SIAM: Practical Guidance On What It’s All About

There’s a lot of discussion and industry activity around SIAM (Service Integration and Management) right now. Whilst we might wonder if this is another passing phase, the concept has been […]

Soft Skills Are The Hard Part

We are now seeing a real renaissance in the ITSM industry. The days of the single approach to service and project management, based purely on ITIL or Prince2 as the […]

LANDESK and HEAT Merger: What Does it Mean?

ITSM vendors LANDESK and HEAT Software recently announced their intention to merge. More specifically, LANDESK have joined forces with investment company Clearlake, who have owned HEAT since their acquisition of […]

The Service Catalogue: A Waste of Time?

Service Catalogue is a single term that is interpreted and used in a number of different ways. It is a key area of ITSM that has grown in importance and […]

The Indian Rope Trick

How would you explain service management to a quantum physicist? Recently I thought I was going to have to do this, and mused on whether this would be easier or […]

ITSM16 Q&A: Matt Hoey, Transition SIG Chair

In the lead up to ITSM16, we’ll be posting blogs from various people answering a simple Q&A about ITSM16 and why they’ll be attending this year. Matt Hoey, Chair of […]