Directory of blog entries

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The blogging bubble 2008-01-20 2
The service desk isn't here right now 2012-07-23 2
A new look for the IT Skeptic, and a note on Excessive Technical Fastidiousness or ETF 2008-09-02 2
There is no such thing as ITIL NON-compliant software tools 2008-10-09 2
Subscriptions 2009-11-25 2
itSMF Communications 2012-03-20 2
How to use this website 2008-02-06 2
Continual Chunky Correction 2011-06-13 2
IBM wrote ITIL. In fact Alasdair Meldrum did 2007-03-16 2
The iPhone apps goldrush 2009-04-22 2
Inconsistency in ITIL product compliance? 2010-11-13 2
The software analyst industry needs a code of practice. 2006-08-17 2
Taking on the CMDB Deathstar 2009-10-30 2
ITIL V3 Certification points system: the magic number 21.5 2007-06-12 2
ITIL Software Scheme comes under more fire 2009-07-02 2
The CMDB Federation proceeeds at its usual glacial pace 2008-05-17 2
A new concept goes into over-hype: Agile 2010-08-13 2
ITIL Certification: a technique for passing multiple-choice exams 2008-03-01 2
Delivery of COBIT User's Guide for Service Managers is slipping waiting on ITIL approval? 2009-01-31 2
I sold my soul to Google 2010-12-17 2
I want links on the IT Skeptic site that link to another site to open in ... 2007-07-11 2
What should IT call the Rest Of The Business? 2009-03-11 2
More AI hype from CIO.com 2018-04-10 2
Improve first 2012-10-09 2
The ITIL V3 - COBIT V4.1 mapping white paper is available and no wonder noone is saying much 2008-09-02 2
Sharon Taylor's five common myths about ITIL Version 3 2007-05-12 2
ISO/IEC 20000 as a mandatory requirement 2009-02-19 2
A new look 2012-03-23 2
The 3Rs: Roles Responsibilities Relationships 2016-02-28 2
The IT Skeptic's first impressions of the ITIL Version 3 core books 2007-07-02 2
Terminological debasement 2012-07-26 2
Self-deluding optimism over the recession 2009-04-23 2
Vendor marketeers stretch to reach out for ITIL 2008-07-22 2
Is Knowledge Management a hole in COBIT? 2009-07-03 2
Don't try to change culture 2014-07-05 2
Some things are more important than ITIL 2007-02-06 2
Two new heads 2013-06-12 2
itSMF International launches new website 2008-03-03 2
British Government Cabinet Office is selling ITIL and Prince2 2012-11-01 2
a scout hall built between a pub and a brothel 2007-09-13 2
The IT Skeptic Awards for 2010 2010-12-31 2
Normal transmission will be resumed as soon as possible 2006-11-29 2
Analyst crap factoids as memes: nobody thinks any more 2008-04-12 2
Does DevOps eliminate any ITSM processes? 2018-04-18 2
What I did in my summer holidays 2008-01-26 2
Is APMG an accreditor or a competitor for ITIL ATOs? 2010-01-13 2
Interesting comparison between Google and Microsoft product launches 2012-06-29 2
Hornbill ITIL State of the Nation survey: Viewer discretion advised 2009-09-24 2
Powerpoint as a protector of intellectual property 2007-05-12 2
The itSMF website misses basic information 2009-02-03 2
Devops rediscovering service management 2017-11-13 2
The last application lifecycle 2015-09-22 2
Technology does not fix process problems, but that's still what people want to see 2007-07-03 2
If all I had was a hammer 2014-07-18 2
Why the USA is unsuitable for offshoring 2009-05-03 2
Google enters the fitness device market 2015-03-31 2
Response from British Government to appeals for Free ITIL 2011-03-25 2
Do you know the professional recognition of individuals in Service Management Institute, a.k.a. prISM? 2014-10-27 2
Why forums are dangerous 2009-06-18 2
IT Skeptic bumped off Wikipedia 2006-06-06 2
Crap Factoid Alert: "Two-thirds of companies around the globe are using ITIL" 2008-03-25 2
Another blog to watch is Platen - where technology meets common sense 2009-02-09 2
APMG has our full support 2008-12-09 2
There is no such thing as NoOps: it is an awful word 2014-12-11 2
Watch out Microsoft, your spurious patents may be worthless 2007-05-13 2
images of Lean 2017-08-20 2
EXIN runs a poll on the future of ITIL V2 2008-10-20 2
New Zealand makes another positive contribution to itSMF International 2009-04-23 2
don't expect technology to alter the way business is run 2008-08-13 2
CMDB's Dirty Little Secret 2009-07-09 2
Comments from the IT Skeptic blog, February 2008 2008-03-04 2
Castle ITIL opens a window: itSMFI continues admirable policy of communicating 2010-02-23 2
Auto-discovery is only a minor consideration for CMDB 2008-07-01 2
Terminological debasement of governance 2009-06-14 2
EasyVista release Category 2 cluster of ITSM crap factoids 2010-07-07 2
What does going fast mean? 2018-05-12 2
Windows Vista - the sick slug 2008-12-09 2
Software automation won't necessarily lower staff costs 2010-01-09 2
Memo to itSMF: this is how you run an organisation 2009-09-17 2
Muddled Management of Portfolios 2011-11-15 2
Thank-you and Merry Christmas from the IT Skeptic 2014-12-25 2
Nicholas Carr and the demise of journalism 2009-02-23 2
emerging trends and themes of IT Service Management 2010-05-07 2
ITIL V3 love takes time 2008-10-20 2
Practice maturity is a measure of management not performance 2009-11-29 2
Microsoft Office dependency 2012-04-16 2
ITIL on eBay: an IT Skeptic Special Report 2007-07-11 2
The IT Skeptic's RealIT Radio 2014-07-26 2
Cutting the cost of IT Operations 2009-04-25 2
latest on ITIL Version 3 Certification from APMG 2007-09-18 2
How it feels to be the IT Skeptic 2009-10-23 2
Reviews of Owning ITIL 2009-07-09 2
We need a movement 2011-03-29 2
Should you do ITIL certification training with ITIL version 3 looming? An IT Skeptic Special Report 2007-02-13 2
Some thoughts on the Capita JV 2013-06-30 2
Not a review of Cult of the Amateur 2009-02-23 2
How badly is ITIL damaged by vendor influence? What needs fixing? 2007-05-14 2
OGC gives us an ITIL V3 maturity assessment standard, but they won't publish 2009-06-01 2
the rising anger at OGC and APMG over ITIL and Prince2 2010-12-23 2
What's so creepy 2014-01-12 2
Where the IT Skeptic has been 2008-05-07 2
McKinsey on how CIOs should think about business value 2009-03-19 2
Is TSO operating without a license to enforce copyright for PRINCE2? 2010-01-03 2
Shopping: request vs incident 2012-07-30 2
On collaboration and debate 2013-01-27 2
Process maturity is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for improving service. 2009-11-30 2
How I manage my time with Google Calendar 2013-07-20 2
Is ITIL V3 Foundations designed to suit the needs of the students or the trainers? 2007-07-12 2
is ITSM the best perspective on everything IT? 2010-05-25 2
A special case crap factoid: the survey that doesn't exist 2011-07-13 2
Risk Management - the lost process of ITIL V3 2008-06-13 2
How does OGCs MoV stack up against ValIT? 2010-11-22 2
ITIL the product 2013-08-18 2
The difference between ITIL and COBIT for consultants: four words 2012-02-06 2
Squeell: a breakthrough application of social media to IT Service Management takes ITIL to the next level 2011-04-01 2
Who owns the system during the go-live warranty period? 2015-03-22 2
Acoustic shock syndrome – don’t employ nervous anxious people in your call-centre, it will cost you 2007-02-14 2
PRINCE2 2009 refresh spookily familiar to ITIL users 2009-04-06 2
An Alternative to ITIL 2007-05-14 2
Real IT is at three levels: governance, management and execution 2014-01-14 2
Technology does not fix process 2006-12-07 2
Even Gartner say ITIL adoption is limited and falling 2010-07-17 2
Knight Capital makes the point about the risks of automation 2012-08-06 2
IT operations can learn from lean manufacturing 2007-08-16 2
Service Catalogue in a nutshell 2011-10-16 2
What does it mean when there is a Second Edition of a core ITIL V3 book? 2010-05-16 2
On exponential systems 2013-01-14 2
IT Skeptic runner-up in ComputerWeekly blog awards 2009-11-30 2
A superb piece of IT Skepticism 2007-07-12 2
Is ITIL still dead in the water? 2008-08-16 2
OGC fix their trademark guidance for ITIL, Prince2 etc 2010-12-01 2
How to Hire 2013-08-20 2
Blogs at 10 paces as ITIL service catalogue vendors shoot it out on the web 2008-09-24 2
Call for authors and reviewers for the ITIL V3 Refresh refresh 2009-10-28 2
New improved version of the IT Skeptics "ITIL Version 2 to Version 3 Transformation" diagram 2007-06-18 2
Will Microsoft ever live up to their MOF promise? 2009-07-15 2
In praise of ITSM engagement models 2015-03-03 2
ITIL V3 lost that down-home authenticity 2008-08-30 2
Many ITIL projects are overcapitalised renovations 2006-06-24 2
No thanks I don't want to look at your ITSM product 2010-03-04 2
The New IT Age 2013-03-04 2
Why companies change their ITSM tool 2017-03-10 2
The CMDB Tidal Wave? More of a ripple. 2007-05-16 2
Applications closing very soon for roles with itSMF IT Service Management research journal 2008-07-09 2
Right now my organisation's involvement with ISO/IEC 20000 is: 2008-05-30 2
Skep Chat 2013/04/04 - hangout with the IT Skeptic 2013-04-04 2
comment spammers 2008-12-18 2
Great DevOps articles 2016-08-18 2
Egg on face from the ITIL Refresh Refresh: we can do better at reviewing bodies of work 2009-09-20 2
The applicability of factory-floor techniques to IT 2013-05-25 2