Wootton Bassett, UK - Cherwell Software today announces that three modules
within its Cherwell Service Management™ solution now enjoy endorsement from
the Official ITIL® Accreditor (part of The APM Group Limited) that
administers the Official ITIL Software Scheme on behalf of the Cabinet
Office. The Cabinet Office owns the Intellectual Property relating to ITIL.
The three Cherwell modules are: Service Catalogue Management, Change
Management and Request Fulfilment.
Cherwell Service Management™ provides a holistic approach to service
management, allowing IT and support departments to align themselves with the
businesses they support. Designed from the ground up using Microsoft's .NET
technology and out-of-the-box ITIL best practice, the tool offers 11
fully-integrated management modules, including Incident, Problem, Change,
Release and Deployment, Configuration, Serv... (more)
There was an interesting discussion on one of the table-top wargame lists I
belong to (Two Hour Wargames if you follow the hobby) about the
“production value” of a given set of printed products. While it
devolved (as web conversations often seem to) to a comparison with Hollywood,
the point was valid. The original reviewer that caused the thread to get
started was more interested in how pretty the books were than the quality of
the contents. I, personally, don’t care how ugly or mal-produced a wargames
ruleset is if the rules are consistent and provide many hours of enjoyable ... (more)
by Sasha Gilenson
Today Business Intelligence (BI) teams are applying analytics tools in order
to provide business with a view into the massive amounts of data that is
being collected throughout an organization. Companies apply these analytical
tools to Big Data, in order to improve their competitive edge, by identifying
the seemingly hidden trends, financial and operational patterns, customer
relationships, business opportunities, buying opportunities and information
that was has been out of view.
On the IT side, BSM initiatives have been implemented to ensure that IT is
well-... (more)
…Specialised project management skills to help meet corporate
sustainability goals…
LONDON - Tuesday 24th January 2012 - QA, the global training company that
transforms performance through learning, today announced that it has signed
an exclusive partnership agreement with Green Project Management Ltd to
deliver a range of fully accredited and globally recognised sustainable
project management courses.
The QA Green Project Management™ courses put sustainability at the heart of
the project management design process and will help project managers consider
sustainability in all as... (more)
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider
of commercially developed ISR and EW subsystems, reported operating results
for its second quarter of fiscal 2012 ended December 31, 2011. All results
are presented and compared on a continuing operations basis.
Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
Second quarter fiscal 2012 revenues were $68.0 million, an increase of $12.4
million from the second quarter of the prior fiscal year. Revenues from
defense customers increased by $20.0 million, while revenues from commercial
customers decreased by $7.6 million... (more)