" Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel " - Samuel Johnson, April 1775 This quote came to mind after reading a comment ...

That's a pretty big question. A recent blog post by Nate Beran (" Who are we to decide? ") and subsequent Google+ discussion ...

I was re-reading an IT Skeptic blog post from a couple months ago, called " Obtaining compliance for policies, processes and proc...

I hate SLAs. Or rather, I hate the way SLAs are commonly used. All too often, they are used as the outcome of Service Level Management; much...

In my continuing role as the Jiminy Cricket of IT Service Management, I frequently find myself pulling the reins in on the futurists, and p...

I've gone and done it. I've joined the dark side. And I couldn't be happier. This week marks my final week as a pure IT...

This blog is about, if nothing else, pragmatism. How do we take the conventional wisdom and best practices of the world outside my company, ...