Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

With the excitement of a new version of ITIL (IT infrastructure library), there should be a resurgence of interest in ITSM (IT service management) as well. IT service management (ITSM) is nothing new.

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CIOs have a new mandate from CEOs: Accelerate innovation and growth as a business-driven thought leader rather than a caretaker of technology. This paradigm shift requires changes in how IT teams work ...

Launching in Q1 this year, ITIL 4 is a major overhaul of the popular ITSM framework that adds more clarity for businesses trying to automate, streamline and implement ITSM processes. ITIL-based ...

Network management is a complex topic. In today's diverse networking infrastructure, the network has to handle more instances of unified communications, video, and virtualization. The role of the ...

The Medical University of South Carolina was charged recently by its leadership and state leaders to expand its telehealth portfolio and rapidly develop new services. That goal was helped along by ...

Government Technology has a long piece explaining ITIL, the framework of IT best practices created in the UK, and why it's only just now catching on in the US. ITIL, or the IT Information Library, is ...

As IT becomes increasingly automated under the new data center architecture, more companies are embracing best-practices procedures outlined in formal IT frameworks. At stake are service quality, ...