The IT Skeptic - Axelos

Axelos legal bullies on the rampage

skeptic — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 01:33:00 +0000

It seems that Axelos's lawyers are no better than TSO's were: a bunch of idiot bullies.

ITIL exam market continues to shrink

skeptic — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 23:46:46 +0000

It's not as if too many people really care anymore, but the ITIL market appears to continue to shrink.
I haven't kept an eye on the numbers for a while - having more important things to think about these days with DevOps - but a comment on this blog triggered me to go look again. Yup, still falling.

Axelos are the Official source of DevOps now?

skeptic — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:25:14 +0000

Imagine my surprise to discover at the recent DevOps Enterprise Summit conference that Axelos are now the official source of DevOps.

An interesting tale of ITIL trademarks

skeptic — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 03:56:24 +0000

Here is an interesting story of the use of the ITIL name....

Read this link first.

I take these lessons from this:

1) Lawyers are incapable of subtlety or nuance, or even thinking much.

2) Build an open content website and they won't come.

Copyright issues when using ITIL at the coalface

skeptic — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:57:54 +0000

Axelos are shooting themselves in the foot by constraining consultants' use of ITIL.

Axelos Consulting Partner (ACP) Programme

skeptic — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:08:19 +0000

Axelos recently announced their Axelos Consulting Partner (ACP) Programme to licence ... er I mean "formally recognize [sic]" consulting organisations practicing in all areas of Axelos "global best practice" including ITIL and PRINCE2. They're putting the squeeze on.

the ITIL Squeeze in 2015

skeptic — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:58:43 +0000

AXELOS are doing a few troubling things lately, that may or may not point to an ITIL Squeeze in 2015 as AXELOS seek to capitalise on their purchase of ITIL (and the rest of the Best Practice por

Axelos are dropping ITIL complementary certifications

skeptic — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 23:28:15 +0000

The creeping squeeze: Axelos will no longer recognise Complementary certifications for ITIL qualifications. I can't see anything positive for the ITIL community in this. In fact the only interpretation I can imagine is an attempt by Axelos to weaken competition.

Axelos and itSMF sign an ITIL agreement to nothing much

skeptic — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 04:14:44 +0000

Axelos and itSMF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding over ITIL. It took a while and it doesn't seem to say much (though who would know for sure as we don't actually get to see it). I guess this is a reflection of the strategic importance of itSMF to the business of ITIL, i.e. not much.

Axelos release roadmaps for ITIL and PPM PRINCE2

skeptic — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:29:30 +0000

Axelos today released their roadmaps for the development of their ITIL and PPM products.

AXELOS are on a roll with ITIL and PRINCE2

skeptic — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:59:02 +0000

The latest (October 9th 2013) newsletter from AXELOS shows they are saying and doing all the right things.

ITIL the product

skeptic — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:07:45 +0000

There was discussion on Google+ today about the "product management" of ITIL.

ITIL Intellectual Property under the new Axelos regime

skeptic — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 07:20:20 +0000

Axelos has published Intellectual Property (copyright and trademark) guidance for ITIL, PRINCE2 and the rest of the "Swirl suite". Unintelligible Property guidance, more like. Combine it with worrying signs that Axelos want to start shaking down the consulting industry for dollars and it doesn't look good for we consultants.

Some thoughts on the Capita JV

skeptic — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 01:54:50 +0000

As many readers will know, The UK Government and a British outsourcer called Capita have formed a joint venture (JV) to own and sell the whole "Swirl" best-practice portfolio, which includes ITIL and PRINCE2. The company (which remains nameless) exists from 1st July, and will be fully operational from 1st January 2014. This is the end-game (end of days, some would say) of a journey to commercialise these frameworks that started with the mysterious disappearing 1.1.1 five years ago. OGC was run by two of the highest-paid civil servants in Britain: you don't put highly-paid execs into a tiny backwater like OGC unless it is to return a profit.

Having met Peter Hepworth (JV CEO) and Chris Barrett ("opening batsman", read: running PR interference until the JV gets a formal PR voice of its own) at the SDI13 conference in Birmingham, I thought it was time to write down a few thoughts I have over the JV.