challenges and benefits, and top tips for setting it up and improving it.
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

Secure Passage Through a World of Technological Threats

Today’s business world, in its pursuit for enhanced efficiency, is opening up more and more to all devices that can improve workforce mobility and productivity. Technology has supported our need for mobility and has also provided additional means of communication. Laptops, smart phones, memory...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015