I have been Itilized

I have successfully passed my ITIL V3 Foundations Certification !

ITIL is a framework which allows IT Managers to standardize the IT processes which aim at satisfying the demand of their system's customers and/or end-users.

In order to meet customer's needs, ITIL organises the lifecycle of IT Services which are delivered by IT.

The IT department can supply several types of "services", for instance :

• Applications (SAP, CRM, Document Management)
• Purchasing of IT material (PCs, printers...)
• Help Desk, Call Center
  
• Internet Services (Home Banking system for a bank for instance)
• Hardware Installation
• Printing
• ...

ITIL gives guidelines on how to organize the professional delivery of those "IT services".

ITIL V3' service life cycle defines 5 "steps":

• Service Strategy : it defines which services the IT department should provide
  
• Service Design : it defines what the delivered services are and how they are realized
  
• Service Transition : it determines how a designed service is put into production
  
• Service Operation : it describes how services have to be run in production (according to their specifications and their Service Level Agreements)
• Continual Improvement : a set of processes to improve the life cycle realization

Cycling in Limburg and Kempen Last Weekend

Last Weekend we did quiet some cycling in Flanders.

On saturday we did the "Limburgse Rivierenland" tour in Halen. It was supposed to be 52 Km. We did 63 and we even did a shortcut at the end.

On sunday we went to Herentals and we followed what is called the "EcoCyclo". There the KM were correct and it was 46 Km. We started from Herenthout and we used the following "KnoopPunten " :

Herenthout - 45 - 46 - 47 - 9 - 10 - 8 - 15 (Let op: we rijden niet volledig tot aan 15. Neem een kijkje aan de watermolen. Het is een waardevol monument. Daarna keer je terug naar 8.) - 19 - 18 - 14 - Hidrodoe - Van Hidrodoe rijd je terug naar de knooppuntenroute. Sla echter niet af naar links richting knooppunt 14, maar blijf rechtdoor rijden. Volg de pijltjes richting Centrum. - 12 - 60 - 62 - 65 - 66 - 43 - 44 - 45

If you search Biking Roads in Belgium I stongly recommend you this website http://www.fietsroute.org/.

Mise à jour du site de Paul Leroy

Le site Internet pour Paul Leroy se trouve sous mon nom de domaine. Nous y travaillons de temps en temps en buvant un bonne bière. Nous l'avons mis à jour cette semaine:

• Il y a un nouveau menu pour faciliter la navigation.
  
• Paul a également mis des nouveaux tableaux en ligne sur PicasaWeb.

Allez jetter un coup d'oeil : http://pleroy.lowas.be/


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Quel est le con qui a changé skynet ?

Moi j'aimais bien skynet pour la météo facile a trouver et facile a lire pour les prévisions à dix jours. Il y avait une colonne bleue à gauche avec toutes les possibilités skynet dont la météo. C'était facile et efficace.

Evidement il y a quelqu'un qui a trouvé que c'était mieux de changer. Essayez maintenant d'aller sur http://www.skynet.be/ et trouvez-moi la météo. Bonne chance !

Comme dirait l'autre : "Si je connaissais le con qu'a fait sauter le pont..."

Thinking ; Am I a Rain Maker ?

Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines rainmaker as “a person (such as a partner in a law firm) who brings in new business or whose influence can initiate progress or ensure success.” In short, a rainmaker is someone that makes things happen – someone who initiates action that ultimately brings in new business and revenue.

Rainmakers take a “big picture” view of their customers business. Rather than focus on specific IT projects, they look at the overall state of the client’s industry, company and LOB. Some characteristics of a rainmaker include the following: pro-active, results-oriented, patient, driven, conscientious, good listener, active listener, empathetic, sympathetic, curious, knowledgeable, engaged, confident, incisive, inquiring, flexible, visionary, creative, positive, optimistic, and collaborative.

4 Recent Music CDs

If you want the artists you like to continue to produce, you have to support them. Here are the 4 latest CDs I have bought :

• Mix Mania 2008 Vol 3
• Milk Inc - Forever
• Tiesto - In search of sunrise 7 (Asia)
• Dany Brillant - Best Of

Make Clouds with Wordle

Something I found by accident yesterday : Wordle.

Wordle draws a tag cloud for you from a text or rss feed.

I let it run on my CV and here is the result :



Than I run it on my delicious tags :



I like it.