Vol 1 No 1

First Evergreen Strategies: ITAM Survey results and Assesments

In this inaugural issue of Evergreen Strategies, we\'ll share key issues that are shaping the landscape for IT organizations today, including:

Results of our latest IT Asset Management (ITAM) survey conducted at Gartner's fall IT & Software Asset Management Conference

Findings of the second in our IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) Benchmark Assessment series

If developing a Service Catalog or a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is among your 2006 priorities, you\'ll be interested to learn about two new short-term assessment and roadmap engagements Evergreen has recently introduced. These programs are designed to help you quickly assess your current state and ensure your
Service Catalog and CMDB initiatives get off to the best start possible.

From ITIL to ITAM -- Two Benchmark Surveys Provide Insight at Today's Top IT Organizations

Evergreen's 2005 ITAM Benchmark Assessment - Survey data from Evergreen's latest ITAM Benchmark indicates that many ITAM programs are at risk of failure to deliver business value. Our findings also illuminate the best practices of today\'s advanced ITAM programs and will help you:

Learn how your peers leverage asset data to drive cost savings and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

Identify hidden opportunities for efficiency and cost savings that you may potentially overlook in the mission-critical data center

ITIL Adoption Outpacing All Other Process Frameworks in IT Organizations Today

Data from Evergreen's latest ITIL assessment suggests that ITIL has reached critical mass in large organizations,primarily driven by service quality concerns and a need to align IT with larger business objectives. Furthermore, for organizations that participated, ITIL implementation is clearly outpacing other process/compliance frameworks in the enterprise.

Client Strategies

Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Yields Significant IT Benefits - Dale Edmiston, Senior Manager of IT Operations at Food Lion, shares the approach that enabled this leading US grocer to achieve full Sarbanes Oxley compliance while at the same time implementing an enterprise-wide change management program for hardware, software, database and application groups.

Latest Updates

Service Catalog and CMDB Assessment and Roadmap Services Now Available

As ITIL reaches critical mass in organizations, many of our clients have asked us to assist them in developingtargeted strategies and tactical plans that will help guide their Service Catalog and CMDB initiatives. As a result of what we've learned in these engagements, Evergreen has developed two short-term assessment and roadmap engagements that will help you lay a solid foundation for Service Catalog and CMDB initiatives. We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about these engagements, and to contact us for more information.

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