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The term Service Management is most widely used as the component of Operations Support Systems responsible for service delivery, such as order management, inventory management, provisioning and activation, network topology management and maintenance, and stability/performance diagnostics of communication service providers and their networks. A service management system automates manual operations of the network, delivery services, and support, making these areas more efficient and error-free.

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BSM, IT and Business Facilitation: How BSM Can Bring IT into the Business Decision Making Process
By : Quocirca Published Date: Jun 24, 2008

Technology is no longer a nice to have, or a tool for the few. With many organizations now being completely dependent on their IT systems, the need for the IT department to be seen to be responding to the organization's requirements is of critical importance.  Business Service Management, or BSM, can help in providing underpinnings to the IT function.

This paper looks at how the changing processes and market conditions within an organization can be augmented through the use of a Business Service Management (BSM) approach, creating a flexible and responsive technology infrastructure aimed at supporting a rapidly changing commercial landscape and enabling greater competitiveness in the markets.


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Insights to Accelerate Services Growth
By : Oco, Inc. Published Date: Jun 20, 2008
As a Services Executive are you struggling with questions regarding what to measure, how to effectively engage with your customers, and what information should be leveraged and shared with service-chain partners and customers? Leading edge organizations are making tools and data available to their suppliers and customers with aggregated information from multiple data systems. Service-chain partners and customer personnel can now see the same views of service performance and activity. This is the next frontier to creating customer "stickiness" and business growth.

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Oco, Inc.
A Dynamic Force for Optimizing IT Operations
By : HP Service Management Published Date: May 19, 2008
As IT's role is morphing away from being a cost center towards being a competitive business enabler, making wise investments in technology can enable a more collaborative and automated way of working. See why Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) says HP's integrated ITIL-based service lifecycle approach reflects a strong sense of modularity and flexibility in support of CMDB deployments, intelligent analytics, automation, and business alignment.
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HP Service Management
Looking for the Best Service Desk Solution? Forrester Wave for Service Desk Management Tools
By : HP Service Management Published Date: Apr 07, 2008
This report evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of 13 service desk management tool vendors. HP Service Manager 7 earned highest scores in current offering in large and small enterprise evaluations. Read the full report for details on why, according to Forrester Research, Inc., HP should be on the short list for large enterprises in search of full ITSM capabilities.
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HP Service Management
Best Practices and Tools to Automate Data Center Security and Compliance
By : HP Service Management Published Date: Mar 25, 2008
IDC shares best practices and recommendations on how IT can gain a consolidated security and compliance view across all of the devices and align data center automation, change management, and process workflows across "IT silos" to deliver compliance assurance and improved security practices.  Enhance security and improve compliance visibility through automation across the IT service lifecycle.
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HP Service Management
New Enterprise Data Center Ensures More Efficient IT Service Delivery
By : IBM Published Date: Feb 22, 2008
This white paper explains the why's and how's of data center transformation. It reveals the breakthrough IBM approach that supports dynamic, service oriented applications and consolidates systems, servers and networks for decreased operational costs on all fronts—freeing up funds for business innovation. Download white paper on new data center.
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IBM
Enhancing IT Support with Knowledge Management
By : CA SM Published Date: Feb 13, 2008
The potential benefits of adopting a Knowledge Management strategy are significant and have far-reaching implications for a business when implemented correctly. The correct use of Knowledge Management techniques and technology makes a company agile and more responsive to the needs of the customer, resulting in enhanced business performance and greater return on investment.
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Enhance BMC Change Management with Closed-Loop Control
By : Solidcore Published Date: Jan 21, 2008
Are you about to implement change management using BMC Remedy Service Management or BMC IT Service Management for Mid-sized Businesses (a.k.a. Magic or Service Desk Express)? Have you already implemented one of these systems and want to maximize the return on your investment? Get this white paper to see how others have optimized their change management implementation approach to derive the most value from their investment by adding closed-loop control.
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Solidcore
Strategies For Growing IT Service Revenues
By : OnForce Published Date: Jan 07, 2008
Learn how VARs, solution providers and IT staffing firms are finding the contract IT service professionals they need to drive service revenue without adding overhead.  Get the free Ziff Davis white paper, “Strategies For Growing IT Service Revenues.”
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OnForce
How to Achieve Sustainable, Competitive Advantage in the Leisure, Entertainment and Travel Industry
By : Easynet Published Date: Dec 21, 2007
Online bookings, billing and ticketing activities lie at the heart of high quality and reliable services in the leisure, entertainment and travel (LET) industry. Indeed, they can effectively act as a primary differentiator in an increasingly competitive and cost-aware environment.
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Easynet
Delivering SOA Solutions: Service Lifecycle Management
By : IBM Published Date: Dec 12, 2007
Introducing SOA into an IT organization demands both structural and policy changes, as it brings new demands for alignment among multiple processes within different areas of the business. The governance policies, procedures, rules and standards required to help an SOA deliver business benefits—greater flexibility, productivity and financial returns—are complex and can quickly become overwhelming without adequate infrastructure support.
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IBM
Improve Visibility, Control and Automation with IBM Service Management
By : IBM Published Date: Dec 05, 2007
Challenges like competitive pressures, compliance activities and higher operational costs make service management more critical than ever. To keep up, IT operations must constantly improve visibility, control and automation while bridging the gaps among business, development and daily operations.
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IT Asset Management: A Cornerstone for Accelerating ITIL Success
By : CA SM Published Date: Nov 29, 2007
IT Asset Management (ITAM) is a cornerstone of IT Service Management (ITSM) yet is often omitted from existing ITSM implementations or initiatives. Version 3 of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) expands the processes, functions and roles in the service life cycle. However, it still does not provide enough details on key process and functional integration points for ITAM.
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CA SM
7 Virtues of Virtualization: Avoiding Deadly Mistakes that Doom Business-Critical Service Management
By : Stratus Technologies Published Date: Nov 21, 2007
Disaster recovery and business continuity top the list of server virtualization drivers.  And, the stakes are even higher when you virtualize business-critical IT services.  Explore the role that proper project planning and management play in keeping these initiatives on track.
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Stratus Technologies
3 Tips for Cutting Server Downtime by 50%
By : uptime software Published Date: Nov 16, 2007
Discover the three key reasons that lead to enterprise downtime and how you can cut your downtime by 50%. See how you can use proactive strategies to avoid these tips in your organization.
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10 Best Practices for IT Request Management
By : newScale Published Date: Nov 15, 2007
This white paper outlines the challenges associated with IT Request Management and ten best practices that represent the hard-won knowledge from dozens of successful Service Request Management projects. By following these guidelines, your IT organization can provide more responsive service delivery, increase operational efficiency, and improve internal customer satisfaction.
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newScale
The IT Service Catalog: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
By : newScale Published Date: Nov 13, 2007
This white paper is intended to share some of those lessons learned and suggesting ways you can achieve success by avoiding the most common pitfalls. But before we talk about the typical mistakes in creating a Service Catalog, let’s briefly review its purpose.
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newScale
IT Service Management Metrics That Matter
By : Tripwire Published Date: Nov 07, 2007
Learn how your IT organization measures up against the best performing IT organizations and what you can do to improve efficiency, sustain compliance and security, increase system availability, and reduce the frequency of outages.
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Tripwire
8 Ways On-Site Service Can Drive Revenue Now
By : OnForce Published Date: Sep 17, 2007
Discover how you can find highly qualified contract IT service professionals with the skill sets you need, when and where you need them, on demand. Get the free white paper, “8 Ways On-Site Services Can Drive Revenue Now,” featuring commentary from industry analysts and leaders like Gartner, IDC and CRN.
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OnForce
ITIL v3: Managing Application and Infrastructure Changes
By : Tideway Systems Published Date: Sep 11, 2007
IT service providers need to offer services that deliver new business opportunities whilst increasing levels of availability, controlling risks and reducing costs. This paper provides you with practical guidance based on the practices in ITIL® V3 that will help you manage application and infrastructure changes and configurations.
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Tideway Systems
Change Management + Control = Higher Availability
By : Solidcore Published Date: Aug 27, 2007
It is widely acknowledged that unauthorized changes made to an IT Infrastructure cause up to 80% of system unavailability.  Learn how adding change control to your existing or planned change management infrastructure can help improve IT service availability, lower compliance costs, and accelerate your ITIL implementations.
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Solidcore
Putting the ROI into ITIL
By : Solidcore Published Date: Aug 24, 2007
Demonstrating ROI for service management investments can be difficult, especially with multi-phase deployments like ITIL that can require significant up-front investment in exchange for returns produced in the future.  Learn how setting milestones and measuring the value of each phase of an ITIL implementation can help prove the project’s value and shape its focus.
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Solidcore
ITIL Version 3 Quick Reference Card
By : XaSystems Published Date: Aug 16, 2007
This quick reference guide provides an easy to use snap shot of key ITIL version 3 practices and concepts.  In addition, it provides a visual map between ITIL Version Service Delivery and Support books to the new ITIL Version 3.
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XaSystems
ITIL Version 3 Frequently Asked Questions
By : XaSystems Published Date: Aug 16, 2007
This list of Frequently Asked Questions provides answers to important questions affecting ITIL professionals, including the significant differences between version 2 and 3, the impact on investments in publications and training, and how other standards align with version 3.
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XaSystems
Class of Service: Myths and Misconceptions
By : AT&T Published Date: Aug 14, 2007
Class of Service (CoS) functionality can help optimize network performance. For a successful deployment, network designers should identify all applications, understand requirements associated with each application, designate appropriate mapping for groups of applications and provide mechanisms in the underlying network to deliver CoS. CoS mapping and deployment are important; adhering to tested strategies and avoiding common misconceptions helps IT managers advance optimization across the wide area network.
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