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Naming conventions for assets have a rich, engaging, and often hilarious history. While recently organizations have switched to standardized and more informative naming conventions based on location and function, earlier (and even now) IT departments have had a lot of fun naming assets for their data centers and servers. IT departments have often showcased their inner geek by using names of Star Wars or Star Trek characters for their assets.

In most organizations, software asset management (SAM) is not given much importance since IT professionals don’t emphasize its relevance. It could be influenced by the fact the responsibilities of a SAM team are often delegated to other employees. But with the rising of software procurement costs, distributed workforces, and the rapid growth of the SaaS industry, we are starting to see software asset management less as a nice-to-have and more as an essential business component.

That big software audit you’ve been dreading? Yeah, it’s coming, it’s real, and it’s sooner than you think. But why, oh why, do we even have to face these in-depth software inspections in the first place? How hard can it be for them to just take your word that every software license on your system is perfectly up-to-date? As you probably know, that’s not how things work with audit management.

It seems like everywhere you look these days you find a thinkpiece to grimly warn us of the dangers of artificial intelligence. But if you talk to anybody with an interest in the way technology interacts with human life – particularly in the world of service management – and instead of the grim pessimism of dystopian fiction, you’ll find sheer enthusiasm. There is tremendous potential for AI in ITSM.

The SCP port has proven to be a very useful tool for SysAdmins. In short, the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) is a method for securely transferring computer files between a local host and a remote host, or between two remote hosts. It is based on the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. In other words, SCP servers help you transfer files to and from servers, computers, and other networking devices using a secure SSH tunnel.

IT4IT was created as a framework for IT service management, and has established itself as an alternative — or perhaps complementary? — standard to the widely acclaimed ITIL. But since it's been around for a decade now, it's about to change. Lars Rossen — one of the creators of the first version of the IT4IT Reference Architecture, which formed the basis for the standard — told us first-hand what to expect from IT4IT 3.0 on Episode 9 of Ticket Volume podcast.

You’ve probably heard about neural networks being hailed as the next big step in technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). Beyond its often exaggerated depiction in fiction and media, neural networks have slowly but steadily become an invaluable asset in the IT world. It is under constant research in data science and computer science.

DevOps has made a hugely positive impact on the way organizations operate. In essence, it’s a way for different project stages and teams to work. Truth be told, when it comes to integrating various aspects of the IT R&D chain, it’s a godsend. On the other hand, Agile is about emphasizing continuous delivery in software development with a focus on iterative, incremental, and evolutionary development. Today, we’ll learn about DevOps vs.

On this occasion, we’ll talk about something pretty much apropos of our core concerns: Business Process Management System (BPMS) — and the software that lets you get it right. We know streamlining and optimizing operations and processes is very rewarding at the end of the day. Hence, this article will explain why you should care about process management and automation in general. First, let’s briefly examine what we mean by BPMS.

IT4IT is a relatively new entrant in ITSM frameworks and ITIL practices, with the first version released only in October 2015. The past decade has seen rapid innovation, and companies that could change and innovate quickly have had the edge over the rest. The framework arose out of a need to support rapid changes in organizations and, at the same time, manage risk and compliance. Read on to know more about this new standard and how it works.