IT Governance Conference: Financial Controls Emphasis ...

IT Governance conference will focus on the financial compliance enablers of the IT organization. ...

... "Pink Elephant, the world's leading provider of IT service management conferences and education, will be presenting IT Governance 2006, a three-day symposium that will address the complex legislative environment dictating new organizational business practices, and offer strategies for meeting compliance challenges. Taking place from August 6 – 8, 2006 in Orlando, the Symposium's primary goal is to raise awareness of the crucial and now accountable role of IT in the financial reporting process. " ...

Via Pink Elephant: Less Than 2 Weeks To IT Governance 2006

IT Governance Event Upcoming: Enron Keynote ...

IT Governance seminar in August ...

... "In the wake of one of history's largest accounting scandals, Pink Elephant is presenting one of the central figures as a keynote speaker at IT Governance 2006, taking place August 6 – 8, 2006 in Orlando. Highlighting the event is Sherron Watkins, former Enron VP lauded for her courage during an unprecedented corporate collapse that eventually triggered the formation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

IT Governance 2006
Pink Elephant's 11th Annual Symposium
August 6-8, Orlando
Disney's Contemporary Resort " ...

IT Governance Event Upcoming: Enron Keynote: Via Pink Elephant: Former Enron VP Joining Line-Up At IT Governance ...

IT Governance Conference: Enron Watchdog Keynotes ...

Sherron Watkins, Enron, keynotes at upcoming IT governance conference ...

... "According to the IT Governance Institute (ITGI), IT governance is now considered as critical a board and management discipline as corporate or enterprise governance. Effective IT governance helps to ensure that IT supports business goals, maximizes business investment in IT, and appropriately manages IT-related opportunities and risks. Such risks include legal and financial consequences stemming from non-compliance with corporate accounting legislation; namely, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

One key figure recognized by TIME magazine for her courageous actions during a high-profile corporate scandal that triggered the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act is Sherron Watkins, former Enron VP. Pink Elephant is pleased to welcome Ms. Watkins as one of the symposium’s keynote speakers. " ...

Via Pink Elephant: Sarbanes-Oxley Challenges Meet IT Best Practice ...

ITIL Best Practice Projects Accelerating ...

Voyence's survey results on ITIL adoption shows that approximately half of those surveyed expect to accelerate ITIL best practice projects over the next 18 months. Change and configuration management were selected as the most important ITIL implementation. The next most important ITIL-candidate processes were incident and problem management. ...

... "Voyence, a pioneer in automated change and configuration management solutions, announced the results of a survey taken at Pink Elephant's 10th Annual International IT Service Management Conference from Feb. 12-14, 2006. Voyence sampled 83 random IT administrators at the show to determine the industry's readiness for regulatory compliance demands and how quickly the industry is adopting IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices. " ...

ITIL Best Practice Projects Accelerating: Via Voyence: Survey Reveals More Than 90 Percent of IT Managers Cannot Prove Network Compliance With Government Regulations: Survey Indicates ITIL Best Practice Projects Accelerating Due To Compliance Requirements ...

ITIL Leader: David Ratcliffe Pink Elephant

ITIL is the recipe for IT services management success. Philip Quinn catches up with David Ratcliffe, CEO of Pink Elephant. Pink Elephant is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with operations worldwide. Pink Elephant works with organizations, including many of the Fortune 500, to improve the quality of IT services through the application of established best practices, such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). ...

Via National Post: Flies around the world four times a year ...

... "We were the ones who launched this best-practice framework we support called the IT infrastructure library. If you think [in terms] of a restaurant ... it's the recipes you follow and the routines around how you keep the place clean... " ...

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• ITIL Helpdesk Transformation: Services Model


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• ITIL Process: Run IT Like Business ...


• ITIL Project: Cultural Implications ...


• ITIL Projects: Avoid Pitfalls ...


• ITIL Technology Standard Framework ...


• ITIL: IT Service Catalog: Alignment Focal Point ...


• Microsoft ITIL Sans CMDB ...


• Process Models: ITIL ITGovernance ...


• Ready or Not; Here comes ITIL


• Siebel CRM ITIL Ready: Helpdesk Capabilities ...

ITIL Market Assessment: Podcast

Via Business Value of IT / IT Governance: Podcast Series on Evergreen's North American ITIL Assessment

Don Casson provides 5part podcast on Evergreen's ITIL assessment in North American market ...

... "recently completed comprehensive analysis of the results of Evergreen's North American ITIL Assessment. We conduct this informal survey two times per year with attendees at key industry events. This most recent survey took place at the 9th annual International Service Management Conference hosted by Pink Elephant. " ...

ITIL Certification BTO Software ...

ITIL Certification BTO Software: Mercury BTO Software Receives Certification for ITIL Support: Mercury IT Governance and Application Management Products Certified by Pink Elephant ...

Mercury's business technology optimization software receives ITIL certification from Pink Elephant ...

... "Today, Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, announced that Mercury BTO offerings have completed Pink Elephant's PinkVerify certification process, receiving the Service Support Enhanced certification. This certification is awarded by Pink Elephant, a leading global IT management best practices company. It is a verification of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) compatibility and represents the highest level of IT Service Management (ITSM) product certification. " ...

Pink Elephant is a leading IT service management conference, education and consulting provider. A global organization, Pink Elephant works with an extensive array of public and private sector clients to help improve the quality of IT services through the application of established best practices, including ITIL.

Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, is committed to helping customers optimize the business value of information technology. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services for IT Governance, Application Delivery, and Application Management. Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to govern the priorities, processes and people of IT and test and manage the quality and performance of business-critical applications. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners.