Controversial ITIL blog asks the reality check questions
I stumbled across The ITIL Skeptic’s blog today, reading on digg.com. An entry about the seeming impossibility of creating and maintaining a useful CMDB (Configuration Management Database) as defined by ITIL was an interesting read. But I suppose one answer is, don’t make it a behemoth, keep it manageable with federation? Or perhaps the heart of the argument lies in the definition from ITIL? At any rate, I found the post to be informative and thought-provoking.
The ITIL Skeptic chooses to keep his or her identity a “secret” but is apparently not a former BMC employee. I do appreciate a skeptic’s viewpoint as I continue to learn about ITIL and the CMDB since I still feel like a newbie on the topic. Plus, as a vendor we ought to be sure we pay attention to the skeptics.
Especially valuable to me as I continue to learn is the list of links included on the site. Here are the blog titles and links. I was going to offer up an OPML file with subscriptions but it seems that some of them aren’t syndicated, so I’ll work more on that later.
Anne Gentle is the author of 
