K2 Solutions Group founder receives itSMF USA "Industry Knowledge Contribution" nomination

PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 11, 2009 – Providence, RI – K2 Solutions Group, Inc. proudly announces its founder and president, Carlos Casanova, has been nominated along with Glenn O’Donnell a Senior Analyst from Forrester Research by the IT Service Management Forum USA (itSMF USA) for the ‘Industry Knowledge Contribution' award for their work as co-authors of the book; “The CMDB Imperative: How to realize the dream and avoid the nightmares” published by Prentice Hall. The award will be presented at its annual conference, “Fusion 09” (http://www.itsmfusion.com).  This year’s conference will be held on September 22, 2009 in Dallas, TX.

Founded by Carlos Casanova in 2008 after working nearly two decades with multi-national companies to deliver cost effective technology solutions, K2 Solutions Group, Inc. was started based on the belief that with the right partnerships and infusing simplicity into technology solutions, all challenges no matter how large could be reached. They simply needed to be tackled as smaller and less complex components of the larger initiative. His experience was that far too often, large challenges such as the Configuration Management Database as defined in version 2 of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL V2) and the Configuration Management System as defined in ITIL V3, were failing regularly. The sentiment that CMDB and CMS initiatives could not be delivered successfully because they were too large and complex, pushed Mr. Casanova and Mr. O’Donnell (http://www.forrester.com/rb/analyst/glenn_donnell )  to join forces and co-author “The CMDB Imperative” as way to educate and enable more organizations to succeed in their efforts. In addition, Mr. Casanova then joined the editorial staff of the itSMF newsletter in order to support itSMFs efforts to help educate service management professionals through its periodical “The Forum”.


About K2 Solutions Group, Inc.
K2 Solutions Group, Inc. is a Service Management enablement firm specializing in the transformation of data into actionable information by leveraging the implementation and efficient operation of Configuration Management Systems (CMS). K2 Solutions Group, Inc. have enabled modern-day ITIL Service Management initiatives by evangelizing, architecting, design and implementing solutions that are leading the industry in their forward looking design.
Email: info@k2sg.com Phone: 401.286.4186 Website: http://www.k2sg.com

About itSMF USA
Founded in 1997, the Information Technology Service Management Forum USA (itSMF USA) is the leading industry association that promotes the use of industry best practices and standards in the provision and management of IT Services. Affiliated with itSMF International, itSMF USA has nearly 12,000 members and 43 Local Forum Groups serving the itSMF USA community in the United States.
Phone: 626.449.3300 Website: http://www.itsmfusa.org