Global Membership

itSMF International Global Membership Organisations and corporations that operate and have employees globally may wish to consider an itSMF International Global Membership.

itSMF International Global Membership is available to both vendors and user organizations and is designed to minimize Global Member’s costs and administrative efforts. Employees of Global Members (both vendor and user) are entitled to a core defined level of membership rights and benefits being offered locally where ever an itSMF Chapter exists. Employees may choose to be affiliated with the itSMF Chapter of their choice.

The core benefits available to employees of Global Members, regardless of Chapter affiliation are:

• Chapter Subscriptions (newsletters, magazines, etc., in electronic format)
• Member Discounts for Publications (Books, CDs, etc.)
• Member Discount for Chapter Events (if offered)
• Access to “Members Only” area of Chapter web site (if offered, may require registration)
• A minimum of one “vote” in all Chapter elections

Note that not all Chapters currently provide all of the above services. Additional rights and benefits may vary from Chapter to Chapter. For details on the benefits offered to Global Members by itSMF Chapters please follow this Chapter link.

Additional Benefits
There are also unique benefits provided by itSMF International to Global Members and their employees, which include:

• Special recognition of Global Membership on the itSMF International Website (http://www.itsmfi.org) including the Global Member’s corporate logo and a link to their website (listed by global membership date).
• Authorized usage of special “itSMF Global Membership” logo, provided by itSMF International
• The opportunity to register at itSMF International Global Membership website resulting in the following additional benefits:
• 1. opportunity to contribute to best practice development
• 2. participation in regional discussion groups with peers
• 3. reduced delegate fee for International seminars and conferences
• 4. PDF copy of informative industry magazine, “ServiceTalk” (courtesy of itSMF UK)
• 5. Access to market research undertaken into latest issues on Service Management.
• 6. Personalized itSMF International Global Membership Certificate, provided via PDF file and suitable for printing.
• 7. Access to the itSMF Global Membership forum providing first-hand International news and updates.
• 8. Other unique benefits as they become available

Exclusive TSO Publications offer for itSMF Global Members

itSMF International has been seeking new ways to provide value for your Global Membership and is therefore pleased to announce an exclusive arrangement with TSO to provide an exciting new benefit for itSMF Global Members.

TSO will provide a license for up to 100 simultaneous user access via online subscription for saving of 30% which is exclusively available only to itSMF Global Members!

This pricing for this 100 simultaneous, multi-site license reflects TSO’s benchmark rate for low-level corporate access and as such represents a significant discount of over 30%!

If you would like to take up this offer, or have any other questions about your itSMF global membership, please contact Ben Clacy at ben.clacy@itsmf.co.uk (on behalf of the itSMF International).

And, you will be in good company! Current Global members are:

• HP - Member since January 2002
• IBM - Member since January 2002
• Computer Associates - Member since January 2002
• Sun Microsystems - Member since January 2002
• Dimension Data - Member since 2006

The current annual cost of a global membership is £20,000, with fees payable to the itSMF International. For more information, or to become a Global Member, please contact: global.membership@itsmfi.org

Disclaimer: The Rights and Benefits above are subject to change without notice.