Structuring IT the Smart Way: Six Top-level Services for Enterprises

For many organizations, IT is still structured around systems, platforms, or departments. While that might have worked in the past, it often results in fragmented ownership, blurred accountabilities, and difficulties aligning with business needs. A better way forward is to structure IT around six top-level services, derived from the six solution types in the TBM (Technology Business Management) 5 framework. This model creates clarity, aligns IT with business value, and allows enterprises to manage technology at the right level of abstraction. By structuring [...]

By |2025-09-06T17:23:20+02:00August 27th, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Why reinvent the wheel? Use TBM 5.0 Content in the CSDM 5.0 Data Model

ServiceNow defined a Common Service Data model (CSDM5) without content. The TBM Council defined both a data model (TBM5) and its content. This article describes how to populate the content of TBM5 into CSDM5. TBM5 defined/described (relations between) artifacts for "Technology Consumers" (who?), "Technology Solutions" (what?), "Technology Resource Towers" (how?), and "Technology Cost Pools" (how much?). You can download a free copy of the TBM 5.0. CSDM5 defined/described who, what, how, and how much, albeit its focus is more on ITSM/ITOM than on ITAM/ITFM. [...]

By |2025-09-08T17:15:18+02:00August 22nd, 2025|ServiceNow, TBM/CSDM/CMDB, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Rethinking IT Foundations: From SaaS to Services, Products, and Beyond

For years, we’ve relied on concepts like SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and DCaaS to describe how technology is delivered. These terms still exist, but they no longer fully capture today’s reality. Why? As platforms become software-defined, AI prompts are replacing software code, and information is scattered across multiple repositories, each serving the different needs of different types of stakeholders. To manage this complexity, we need a sharper lens and a common language, for the things we share. Baselines vs. Instances: Two Different Worlds In modern [...]

By |2025-08-17T19:53:27+02:00August 16th, 2025|IT4ESM, IT4IT, ServiceNow, TBM/CSDM/CMDB|0 Comments
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