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Adobe Flash End of Life – Managing Change and Keeping Secure

Posted by Marco Rottigni
on August 18, 2020

Adobe is set to remove support of Adobe Flash on the 31st December 2020. With that date rapidly approaching, companies need to be fully prepared. This article shares three steps for ensuring your organization effectively manages the change and remains secure.

8 Key Factors to Recognize When Implementing SIAM

Posted by Steve Morgan
on August 6, 2020

In this article Steve Morgan shares his experiences of implementing multi-vendor IT operating models, offering up eight key areas of advice to help you on your own SIAM journey.

Consultancy Beyond ITSM Implementation to Support Continual Improvement

Posted by Sumit De
on July 30, 2020

The first day using your service management solution is important. But for your service desk to be as efficient and intuitive as it can be, you’ve got to continually improve your knowledge and use of the tool. The best people to guide you along the way? ITSM consultants. Here’s why.

3 Lean Tips for ITSM

Posted by Joe The IT Guy
on July 21, 2020

This article by Joe the IT Guy describes three Lean concepts (Pull the Andon, Genchi Genbutsu and Gemba, and Nemawashi) that can be applied to ITSM – helping ITSM teams with their work tasks and enhancing the quality of leadership. Read it now.

ITSM in the New Normal – a Crowdsourced Perspective

Posted by Sophie Danby
on July 9, 2020

So much has changed with the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s important for IT organizations to realize that IT service delivery and support will likely never be the same. With that in mind, here 22 ITSM-ers share their thoughts and opinions on what ITSM will look like in this ‘new normal’.

The Path Out of COVID-19 Needs Service Management Tools

Posted by Patrick Bolger
on July 8, 2020

Research has shown that demand for modern, agile service management tools is greater than ever. This article by Patrick Bolger explains how IT groups with a strong digital strategy – who are acting now – will help the service management tools market to fly.

Five Things to Expect of ITSM in the New Normal

Posted by John Custy
on July 2, 2020

What will the “new normal” mean for ITSM? Will it be more or less relevant? Can the ITSM frameworks and methodologies help us adjust, or will it hinder us from achieving credibility with our customers? How will working remotely affect our relationships with our suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders? Here, John Custy explores.

Next Steps for our Post-COVID-19 Future

Posted by Barclay Rae
on July 1, 2020

In this article, industry authority Barclay Rae shares some practical activities that organizations – including yours – can take to plan for ITSM’s post-COVID-19 future across three key areas of: governance, data and analytics, and social continuity.

Using ITSM Tools for Cloud Governance

Posted by Steve Chambers
on June 25, 2020

ITSM practitioners, practices, and tools should be considered important guardrails to add to any cloud adoption project. And there are no excuses for an ungoverned cloud. This article explains the importance of ITSM guardrails for cloud governance and lists several key tools and practices to put those guardrails on the cloud.

Why isn’t Agile Part of Your Business Continuity Approach?

Posted by Daniel Breston
on June 23, 2020

Are traditional business continuity planning and management practices dated? Daniel Breston thinks so. In this article, he explains many of the common business continuity issues and how blending in newer IT management approaches such as DevOps will help.

Advice for Common Remote Communication and Collaboration Issues

Posted by Paul Wilkinson
on June 19, 2020

Without effective remote communication and collaboration skills and enabling toolsets, our businesses face risks and our employees will experience some or all of stress, frustration, fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Here, Paul Wilkinson explores the issues and the solutions in more detail.

The Making of a Maturity Model: An Approach to Culture and Client Support

Posted by Ron van Haasteren
on June 17, 2020

Has your organization considered taking a maturity model approach to the improvement of its ITSM capabilities? To help you to understand the opportunity, this article quickly explains the key aspects of maturity model use as part of a service improvement health check.

How Do You Choose the Right ITSM Tool?

Posted by Steve Morgan
on June 10, 2020

Choosing a new ITSM tool is a time-consuming and costly activity, after all selecting the wrong tool will inevitably cause our organization significant issues. To help, this article examines the ten key characteristics of a good tool selection process and highlight some of the pitfalls you’re likely to encounter along the way.

Want to Adopt COBIT? Here Are 6 Tips to Help

Posted by Ariel Gesto
on May 27, 2020

From understanding what governance means to you and your peers, to focusing on COBIT 5’s six enablers, to simply fully appreciating what COBIT is, this article takes a look at how you can get started successfully with COBIT in your organization.

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