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In 2017 AXELOS, the current owner of ITIL, announced a major update: ITIL 4. Naturally, the global community of ITIL practitioners had plenty of questions to ask, such as:
What will ITIL 4 introduce?
What are the biggest changes from ITIL V3?
How will students become qualified in ITIL 4?
Will those currently studying ITIL V3 be able to transition over to ITIL 4?
With these questions in mind, let's take a look at exactly what you can expect from the newest version of ITIL.
The updates to ITIL 4 are based on the most common hang-ups that practitioners have with Version 3, namely:
That ITIL has failed to keep up with recent trends in IT operations and software development
That AXELOS lacks a strong relationship with the general ITSM community
The development of ITIL 4 has been community driven. Despite what critics claim, the number of ITIL practitioners and students around the world has only continued to grow over the years, giving AXELOS plenty of help in producing a new version that works better for everyone. Its 'Global Research Programme' already boasts over 2000 members from the likes of Apple, Microsoft and even Disney!
This collaboration has also given AXELOS more perspective on how the ITSM community operates. This is why it has also enabled the likes of Agile, Lean and DevOps to be incorporated into the new ITIL framework.
Axelos has specified that existing certifications in ITIL V3 will still remain valid after ITIL 4 is introduced. This will allow ITIL-certified professionals to keep practicing without having to retake their exams.
However, the new version will also introduce a great deal of new examinable content. Much of this will be to do with new best practices and greater integration with other frameworks and systems. In other words, those who are currently studying ITIL V3 will miss out on a lot of what makes up the new curriculum.
Changes to the ITIL certification scheme
ITIL V3 had students collect credits in order to qualify for higher level certifications. ITIL 4 will change things up quite a bit, and so students of Version 3 will need to consider their options carefully.
ITIL 4 will keep the Foundation module as its entry point, introducing students to ITIL's terminology, elements and concepts. After passing this module, students will have a choice of certifications to work towards: 'ITIL Managing Professional' or 'ITIL Strategic Leader'. In order to reach either level, students will need to complete all of the relevant modules within each stream.
Once a student has achieved the two intermediate ITIL certifications, they will then be eligible to start working towards the level of 'ITIL Master'.
Can I transition from studying ITIL V3 to ITIL 4?
Yes you can, depending on how far along you are with your studies.
If you have just completed the ITIL V3 Foundation module, your most efficient course may be to start from scratch. Remember, ITIL 4 will introduce new examinable content at all levels, so it will be best to start your transition now rather than investing time in out of date modules.
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West has been surprisingly loyal to GOP leaders on some key issues. | John Shinkle/POLITICO
More nuanced Allen West emerges
By MARIN COGAN
A funny thing happened in the year between Rep. Allen West's election and the end of his first session in Congress.
The freshman Republican discovered nuance in politics. Whether it's a spending bill, a debt-limit vote or a flood insurance measure, West has proved to be more ideologically dynamic and flexible than any of his caricaturists imagined, undermining his reputation as a tea party iconoclast while eliciting deep sighs of relief from House Republican leadership.
That's not to say he's fallen into lock step with them: This week, he's locking horns with GOP leaders over their payroll tax extender package. And it's not to say that he's cooled off the bombastic, sometimes cringe-inducing remarks: He famously called Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz "vile, unprofessional and despicable" speculated on whether a Democratic challenger "likes running against black guys" and referred to himself as a modern-day Harriet Tubman.
But look beyond the incendiary rhetoric, and focus on the policy votes and insider maneuvering, and a different picture of West emerges. He's been surprisingly loyal to Republican leaders on some key issues. He keeps them apprised of where he stands on votes and largely refrains from taking to the airwaves to slam his own party.
West has criticized conservative interest groups he believes have too much influence. And on the biggest legislative debate of the year, the debt ceiling, he was a major supporter of the Republican plan: He voted for the debt limit deal while dozens of tea party types bailed.
This fall, West defied conservative hard-line orthodoxy by voting in favor of a continuing resolution that raised spending $24 billion above the plan laid out in House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget. He also voted against an amendment introduced by fellow freshman Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas that cut $3 billion from an Interior Department appropriations bill. And earlier this year, he defied a conservative amendment to stop the expansion of a federal flood insurance program.
Heritage Action for America's legislative scorecard — the hugely influential cheat sheet for determining conservative bona fides in Congress — gives West a 74 percent rating, with 76 percent on his voting record and 33 percent on sponsorship of legislation. By comparison, fellow freshmen Huelskamp and Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina have ratings of 93 percent.
In short, West is either far more politically astute than his opponents gave him credit for or remarkably unconcerned with the ramifications of saying what he thinks. Or both.
"You guys in parts of the media needed a sensational story, and I guess I — a black Republican, first time from Florida since 1876 — join the Congressional Black Caucus. I guess there's a story there," West said, leaning back in his chair, during an interview with POLITICO in his office Tuesday.
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By Kevin Carbotte
HTC, hoping to curb mobile VR fragmentation in China, announced Vive Wave during the company's annual Vive Developer Conference. Vive Wave is a toolset that lets developers support third-party mobile VR HMDs on HTC's Viveport content distribution system in China.
With China's VR market booming, the number of companies selling VR headsets, particularly for mobile, is also growing. Choice is great, of course, but when each device has its own content platform, it's difficult for developers to support all systems, paving the way for one platform to dominate.
HTC is striving to prevent this scenario by offering a unified solution that supports a wide range of hardware. The Vive Wave platform (opens in new tab) purports to solve two industry problems: It gives software developers a larger potential customer base with no extra effort; and it frees hardware designers to focus on hardware innovation, rather than perfecting a software distribution system. HTC said that 12 hardware partners have already signed up to take part in Vive Wave. The company also revealed that 35 developers have committed to creating software for the Vive Wave platform.
HTC also said that it formed a partnership with Unity to integrate Viveport and the Vive Wave SDK into Unity to offer one-click publishing to the Viveport distribution platform. HTC said that the no-hassle publishing system would support Viveport for PC VR and mobile VR content.
"We're delighted that the Vive Wave VR open platform is receiving such strong industry support from both hardware partners and developers," said Alvin Wang Graylin, China Regional President of Vive, HTC. "As the VR industry leader in China, it is our duty to help reduce market fragmentation and provide content developers with more ways to make money. Vive Wave will assure a higher consistency in the user experience on a variety of mobile VR devices across various price points, making quality VR more accessible to the mass market."
Along with the Vive Wave announcement, HTC discussed a few more details about its upcoming standalone VR headset for the China market. Over the summer, HTC announced that it would release a Snapdragon 835-powered VR HMD for China that would mirror the specifications of the standalone Daydream headset HTC is building for the global market. Today, the company announced that the headset would be known as the Vive Focus (opens in new tab).
"As the world continues to become more mobile and connected, we've been working closely with Vive through our HMD Accelerator Program and advanced VR software features to enable immersive virtual reality experiences without the need for wires or PCs," said Hugo Swart, senior director, product management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. "The combination of Snapdragon's ultra-low power, high performance VR coupled with the new Vive Wave VR open platform will help content developers deliver best-in-class mobile VR experiences to users."
HTC didn't reveal many new details about the device, but the company confirmed that it would feature a low-latency, high-resolution AMOLED screen. The representative that we spoke with declined to discuss the full specifications of the hardware and would not say how much the Vive Focus would cost or when it would be available. The company did note that the Vive Focus would be the "first commercial standalone device to deliver inside-out 6-degree-of-freedom tracking (6DoF)."
Predictably, the Vive Focus headset is fully compatible with the Vive Wave open platform and Viveport content distribution system. In fact, HTC is offering Vive Vision headsets along with Vive Wave developer kits to qualifying developers. The company said that it handed out 500 priority vouchers to developers who were present at VDC 2017. HTC is also accepting applications for Vive Wave developer kits through the Chinese Vive developer hub (opens in new tab).
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Kevin Carbotte is a contributing writer for Tom's Hardware who primarily covers VR and AR hardware. He has been writing for us for more than four years.
computerguy72
The Focus VR seems to make no sense. Here HTC has built a community with the Vive that is entirely PC based so instead of iterating the design to try to command the market they put their efforts into a weaker non-pc solution. With 1/35th the processing power this is basically identical to the Oculus Go and a number of others. Not sure the VR market is the place to be a "Me-Too" manufacturer.
Sakkura
This is not a replacement for the PC-based Vive. The hardware is not ready for a true gen 2 PC headset yet, and this doesn't hurt what they're doing on PC. It's just a concurrent thing.
Dosflores
With 1/35th the processing power this is basically identical to the Oculus Go
The Oculus Go uses Snapdragon 821 and only features orientation tracking. The Vive Focus uses Snapdragon 835 and features full positional tracking. The Focus is undeniably better than the Go, just like the Vive was undeniably better than the Rift when they launched.
HTC doesn't want to be a "Me-Too" manufacturer; it wants to be the leading manufacturer. It already leads the PC-based VR market, and there's no better alternative from any other manufacturer in sight. It would make no sense to neglect the standalone VR market.
bit_user
The Focus VR seems to make no sense. Here HTC has built a community with the Vive that is entirely PC based so instead of iterating the design to try to command the market they put their efforts into a weaker non-pc solution. With 1/35th the processing power this is basically identical to the Oculus Go and a number of others.
The point @Dosflores alluded to about about Vive Focus being 6-DoF vs. Oculus Go's 3-DoF capability can't be overstated. This makes it a fundamentally different & superior product.
Not sure the VR market is the place to be a "Me-Too" manufacturer.
Second, they're decidedly not opting to be a me-too ODM. That's the main point of this article! They're flicking a giant middle-finger at Google, Valve, and Microsoft. With Vive Wave and Viveport, they're jockeying for software platform primacy and to be the dominant content distribution channel of VR and AR content. This should hardly come as a surprise. I expect the aforementioned players will probably deprioritize their partnership activities with HTC, as they're now stepping up and donning the mantle of a full-fledged competitor.
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The No. 1 producer of cheap single-use plastics (SUP) waste that is killing the world's oceans, ExxonMobil reported a quarterly profit of almost $20 billion in October but the energy giant is suing the European Union (EU) to stop its new windfall tax on oil firms.
Energy firms are getting much more money for their oil and gas, partly due to supply concerns after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Exxon Mobil's U.S. oil refineries pump out far more lung-damaging soot than similarly-sized facilities operated by rivals, according to regulatory documents
In September, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced an emergency plan for major oil, gas and coal companies to pay a "crisis contribution" on their increased 2022 profits.
A 33% tax on this year's profits was announced – those profits were more than 20% higher than the average for the three previous years.
Exxon has also argued that the levy undermines investor confidence, in a challenge filed at the EU's Luxembourg-based General Court.
"Whether we invest here primarily depends on how attractive and globally competitive Europe will be," Exxon spokesperson Casey Norton told the Reuters news agency.
In an investor meeting earlier this month, ExxonMobil's chief financial officer estimated that the EU tax would cost the group "over $2 billion".
The European Commission said it "takes note" of Exxon's lawsuit.
An analysis by the Minderoo Foundation in Australia revealed that ExxonMobil contributed 5.9 million metric tons to global plastic waste, making the company the largest producer of single-use plastics.
Exxon Mobil's U.S. oil refineries pump out far more lung-damaging soot than similarly-sized facilities operated by rivals, according to regulatory documents and a Reuters analysis of pollution test results.
The Texas-based firm's three largest refineries – two in Texas and one in Louisiana – are the nation's top three emitters of small particulate matter, according to the analysis of the latest tests submitted to regulators by the nation's 10 largest refineries.
"Exxon has all the resources in the world to lower its pollution rates dramatically," said Wilma Subra, a Louisiana-based scientist who formerly served on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc's new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing the levy.
Record profits this year by oil companies benefiting from high energy prices have boosted inflation around the world and led to fresh calls to further tax the sector.
The windfall profits tax is "counter-productive," discourages investments and undermines investor confidence, Exxon spokesperson Casey Norton said on Wednesday. Exxon will factor in the tax as it considers future multibillion-euro investments in Europe's energy supply and transition, he said.
Windfall profit taxes imposed by Europe could cost at least $2 billion through the end of 2023, Chief Financial Officer Kathryn Mikells said in a call to analysts on Dec. 8.
Exxon said it invested $3 billion in the past decade in refinery projects in Europe. The projects are helping it deliver more energy products at a time when Europe struggles to reduce its imports from Russia, the company said.
"We will continue to work with EU leaders to address these issues. Thoughtful policy is critical," the company said.
Chevron Corp had also warned that taxing oil production would serve only to reduce energy supply by discouraging company investments.
"That goes against the intent of increasing suppliers and making energy more affordable," Chevron's chief financial officer, Pierre Breber, told Reuters in October.
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Today went really well! I found this new way to make tacos! I take a romaine lettuce leaf, and Market Fresh Salsa brand from Walmart (only 5 calories per serving) and pan-fried tilapia fish (cooked in a non-stick skillet and sprayed with olive oil). I season the fish with a bit of salt, pepper and garlic powder. Once the fish is cooked, I spread out the lettuce and put in a piece of fish, and the salsa – roll it up like a taco and boy was it tasty! And low-calorie!
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