A cool look at ITIL |
2006-05-15 |
2 |
Acknowledgements |
2006-05-16 |
7 |
Is ITIL another Y2K? |
2006-05-17 |
7 |
Who is the ITIL Skeptic? |
2006-05-17 |
7 |
Fads in IT |
2006-05-21 |
1 |
Service Management is real |
2006-05-23 |
0 |
ITIL the fad |
2006-05-28 |
0 |
What am I skeptical about? |
2006-05-29 |
0 |
Why chase Best Practice? |
2006-06-01 |
3 |
Is ITIL Best Practice? |
2006-06-02 |
2 |
ITIL the cult |
2006-06-06 |
0 |
IT Skeptic bumped off Wikipedia |
2006-06-06 |
1 |
Do Google ads undermine the credibility of this site? |
2006-06-07 |
0 |
The march of ITIL zealots |
2006-06-09 |
0 |
The Emperor has no clothes. Where is the evidence for ITIL? |
2006-06-11 |
2 |
If IT ain’t broke don’t fix it. |
2006-06-13 |
2 |
Many ITIL projects are overcapitalised renovations |
2006-06-24 |
1 |
ITIL’s dead elephant: CMDB can't be done |
2006-06-26 |
16 |
What a load of .... Computerworld: How Much Is 'Just Enough' for a CMDB? |
2006-07-01 |
3 |
Do unto yourself before others do unto you |
2006-07-12 |
1 |
Life beyond ITIL |
2006-07-17 |
1 |
IBM: the company with such a firm grasp of ITIL strategic issues that they sold their service desk |
2006-07-17 |
2 |
Our domain name is changing |
2006-07-22 |
1 |
Is ITIL Dead in the Water? |
2006-07-29 |
2 |
VOIP and the anti-competitive behaviours that would logically induce in a telco |
2006-08-02 |
1 |
Living without CMDB |
2006-08-05 |
1 |
ITIL's CMDB can't be done, no-how |
2006-08-06 |
3 |
The pressure on ITIL's future notches up |
2006-08-07 |
0 |
Get it straight: CMDB can not be auto-discovered |
2006-08-13 |
2 |
Don't fall for the demo: an asset database with bells and whistles is not a CMDB |
2006-08-13 |
1 |
This blog is not a guerilla marketing ploy |
2006-08-15 |
1 |
The software analyst industry needs a code of practice. |
2006-08-17 |
1 |
The key to living without CMDB is process maturity level |
2006-08-25 |
2 |
The cure for the common cult of "ITIL by the book" |
2006-08-28 |
8 |
An oldie but a goodie: software salesman dies and goes to Heaven... |
2006-08-31 |
2 |
Quiet around here |
2006-09-11 |
2 |
Debasement of concepts by IT vendors and analysts |
2006-09-12 |
4 |
When you don't run IT as a business, the inevitable results: bad business decisions. |
2006-09-26 |
0 |
The Craftsman and the Bazaar |
2006-10-08 |
2 |
ITIL in Asia |
2006-10-13 |
1 |
ITIL is far from comprehensive |
2006-10-24 |
1 |
ITIL is culturally biased by its narrow and closed contributor base |
2006-10-27 |
0 |
How to contribute to ITIL |
2006-10-28 |
1 |
a more skeptical attitude toward IT is the right one to have |
2006-10-29 |
0 |
The madness mounts. When will the CMDB reality check come? |
2006-10-29 |
1 |
ITIL reduces costs by up to 48% - another crap factoid to beware of |
2006-11-01 |
1 |
SLAs undermine business alignment |
2006-11-12 |
2 |
Ask your vendor what they mean by ITIL compliant |
2006-11-17 |
2 |
10 other things you should know about ITIL |
2006-11-19 |
0 |
what gives with Jakarta as a hotbed of ITIL interest? and itSMF in Japan? |
2006-11-19 |
1 |
a lot of motherhood considerations presented as a model |
2006-11-19 |
1 |
Wow! the IT Skeptic now available as podcasts! |
2006-11-25 |
0 |
When will the geeks get it? |
2006-11-26 |
0 |
The IT Skeptic recommends BullFighter |
2006-11-27 |
2 |
Normal transmission will be resumed as soon as possible |
2006-11-29 |
1 |
Every word in the thesaurus: how to distinguish between PinkVerify and ITIL compliance |
2006-12-01 |
0 |
A great new blog to check out |
2006-12-02 |
0 |
VOIP is not cheating anyone. It is simply the future arriving. |
2006-12-02 |
2 |
Technology does not fix process |
2006-12-07 |
1 |
Busines cases are so simple: give the decisionmaker what they want |
2006-12-09 |
0 |
The project 80/20 rule |
2006-12-10 |
3 |
Is Microsoft attempting to patent CMDB? |
2006-12-14 |
1 |
To all you ITIL zealots, and confounding vendors, and obfuscating analysts: Merry Christmas from the IT Skeptic |
2006-12-20 |
0 |
collecting examples of terminological debasement |
2006-12-21 |
1 |
What ARE Microsoft up to? Patents on RSS, CMDB, IT operations... Can they get away with this? |
2006-12-22 |
1 |
You don't need a weatherman... watch everyone scramble aboard ISO20000 |
2006-12-25 |
2 |
SLAs are not as widely applicable as ITIL would have us believe. The Catalog is. |
2006-12-28 |
0 |
Another ITIL compliance howler, this one from CA |
2006-12-31 |
0 |
Announcing the Inaugural IT Skeptic Awards for 2006 |
2007-01-01 |
0 |
The IT Swami predicts 2007 |
2007-01-03 |
2 |
itSMF predicts competition to ITIL |
2007-01-09 |
0 |
2007 is the year when PC and TV merge. |
2007-01-10 |
0 |
ITIL is on the wane - Bruton |
2007-01-22 |
3 |
The IT Skeptic has banned Bloglines crawlers |
2007-02-04 |
1 |
Book review: "I Think Something is Missing From ITIL" by Ian Clayton, reviewed by the IT Skeptic |
2007-02-05 |
4 |
Some things are more important than ITIL |
2007-02-06 |
1 |
A great article on how technology does not fix process in CMDB |
2007-02-08 |
0 |
The CMDB boundary problem: stop chasing this technological rainbow of a unified CMDB repository |
2007-02-12 |
3 |
Should you do ITIL certification training with ITIL version 3 looming? An IT Skeptic Special Report |
2007-02-13 |
1 |
Acoustic shock syndrome – don’t employ nervous anxious people in your call-centre, it will cost you |
2007-02-14 |
1 |
The Service Delivery Tool gap? |
2007-02-14 |
0 |
ITIL reform needed: not letting the money changers and hookers into the temple, just some sort of protestant reformation |
2007-02-16 |
1 |
We have a date for publication of the ITIL Refresh |
2007-02-18 |
1 |
The Emperor Still Has No Clothes: no evidence for ITIL |
2007-02-21 |
2 |
BMC, CA, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and Microsoft promise to play nicely over ITIL CMDB. Yeah, right! |
2007-02-21 |
0 |
An apology to the OGC, the itSMF and the ITIL community from the IT Skeptic |
2007-02-26 |
1 |
Someone should tell the OGC and TSO bookshops about the ITIL Refresh |
2007-02-27 |
1 |
The IT Skeptic defends his anonymity |
2007-02-28 |
0 |
Somebody help me: what is the point of standalone CMDB tools? |
2007-03-05 |
2 |
For users of the IT Skeptic's podcasts: I find the podcasts' style/delivery ... |
2007-03-05 |
1 |
NEW! Announcing the newsletter of the IT Skeptic: The Skeptical Informer™ |
2007-03-06 |
1 |
Web 2.0, hype or just hype? An IT Skeptic Special Report |
2007-03-08 |
0 |
SLAs: measuring an ITSM service as a black box is essential |
2007-03-10 |
2 |
For a monthly newsletter, The Skeptical Informer is |
2007-03-11 |
0 |
CIO Asia magazine criticises the IT Skeptic's comments |
2007-03-12 |
1 |
Irrational exuberance in the IT industry: CMDB is going nuts |
2007-03-14 |
0 |
Vendors should get a vote too? What do you think? |
2007-03-14 |
1 |
IBM wrote ITIL. In fact Alasdair Meldrum did |
2007-03-16 |
1 |
Rediscovering the Big Iron |
2007-03-23 |
2 |
Microsoft are more avaricious than the Fat ITSM Four, by a nose |
2007-03-24 |
0 |
The ITIL version 3 Refresh Launch Roadshow: the world waits with bated breath.... |
2007-03-26 |
0 |
ITIL certification and training: Version 2 recognised but not as a prerequisite for Version 3 |
2007-03-26 |
0 |
Software branding seems to be in the hands of imbeciles. |
2007-03-28 |
0 |
The PIllars of ITIL: time for OGC's ITIL to grow up or wither |
2007-03-29 |
0 |
Six reasons to use Live Chat for support |
2007-03-31 |
1 |
ITIL Version 3 London launch event announced: the IT Skeptic comments |
2007-03-31 |
0 |
Today’s shock joint announcement from Microsoft and IBM throws ITIL Refresh into doubt |
2007-04-01 |
0 |
Book Review - "IT Service Management from Hell! Based on Not-ITIL®" |
2007-04-04 |
0 |
A hot-potato ITIL Refresh session at upcoming bITa USA conference |
2007-04-10 |
0 |
The IT Skeptic is away |
2007-04-13 |
0 |
See the IT Skeptic at bITa USA 2007 Conference in Boston, May 21-22 |
2007-04-25 |
0 |
The way OGC and APMG stand back without any response is completely unacceptable |
2007-04-30 |
0 |
APMG finally let us in on ITIL Certification thinking |
2007-05-01 |
0 |
Announcing the IT Skeptic's ITIL Pipe - an ITIL newsfeed |
2007-05-02 |
0 |
itSMF announce all seven global ITIL Version 3 launch events only weeks away so book now! |
2007-05-03 |
2 |
Quote of the day |
2007-05-03 |
0 |
These big frameworks are in vogue because as opposed to thinking, folks just want the answer |
2007-05-09 |
0 |
IBM draws that long ITIL bow again |
2007-05-10 |
0 |
New products in the IT Skeptic's store |
2007-05-11 |
0 |
Sharon Taylor's five common myths about ITIL Version 3 |
2007-05-12 |
1 |
Powerpoint as a protector of intellectual property |
2007-05-12 |
1 |
Watch out Microsoft, your spurious patents may be worthless |
2007-05-13 |
1 |
The king's method of writing a new decree: how OGC does ITIL V3 |
2007-05-13 |
0 |
How badly is ITIL damaged by vendor influence? What needs fixing? |
2007-05-14 |
1 |
An Alternative to ITIL |
2007-05-14 |
1 |
The CMDB Tidal Wave? More of a ripple. |
2007-05-16 |
1 |
A visualisation of how ITIL Version 3 transforms ITIL version 2 |
2007-05-17 |
3 |
The scale of ITIL Version 3: are people ready for it? |
2007-05-22 |
0 |
A skeptical newcomer to the ITSM blogosphere |
2007-05-22 |
2 |
ITSM skepticism becomes a crowded field |
2007-05-22 |
4 |
everything the IT Skeptic can find out about ITIL Version 3 on one page |
2007-05-22 |
0 |
Sorry for any inconvenience |
2007-05-26 |
0 |
IT Skeptic Version 3 Refresh |
2007-05-30 |
2 |
The little spot of bother at the itSMF USA |
2007-05-31 |
0 |
The itSMF does not exists to represent the interests of its members - they say so themselves |
2007-06-01 |
3 |
itSMF UK CEO discusses itSMF on the IT Skeptic's blog - come read and participate |
2007-06-03 |
2 |
Antonio Valle Salas's Mystery of the 1.1.1 Deleted - was ITIL once "public domain"? |
2007-06-04 |
0 |
The CMDB Federation lumbers on |
2007-06-10 |
1 |
My first ITIL spam. ITSM is going to the dogs. |
2007-06-10 |
1 |
Financial transparency of the itSMF: let's have some. |
2007-06-12 |
1 |
ITIL V3 Certification points system: the magic number 21.5 |
2007-06-12 |
1 |
itSMF global members/sponsors: dropping your pants is not a good business model |
2007-06-12 |
3 |
Why the IT Skeptic site exists |
2007-06-13 |
0 |
Are you a member of itSMF? |
2007-06-13 |
1 |
Magic happens. BMC promise some magic ITIL. |
2007-06-15 |
0 |
Paint it yellow! Living in a world of numbers. From "Triumph of the Airheads" |
2007-06-15 |
0 |
Personal attacks will be edited. |
2007-06-16 |
0 |
New improved version of the IT Skeptics "ITIL Version 2 to Version 3 Transformation" diagram |
2007-06-18 |
1 |
ITIL Version 3 changes everything for ATOs and consulting firms. |
2007-06-19 |
1 |
The commercialisation of ITIL: a slow boiling of the frog |
2007-06-20 |
1 |