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The CMDB Blog topic votes are in….

October 6th, 2009 Carlos Casanova No comments

Hey everyone,

First, I’d like to thank all of you for participating in the poll.  More than 100 of you provided input as to what topics you felt were most important to you on issue of the CMS ( aka CMDB ).

The poll closed the other day and the results are:

  • 17%  -  Auto Discovery
  • 16%  -  Federation vs. Aggregation
  • 14%  -  Manual vs. Technology
  • 11%  -  Tie
    • Implementation Challenges
    • Model
  • 9%  -  Tie
    • Value Propositions
    • Where Do I begin
  • 7%  -  Reconciliation
  • 5%  -  Buy vs. Build
  • 1%  -  Other

Results can also be viewed by clicking this link: CMDB / CMS Blog Series Topics Poll Results(trends)

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Press Release: Second “Industry Knowledge Contribution” nomination received

September 17th, 2009 Carlos Casanova No comments

K2 Solutions Group, Inc. Founder and President receives his second itSMF USA “Industry Knowledge Contribution” nomination


Providence, RI – September 16, 2009 – K2 Solutions Group, Inc. (http://www.k2sg.com) proudly announces that its founder and president, Carlos Casanova, has received a second ‘Industry Knowledge Contribution’ award nomination from the IT Service Management Forum USA (itSMF USA) (http://www.itsmfusa.org). This nomination is for the editorial staff of “The Forum” the itSMF USA membership newsletter. Mr. Casanova has been on the editorial staff since the start of 2009 and contributes articles to the newsletter on a regular basis in addition to reviewing and soliciting articles for the periodical. His first nomination was for the book, “The CMDB Imperative” which he co-authored with Glenn O’Donnell a Senior Analyst from Forrester Research. The award will be presented at its annual conference, “Fusion 09” (http://www.itsmfusion.com). This year’s conference will be held on September 22, 2009 in Dallas, TX.

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Press Release: “Industry Knowledge Contribution” nomination

September 11th, 2009 Carlos Casanova No comments

K2 Solutions Group, Inc. Founder and President receives itSMF USA
“Industry Knowledge Contribution” nomination


September 10 – Providence, RI – K2 Solutions Group, Inc. ( http://www.k2sg.com ) proudly announces its founder and president, Carlos Casanova, has been nominated along with Glenn O’Donnell a Senior Analyst from Forrester Research (http://www.forrester.com/rb/analyst/glenn_donnell ) by the IT Service Management Forum USA (itSMF USA) ( http://www.itsmfusa.org ) for the ‘Industry Knowledge Contribution’ award for their work as co-authors of the book; “The CMDB Imperative: How to realize the dream and avoid the nightmares” ( http://www.cmdbimperative.com ) published by Prentice Hall. The award will be presented at its annual conference, “Fusion 09” ( http://www.itsmfusion.com ). This year’s conference will be held on September 22, 2009 in Dallas, TX.

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Data Assembly Delivers Actionable Information

June 19th, 2009 Carlos Casanova No comments

This blog entry was originally posted on: The Imperative Blog

Hi folks,

An article I wrote for Information Management magazine was just posted.  Click here to read the article on the Information Magazine website.

The article is also posted on Digg if you prefer to read it there.  Click here to read the article on the Digg website.

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