Capacity Planning for Virtualized Infrastructure
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ITIL lifestyle management: Benifits to consolidation strategy
By: TechTarget Data Center
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New technologies, security threats and compliance requirements have forced many IT execs to consider other data center options, from consolidation to IT outsourcing options such as cloud computing and colocation providers as a way to manage this increased demand on their environments
Access this expert e-guide for an in-depth look at each of these strategies and determine which one is best for your business. Download now and learn how ITIL lifecycle management can benefit your consolidation strategy.
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Expert Tips: Making ITSM Part of Your IT Strategy
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Without a doubt, you know the economy is in a recession and organizations are struggling. As a result, IT budgets have been slashed, with the inevitability that heads have been cut and non-critical projects have been put on hold or cancelled. In this environment, some management teams have elected to cut funding for process improvement initiatives, including IT Service Management (ITSM) efforts, which can place them at a disadvantage both during the downturn and especially during the recovery.
What management needs to understand is that having effective and efficient processes aids IT during a downturn and readies organizations for when the economy improves. Efficient and effective processes are needed not just to control costs and risks, but also for IT to sustainably deliver services that meet the needs of the business now and in the future.
Continue reading to learn more about making ITSM part of your IT strategy.
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Why it's time to mothball traditional ITSM approaches
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The IT service management (ITSM) times truly are a’ changing. Given escalations in cybercrime, new demands for data privacy, big data, real-time analytics, cloud, SaaS, and the ubiquity of mobile everything, ITSM must keep pace in order to remain business-aligned, operationally controlled, and cost-effective.
So why does traditional ITSM just not cut it in today’s digitally disrupted marketplace?
Discover in this expert guide why traditional ITSM tactics belong in museums, not in forward-looking IT departments, as explained by IT strategist Harvey Koeppel. Read on and learn how to boost IT services in today’s digitally enabled marketplace, see how SABRE technology redefines ITSM support, and more.
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