For every successful IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) implementation, there’s (at least) one that doesn’t go so well. Resistance to the structure imposed by ITIL, from business users and/or IT staff, ...

Want to know how companies such as DHL, General Motors and Nationwide Insurance achieve operational excellence, maintain high levels of IT efficiency and keep their systems compliant with myriad ...

One of the biggest challenges every business faces is how to start merging greater control through information-technology service management, or ITSM, as well as greater change and evolvability of ...

With the rise of anything good – and the inevitable industry hype that accompanies it – there can be potential dangers. Understanding ITIL means taking a realistic look at what it is and what it ...

Lately, the best practice guidelines of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) have started to wash up on North American shores. And, increasingly, analysts are attempting to make the link between ITIL and ...

The U.S. Air Force is centralizing its network operations using IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices to increase efficiencies and to boost security. The move will bring 113 bases currently ...

In a commentary, Jasmine Noel, an expert in infrastructure management, says that business service management (BSM), service level agreements (SLA), IT infrastructure library (ITIL), and Sarbanes-Oxley ...

CIOs have a new mandate from CEOs: Accelerate innovation and growth as a business-driven thought leader rather than a caretaker of technology. This paradigm shift requires changes in how IT teams work ...

In this e-guide, we shine the light on the state of IT service management (ITSM) and the framework upon which it is effectively built, the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). We explore how ITSM is ...

BMC Software – While IT organizations don’t deliver concrete and tangible goods the way manufacturing organizations do, IT and manufacturing executives face many of the same challenges. Both must ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...