Articles tagged with ITIL

ITIL 4 Relationship Management

ITIL 4 Relationship Management: A Quick Guide

This article explores Relationship Management’s role in ITIL 4, how it differs from previous ITIL iterations, its key principles, and best practices for successful adoption in IT service management (ITSM) environments.

Change Enablement

Change Enablement – What Change Management Became in ITIL 4

Change enablement in ITIL 4 is the management practice of ensuring that changes to IT services and the IT infrastructure are implemented in a way that minimizes risk and disruption while maximizing value. This article calls out some of the key changes in the move from ITIL v3’s change management to ITIL 4’s change enablement.

ITIL and Agile Can Coexist

How ITIL and Agile Can Coexist

ITIL and Agile are two of the most widely adopted IT frameworks. While ITIL is often associated with structured processes and governance, Agile emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and rapid delivery. However, they can coexist and even complement each other to create a more robust ITSM strategy.

Blockchain and ITSM

How Blockchain Will Transform ITSM Capabilities

Blockchain is a technology often associated with cryptocurrencies. However, it can potentially revolutionize ITSM because its ability to provide transparency, security, and immutability across processes makes it a natural fit for tackling many of ITSM’s pain points.

Hottest ITSM Trends for 2025

ITSM Trends for 2025

This article shares the results of ITSM.tools ITSM Trends for 2025 content poll based on 176 responses. There are also insights into how ITSM trends have changed over time, some trend-related opinions, and links to existing trend-related ITSM.tools content that might still help.

ITIL 4 explained

ITIL 4 IT Service Management Practices

Here Akshay Anand – Lead Architect for the ITIL update – gives the lowdown on the new ITIL 4, including the new service value system, the ‘four dimensions’, the updated guiding principles (originally found in ITIL Practitioner), and the change of processes to practices.

ITSM explained - what is ITSM?

What’s ITSM? ITIL 4 Service Management

What is ITSM? Why is ITSM important? What are ITSM’s benefits? And what are ITSM’s “quick wins”? Find out more with our comprehensive overview.

2025 ITSM Topics

2025’s Hot ITSM Topics

What IT service management (ITSM) help will you and your organization need in 2025? This is why we run our annual ITSM Topics poll – it’s good to know where you’ll likely focus next year and where others will be focusing, too. Plus, it provides a collective shout-out for assistance in certain ITSM areas.

ITSM Principles and Best Practices

10 Key ITSM Principles and Best Practices

Adhering to ITSM principles better positions your organization for long-term success – from ITIL adoption, through Knowledge-Centere Service, to streamlining change management. This article explains more.

ITSM Tool Accreditation Schemes

What Do You Need From ITSM Tool Accreditation Schemes?

The PeopleCert ITIL-Accredited Tool Vendors (ATV) Programme wants to increase the value ITSM tool accreditation schemes provide. But what could and should be done to enhance ITSM tool accreditation schemes such as the ATV Programme?

ITAM Challenges

IT Asset Management Challenges and How to Overcome Them

While there are many benefits from IT asset management (ITAM) adoption, organizations can still face challenges in implementing and maintaining effective ITAM practices. This article outlines the common ITAM adoption challenges.

ITIL Best Practices for MSPs and MSSPs

10 ITIL Best Practices for MSPs and MSSPs

Managed service providers (MSPs) deliver various IT services to businesses, ranging from network management to disaster recovery. While managed security service providers (MSSPs) specialize in delivering security-centric services, differentiating them from generic MSPs. This article shares ten ITIL best practices that can apply to both MSPs and MSSPs.