Have you ever tried to explain what ITIL could do for your business?
There’s an excellent video which has been produced by a US ITSM company, CompuCom.
It certainly ticks all my boxes:
- No jargon
- Light hearted
- Professional
- Under 4 minutes
- FREE!
ITIL in the restaurant
It will be appreciated as much by those embarking on ITIL training, as by senior executives considering ITIL investment.
>> Watch the Video “ITIL - A Simple Explanation”
If you need more information about Training & Certification:
>> Download ITIL Qualifications Explained
Blogalot - March 2010
Green Computing seems to be the new “Must Have”. There’s a Green IT Expo at the Barbican in London next week and if you believe the hype it’s a “blossoming imperative”.
- Reduce your IT Budget
- Increase Profitability
- Stay Legal
- Help with Corporate Social Responsibility
- Save the Planet
Green IT has grown so quick as a topic that definitions, requirements, priorities and strategies are still evolving fast. The holy grail for many organisations is a Green IT Strategy - and an Action Plan. To do that the first step is to assess your current carbon footprint - does the energy priority lie with laptops or data centres? Is it power supplies or displays?
And the topic soon snowballs to include consideration of Green Design, Green Disposal, and broader questions such as the use of IT to reduce environmental impact through teleworking.
The BCS has introduced the first accredited training and certification for Green IT. The ISEB Foundation Certificate provides an overview of the best practice principles of Green Computing. It’s a three day course which concludes with a short exam.
>> Find Green IT Courses on the Focus on Training website
>> Green IT Expo 10-11 November 2009
Blogalot - November 2009
More Training Courses Funded by Grants and Loans
As the recession bites, Focus has seen a significant increase in the number of training courses for project management and IT professionals supported by a variety of government initiatives.
We’ve added several pages to our website to help explain what help is (or is not) available.
>> Funding for Individuals
>> Funding for Businesses
>> ELCAS Enhanced Learning Credits for the armed forces
We find a lot of inconsistency across the country and we’re sure that many people are not aware of the possibilities. Let us know if you come across other funding sources which we have not mentioned.
Blogalot July 2009
This is the title of a recent paper by Shirley Lacey.
Perhaps not surprisingly her answer is YES for the following reasons….
1. ITIL helps you reshape and resize your IT services to meet changing business needs
2. It can help you make informed cost-benefit evaluation of IT services
3. Service Strategy & Service Design publications will help guide your approach to outsourcing and offshoring
4. Move into growth segments by changing and developing your services
5. Some organisations which have achieved ISO/IEC 20000 have reduced cycle time for change by 50%
6. Structured service management reduces risk as you move to new technologies such as cloud computing
7. When organisations merge or form alliances, ITIL provides common language and approaches
What do you think?
>> Download the article
>> Find information about ITIL training
Blogalot July 2008
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