RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-05 Thread Jason Gurtz
Your cheapest option would be to use things like Mercurial, Subversion, or Git for this. On Windows it may be easiest to use a gui client like TortoiseHg, TortoiseSvn or TortoiseGit as an interface to these systems. At the highest level, the general idea is to wrap library functionality around

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-05 Thread Dave Wade
For an Organization it is no longer useful to manage these things in isolation any more. ITIL and ISO27000 really require a holistic approach so that the impact of changes on Availability and Continuity, Capacity and Costs are considered which means you need a Holistic Approach to change. That

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-05 Thread Randal, Phil
| Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Dave Wade [mailto:dave.w...@stockport.gov.uk] Sent: 05 March 2012 16:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Change Control methods? For an Organization it is no longer useful to manage

Re: Change Control methods?

2012-03-05 Thread Don Kuhlman
I've been in three different organizations in the past year and a half. One was huge, the 2nd was medium, and the current one is a smaller group. The huge one had an Enterprise class change management system and spent hundreds of thousands installing, customizing, migrating, and training users

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-04 Thread Michael B. Smith
I don't think intro (which ITIL calls Foundation) is enough. Change Management is part of Intermediate. -Original Message- From: Steve Goodman [mailto:st...@stevieg.org] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Change Control methods? IIRC, it's

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-03 Thread Steve Goodman
[mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 March 2012 01:15 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Change Control methods? IIRC, it was mentioned in a demo I viewed that one of the members of the MSFT SC2012 suite has some change control capabilities - can't remember which one, though

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-02 Thread Steve Hart
IssueView I think they have a free version for 5 users or less. Steve Hart Network Administrator 503.491.4343 -Direct | 503.492.8160 - Fax From: David Thor Johnson [mailto:idama...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-02 Thread Guyer, Donald
Lots. Depends on the size of your environment, what you want to be able to do with it, available budget, etc. From basic call logging software to full-blown ITIL packages. Yeah, I know, that wasn't really helpGoogle it and you'll see how many products are out there. I'm sure others will

Re: Change Control methods?

2012-03-02 Thread Kurt Buff
IIRC, it was mentioned in a demo I viewed that one of the members of the MSFT SC2012 suite has some change control capabilities - can't remember which one, though. But, that suite isn't due until April, so might not be what you want anyway. Kurt On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 18:08, David Thor Johnson