The IT Skeptic's past podcasts from long ago

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COBIT rivals ITIL - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2008-09-16 09:24
8:07 minutes (3.26 MB)

A podcast of the original blog post

The IT Skeptic believes that COBIT has matured to the point where the supporting books constitute a body of knowledge (BOK) that is coming close to a credible alternative to ITIL

BMC's own CMDB figures - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Tue, 2008-08-19 10:17
9:32 minutes (3.83 MB)

A podcast of the original post a back-of-an-envelope re-analysis of Forrester and BMC's own CMDB research

Several readers argue well that ROI is not the right measure for a CMDB, but nevertheless management want to know what they get for their money, and BMC's own research suggests "not much".

Crap Factoid: CMDB saves $1M - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Wed, 2008-08-06 09:59
7:22 minutes (2.96 MB)

A podcast of the original blog post Crap Factoid Alert: CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year .

This is a CATEGORY 1 Crap Factoid alert from Chokey the Chimp at the IT Skeptic's Crap Factoid Warning Service. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Be on EXTREME danger alert for CF "CMDB savings of more than $1 million per year". BMC and Forrester are shovelling it.

who is Julie Linden - the IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Fri, 2008-07-11 09:59
7:18 minutes (2.94 MB)

A podcast of the original article itSMFUSA declares who it thinks was Julie Linden
So itSMFUSA believes James Prunty is Julie Linden. I look forward to seeing the outcome of this suit as I would love to know the truth of this. Whether a lawsuit will ever reveal the truth is another question.

ITIL V3: where's the portal? - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Thu, 2008-06-19 09:28
3:58 minutes (1.6 MB)

A podcast of the original postITIL V3: where's the portal?
Long ago in a time far away, OGC promised an ITIL Live™ Portal to augment the impending new ITIL V3. "It's coming..."

Review: Foundations of ITSM - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2008-06-15 09:39
7:06 minutes (2.86 MB)

A podcast of the original article An IT Skeptic book review: Foundations of ITSM based on ITIL V3

Can the five core ITIL V3 books be compressed into one without significant loss of content? Yes it would seem so

Big Uncle - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Mon, 2008-06-09 10:44
27:58 minutes (8 MB)

An extra-long 28-minute podcast of the series of posts on Big Uncle

Big Uncle is a name for the concept of “benevolent security”. Privacy is a dated concept, disappearing fast. People get all tied in a knot over this, but the consequences are only as bad as we let them be. Like any technology, there will be evil applications and there will be good ones. There are upsides which the IT Skeptic investigates.

The people who govern ITIL qualifications - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2008-06-08 10:01
4:56 minutes (1.99 MB)

A podcast of the original post The people who determine the future of ITIL training, qualifications and certification
Now that OGC have outsourced ITIL certification and trainer accreditation to APMG, a private for-profit company, let us look at the people who influence the shape of ITIL V3's slowly emerging qualifications system.

Controlling Application Development - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2008-06-08 09:44
7:38 minutes (3.07 MB)

A podcast of the original post
How does IT Operations get control of "the other half"? How do we stop them chucking dead cats over the wall for us to own? It is pretty straightforward.

Happy Birthday ITIL - The IT Skeptic

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2008-06-08 09:31
4:11 minutes (1.69 MB)

A podcast of the original post

OGC is celebrating the first year of ITIL V3. What do we have to show after a year? I'm underwhelmed.

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