Have you ever been asked: “What’s a service?” It might seem a strange, or even silly, question to ask someone who’s already managing, delivering, and supporting IT services – as part of an IT service management (ITSM) capability – but it’s a question that not enough of us can answer without a great deal of […]
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IT asset management is a necessary and important capability for any IT organization. It helps to manage costs, mitigate risks, and [...]
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Last week, I blogged about business relationship management (BRM) (link) and how it can seriously help IT organizations who are [...]
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Is your IT organization struggling to meet business expectations around service quality, support, or anything else? Then business [...]
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IT service catalogs can make a big difference to IT organizations wanting to improve the end-user, or customer, experience. But it’s [...]
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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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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.