http://www.ithound.com/ Use IThound RSS Feeds to keep up-to-date with new research on the topics that are most important to you. EMA™ Advisory Note: CMDB System Deployments in 2008 - the search for value EMA research has revealed that CMDB deployments are indeed at a fundamentally different stage than they have been over the past two to four years. Download now to learn more about the state of CMDB deployments in 2008 http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2494 Small Change or Big Deal? - Top Ten Tips for Change Management for IT Service Delivery Why is it that so many companies are still struggling to manage change effectively? This Best Practice white paper looks at the common pitfalls and how you can avoid them and change for the better. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2493 What You Should Look for in a 'Virtualization 2.0-Ready' Monitoring Solution This document outlines the key management challenges that must be overcome as the use of virtualization continues to increase in production enterprise environments. 'Virtualization 2.0-Ready' identifies fundamental changes that are needed in terms of how virtualized environments should be monitored http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2386 Achieving Business Performance Goals through Virtualization Management Best Practices Virtual environments hosting critical business services need comprehensive performance monitoring tools that understand the interdependencies of the whole environment – hosts, VMs, application components – and can track, analyze, and prevent problems across the entire IT service infrastructure. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=2380 How ASG’s MetaCMDB Strategy Enables More Effective Business Service Management As IT evolves towards a more business-aligned position, it must seek out new ways of working that support more effective operations This report looks at two of the most fundamental and arguably most conflicted concepts: Business Service Management (BSM) and Configuration Management Database (CMDB). http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1911 IT2020: The New Performance Management Paradigm Business managers now insist on understanding how their IT performance enables their business services, and performance management teams are being challenged to demonstrate their contributions to the bottom line, customer and end-user benefits, and revenue. This amounts to a new paradigm: IT2020. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1909 ITIL Version 3 - Best Practice and what it offers your organisation ITIL's chief architect, Sharon Taylor has authored this whitepaper to help the ITSM community understand the changes to ITIL and how the new version provides major benefits to existing ITIL practitioners and those considering adopting ITIL. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1671 ITIL V2 Process to V3 Service – Is it Worth it? This web seminar examines the differences in service approaches between ITIL V2 and V3, allowing you to decide if upgrading to V3 is the right choice for your organisation. http://www.ithound.com/ithound/view_abstract?id=1672