'IT skeptic' pushes UK government to make ITIL more accessible

An IT expert is currently pushing the UK government to open ITIL licensing on a more broad basis, which would facilitate adoption on a global level.An IT expert is currently pushing the UK government to open ITIL licensing on a more broad basis, which would facilitate adoption on a global level.

According to a recent Computerworld New Zealand report, Rob England, a consultant based out of New Zealand and a self-proclaimed “IT skeptic,” cited the UK government’s policy of releasing government data and intellectual property. England applied this policy to the government’s control over ITIL, calling for the government to loosen its grip on the ITIL book and lower the price, currently set at $500, for others to purchase it.

Doing so, according to England, will help broaden “the only useful community” of IT practitioners who promote ITIL and live abroad.

“ITIL is a body of knowledge that has a huge international user community,” England said, according to Computerworld. “Over a million people have been trained in it.”

This initiative comes in response to the UK Office of Government Commerce’s recent move to renew the UK’s Stationary Office license to print and sell the book at such a high price.