IT guys are often happiest when something breaks and they have a root cause to find, investigate, and resolve. Sometimes, though, finding the cause isn’t necessary but it can be hard to resist. Let me tell you a story that shows what I mean. My neighbors once had an issue with their gas supply. During […]
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For me it was a constant source of bafflement in projects – why does the obvious seem so out of reach when we look at applying IT [...]
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Maintaining a 5-star service desk relies on the continual assessment, and potential improvement, of the service you offer. But it can [...]
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There are Three Ways of DevOps, three principles that underpin all other DevOps patterns. The DevOps Second Way is to “Amplify Feedback [...]
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Shadow IT, the introduction and use of IT in an organization with little or no involvement or support from the IT department, is a [...]
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We have all had, or have heard about, IT horror stories that have caused businesses to go into unplanned panic (and most likely to be [...]
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It’s not often that I admit to being excited by a new ITIL publication – the popular IT service management (ITSM) best practice [...]
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In ITIL 2011 – an IT service management (ITSM) best practice framework – there’s five books covering nearly thirty ITSM processes. And [...]
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The IT press and social media make it clear that our world is getting riskier every day, making cyber security the new flavor of the [...]
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Everyone understands the need for availability of services. I mean, we all want our power services to be there, right? OK, maybe some [...]
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Introduction If you’re following IT service management (ITSM) trends, you’ll have noticed continuous improvement is “the new black,” [...]
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As part of the rapid growth in social media adoption, Twitter reignited a “chat revolution” and triggered a resurgence in internet [...]
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Last year, my good friend Earl Begley wrote an interesting blog called “Things I didn’t learn in ITIL school.” Earl’s blog detailed [...]
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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.