Yeah, those darn French - they have a different word for EVERYthing... ;-)
Rick On 8/23/07, Mayfield, Andy L. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** > > Isn't ITIL the French word for "cash cow"? Or is it Spanish for "Take IT > hostage"? Just curious. > > > > Joking Of Course...... Well sorta. > > *Andy L. Mayfield* > *Sr. System Operation Specialist* > *Alabama Power Company* > *Office: 8-226-1805* > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Murtuza B > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: BMC's Web Based ITIL Training Course vs Others' > > > > HP has also come up with something very close to Airport simulation, > called 'Race to results'. > > It is an F1 race simulator based on ITIL v3.0, whilst the airport thingy > is still on v2.0 > > > > regards, > > Murtuza Bookwala > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ray T. > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:01 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: BMC's Web Based ITIL Training Course vs Others' > > ** Thanks Rick. I will go with the cheaper course. > > Thanks to others as well. > > On 8/22/07, *Rick Cook* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > ** > > It is a classroom exercise, and involves a program written by (or at least > FOR) BMC to simulate outages of various kinds at a typical airport. > Airports are used because most people have been in one, and can visualize > fairly easily the types of issues that could befall one, and the effects of > those issues. > > > > I don't know that it's worth much $$$ if you already understand ITIL, but > it's a great way to demonstrate to a team of people from the same company > (including some managers) how they need to work together to accomplish the > ITIL directive. > > > > Rick > > > On 8/22/07, *Ray T.* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > ** > > Interesting discussion guys. I still have two questions: > > > > (1) Is the content of BMC's ITIL foundation (WBT) course any different > from the one offered by itpreneurs.com ? Second one is less than half the > price! For reasons I mentioned in original post, I believe the contents are > the same. Can anybody confirm? > > > > (2) The "airport simulation" done in BMC's on-site course--is it > beneficial enough for me to spend US $1000 extra (perhaps $1400 extra) to > attend BMC's on-site course instead? > > > > (3) Some of you said the "airport simulation" was given away free. If I > pull some strings, is it something someone can hand over to me (paper form? > file?), or are we talking actual exercize to be done in a room with plenty > of folks participating? > > > > I am familiar with ITIL. Got the basic cert done in 2000. Was called ITIL > Essentials at that time. Used it sporadically. I just need to brush up, fill > some gaps and get that piece of paper that says I am ITIL wise. > > > > TIA. > > > PS: Somebody should study the way on-line group conversations work, how > they evolve and morph. It's like making copies of copies of copies of copies > of. On second thought, off-line isn't always that different. > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
