The OGC announced the withdrawal of ITIL v2 at the itSMF International Chapter Leaders Council in October 2009.

The withdrawal will be product based, with all language variants for individual qualifications and publications being removed at the same time. Removal of v2 will complete on 30 June 2011.

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Businesses always seek to remove fixed costs and move to variable costs across the enterprise. This is the promise for IT offered by Cloud Computing which offers to reduce the capital intensive process of delivering new projects (as well as reducing time to market).

Diagram showing the difference between traditional funding for IT projects and that promised by Cloud Computing

According to the BBC website (25th October 2009) hackers have targeted the Guardian newspaper's jobs website in a "sophisticated and deliberate" move.

Personal details of some of the site's users have reportedly been put at risk, and those who may have been affected have been identified and e-mailed by the Guardian.

According to Gartner a strategic technology is one which will significantly impact an enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major investment, or the risk of being late to adopt.

These technologies impact an organisation's long-term plans, programs and initiatives.

Google announced today (22nd October 2009) that Jaguar Landrover have taken a 15,000 seat licence for its Apps collaboration and productivity suite.

The announcement was made at Google's Atmosphere conference in London today.

The event featured author Nicholas Carr, Werner Vogels from Amazon.com and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff. They all had one message - the cloud provides a more efficient, flexible way to deliver services than corporate datacentres.

PM Crash Course™ for IT Professionals is full of project management tools that you can apply immediately to your IT projects—to deliver them on time, on budget, and with fewer headaches.

When drawing up a business case for a project always include a 'do nothing' option.

Business analysts and project managers usually assume that the business will understand the need to implement a new project.

Without a 'do nothing' option executives feel as though you’ve got a gun to their heads and they have no option but to go ahead with your project.

Recent research highlights that CIOs are increasingly recognised as key members of the senior executive team. Unlike other corporate disciplines, the IT leader is uniquely positioned to see the whole of an organisation's operations and their role encompasses a wide variety of expertise including change management, project delivery, innovation and partner management.

These days CIOs are much more actively engaged in setting strategy, enabling flexibility and change, and solving business problems, not just IT problems.

CIOs are followers, not leaders - Excessive caution amongst CIOs and IT directors could be hampering innovation as research showed that just one... [Computer Weekly]

Following a well-trodden path, Dell is to acquire IT services firm Perot Systems for £2.4bn.

Dell described the move as "providing a broader range of IT services and solutions and optimising how they’re delivered".

Dell expects the transaction to complete by January 2010.