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    <title>Write On: Exploring New Directions in Technical Communications</title>
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    <description>At BMC Software, I'm a Lead Information Developer for ITSM. In this blog, I explore ideas about communication, especially regarding software documentation. Please leave a comment to add your thoughts to the discussion.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:48:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cool news about ITIL® and BMC Software</title>
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      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:e44d075b-e758-4038-a290-53dd39b77b3b] --&gt;&lt;div class='jive-rendered-content'&gt;&lt;p&gt;- By Michele Marques, Lead Information Developer, ITSM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today I just read &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.bmc.com/news/press-releases/2009/BMC-Remedy-ITSM-Earns-First-Official-ITIL-Certification.html"&gt;the news that BMC Software has been awarded the first official ITIL&amp;#174; software certification&lt;/a&gt;. How cool is that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OK, if you're reading my blog because you're a technical communicator, maybe you're wondering why I'm so excited.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ITIL stands for IT Information Library&amp;#174;, and consists of a set of guidelines about good practices for IT departments. Used by thousands of organizations around the world, ITIL has become the de facto standard for IT best practices. I heard about ITIL before joining BMC, and since I joined have become ITIL Foundation certified (like most others).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I first started working at BMC Software, I wrote documentation about &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.bmc.com/products/offering/22743834-121272-1370.html"&gt;BMC Remedy Service Desk&lt;/a&gt;. Even though I now write about other tools and products within &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.bmc.com/products/offering/bmc-remedy-it-service-management-suite.html"&gt;BMC Remedy IT Service Management Suite&lt;/a&gt;, I'll always think fondly of BMC Remedy Service Desk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What does all that have to do with the new certification? This ITIL certification is specifically: BMC Remedy Service Desk 7.0.3 Gold Level Process Compliance for Incident and Problem Management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="jive-quote"&gt;The postings in this blog are my own and don't necessarily represent BMC's opinion or position.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:e44d075b-e758-4038-a290-53dd39b77b3b] --&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 18:10:58 GMT</pubDate>
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