SO/IEC 20000 is an international IT standard that permits companies to demonstrate brilliance and prove best practice in IT management. The standard makes sure companies can achieve evidence-based benchmarks to constantly progress their delivery of IT services. ISO/IEC 20000 was released in 2005 based on the IT infrastructure library (ITIL®) best practice framework, and updated in 2011.
In May 2011, a new version of ISO 20000 Part 1, the assessable part of this two-part standard was published. This latest version includes minor revisions to the 2005 version which adds some new necessities from the ITIL version 3 model from which it is derived. Since June 2013, all organizations are now assessed against the 2011 version.
There is no doubt Information Technology is taking an growing part in business and private life. Therefore the IT services and IT service providers are continually increasing. Along with these, the value and implication of the quality in the provision of relevant services is inevitably growing
ISO/IEC 20000 gives that framework that may safeguard the quality, continuity and development of the IT service provision. It is for this cause that its application becomes increasingly vital.