Configuresoft and EDS Host Webinar Outlining Strategies for Adopting ITIL V3

Business Wire, Oct 9, 2007

Configuresoft's Technology Strategist George Gerchow and EDS Process Consultant Rick Giesinger Look at How Changes in V3 Affect your ITIL Program

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology and the creator of enterprise Configuration Intelligence[TM], today announced that ITIL Service Manager/EDS Process Consultant Rick Giesinger and ITIL Configuresoft CP&C Technology Strategist George Gerchow will host a free educational Webinar titled "Creating a Pragmatic Implementation Plan," the second installment of the two part series, "Guidance and Strategies for Adopting ITIL V3." The ITIL experts will share real world approaches and successes in this educational Webinar for senior executives, ITIL process owners, infrastructure directors and security managers.

With a focus toward continuous improvement, an integrated service lifecycle approach to IT Service Management and acceptance of a federated CMDB model, the move to V3 is essential to a successful, practical ITIL adoption in today's world. Changes in V3, however, will affect your current ITIL program or plans for implementation over the next year and beyond.

The Webinar will feature:

* A recap of the first Webinar highlighting the key differences between V2 and V3

* Strategies for defining a pragmatic, actionable plan for implementing V3

* Methods for identifying changes, tasks and other organizational considerations required to update your V2 plan to V3

* Information on how to leverage existing IT investments to accelerate ITIL V3 implementations

* The latest educational programs available for V3 certification

What: "Creating a Pragmatic Implementation Plan"

Who: ITIL Service Manager/EDS Process Consultant Rick Giesinger and ITIL Certified Practitioner/Configuresoft Technology Strategist George Gerchow

When: Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 11:00 a.m. EDT

To Register: http://www.configuresoft.com/webinar_registration_web.aspx

About Configuresoft

Configuresoft is an innovator in systems management technology, delivering the enterprise Configuration Intelligence[TM] to effectively and efficiently manage today's heterogeneous computing infrastructures. Spanning both security and operations, the Company's configuration management, compliance and remediation products are used by 13 of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA, GLBA, Basel II, HIPAA and DISA, and industry standards such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS and Microsoft Security Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) U-CONFIG or visit www.configuresoft.com.