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Implementing Dynamic IT B2B Infrastructure: Why Real-Time Service Level Monitoring is Essential for Delivery

Implementing Dynamic IT B2B Infrastructure: Why Real-Time Service Level Monitoring is Essential for Delivery

As sourcing deals become smaller and more frequent, it becomes increasingly difficult to track and report on service levels. Recently, I was talking to a customer who said that service level reporting isn’t good enough for delivering great service to their customers, they require service level monitoring. I believe that the direction of IT Service Management and SLA Governance is heading increasingly in this direction of real-time service level monitoring and eventually into the domain of predictive analysis…(Read More)

How to Manage IT Service Management Integration for Effective Outsourcing like a Musketeer

How to Manage IT Service Management Integration for Effective Outsourcing like a Musketeer

“All for one and one for all” may cause you to think of the three musketeers but is also relevant to a paradigm shift in the global B2B IT landscape. Companies that have chosen to outsource and maintain relationships with suppliers have traditionally done so through establishing one to one networks. While the system can work, it fails to empower information in a meaningful way. Businesses from around the world and their partners are beginning to realize the synergies associated with real-time service integration in the cloud. Though the more global minded musketeers exist today many miles apart, they are still able accomplish good deeds through choosing to manage their services inside a one for all service delivery framework. (Read More)