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AXELOS launches German, Japanese, French and Latin
American Spanish translations of ITIL® Practitioner
Media enquiries—Simon Coughlin, [email protected]
As part of ongoing international expansion, AXELOS “These four new translations will help us meet
has made ITIL® Practitioner – the new qualification of growing demand for ITIL Practitioner as it
the world’s most widely adopted service management continues to grow around the world.”
framework – available in four further languages.
ITIL was first released more 25 years ago and now a
quarter of a million exams are taken each year across
all ITIL levels of qualifications. ITIL Practitioner
launched in the UK in February 2016 and is now
available in Japanese, German, French and Latin
American Spanish.
The
qualification
ITIL Practitioner is the most significant recent
evolution in the ITIL best practice framework,
which was first introduced by the UK Government
in 1989 and is now used in more than 150
countries with more than a quarter of a million
ITIL certifications awarded around the world each
year.
equips
ITSM
(IT
service
management) professionals with skills to successfully
adopt and adapt ITIL to improve service management
capabilities - organisational change management,
communication, metrics and measurement - in line
with business goals.
The accompanying publication, “ITIL Practitioner
Guidance”,
covers
the
skills
and
practical
application of knowledge, and is available from
the AXELOS website, the TSO website and
Amazon. More information on ITIL Practitioner
and details of Accredited Training Organizations
It is the next step after ITIL Foundation for (ATOs) can be found on the AXELOS website:
professionals who have already learned the basics of www.axelos.com/itil-practitioner-launch
ITSM and the business value of well-designed and
delivered services. ITIL Practitioner is a fundamental
enabler
for
applying
valuable
specialist
skills
acquired in the ITIL Intermediate Lifecycle and
Capabilities qualifications.
AXELOS CEO Peter Hepworth said: “ITIL Practitioner
was developed to better meet the needs of ITSM
professionals, who told us they wanted more practical
elements to complement ITIL guidance, advising
them on how to adopt and adapt.
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