As you may have noticed, things are rapidly changing in IT. The biggest change is the automation of tasks that used to be done manually. New frameworks such as DevSecOps and new Technologies such as AI are emerging, It probably is not discussed publicly that billions of Euros investments in legacy technologies/practices will vaporize in the next five to ten years. It is time to discuss the elephant in the room. During research on IT Tools that are used to manage IT, I [...]

At the end of the year, some look back and—more importantly—some look forward. I did both. When looking backward, I noticed many people complaining about getting value for money from their IT4IT investments. After two decades, Gartner stopped publishing the Magic Quadrant for ITSM tools. Configuration Management (as a process to maintain CMDB content) is now rarely done manually or governed by Change Management. Instead, CMDB content is increasingly maintained via discovery and federation—zero-touch CMDB has become the norm. When code is now automatically [...]

The landscape of IT management is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional IT service management (ITSM) tools, once the backbone of IT operations, are no longer sufficient to meet the growing demands of modern organizations. Technologies such as Enterprise Architecture (EA) tools, Observability platforms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Continuous Delivery as a Service (CDAAS), SecOps, and DevOps are not just supporting IT operations. Still, they are gradually overtaking the roles traditionally played by ITSM platforms like ServiceNow. The ITSM platforms are making a shift toward Enterprise [...]

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) is the practice of applying service management principles—traditionally used in IT Service Management (ITSM)—to other areas of an organization, such as HR, finance, facilities, legal, or customer service. Essentially, it extends ITSM's structured approach to managing and delivering services across the entire enterprise. Key Features of ESM Unified Service Delivery: ESM centralizes support requests and workflows across various departments through shared tools, such as service portals or ticketing systems. Process Standardization: It enforces consistency in how services are managed and [...]