ITSM best practices and change management

ITSM best practices and change management

IT Service Management (ITSM), an important component to ITIL framework, offers IT departments effective processes to manage change and deliver services in the data center. Chapter 2 in our guide on ITIL processes in the data center covers ITSM best practices and change management.

ITIL enables a service management mindset

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CIO Resources on IT Service Management
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This was first published in March 2010