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Responsible comcerning the contents according to § 10 Subsection 3 MDStV:
Dipl. Kfm. Dipl. Wirt.-Inform. Bernd Holtz

socos GmbH
Chief Executive Officer: Bernd Holtz

Grolmanstr.32
50825 Köln (Cologne)
Germany

TAX-No.: 217/5784/0865
VAT-IdNo.: DE247682342
IBAN: DE90 3705 0198 1900 2550 82
Swift Code: COLSDE 33

Phone +49 (0) 2 21 / 99 50 85 01

Local court Köln (Cologne)
HRB 57507

Bank details:
Sparkasse KölnBonn
Bank sort code: 370 501 98
Account-No.: 1900 255 082

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Trademark
ITIL® is a registered trade mark of the Cabinet Office.
The OGC-Logo is a registered trademark ofHM Treasury.
“ISO” is a registered trademark of the International Standardization for Organization.
“CMMI” is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Carnegie Mellon University.
“COBIT” is a trademark of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association and the IT Governance Institute.
PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of the Cabinet Office.
The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of the Cabinet Office.
Claimed is the trademark “socos”.


NEWS

18/02/12 - 2nd edition of ISO/IEC 20000 Part 2 released

Since 14th February 2012 Part 2 of the Service Management standard ISO/IEC 20000 is available.

Read more in our News.

30/01/12 - socos encourages international business

The first time 50% of the annual sales have been made abroad. With project work in Romania, socos has now held courses and consulted in 13 countries.
Currently there is a series of trainings in Egypt.

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06/07/10 - Trend ITIL® Education: Speed instead of sustainability

There is a new trend in the educational area of ITIL®: Speed instead of sustainability.

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07/06/10 - New trend in ITIL®: Speed instead of sustainability

The ITIL V3 qualification program obviously has a new trend:
Speed instead of sustainability.

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03/05/10 - ISO 20000 - Part 5 released

Part 5 is an exemplary Implementationplan for Service Providers, that can be used as guideline in certification- or Serviceimprovement projects.
The apprach provides a structured framework to prioritize and manage the implemenation activities.

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26/02/10 - Current development state of ISO/IEC 20000

The development of ISO/IEC is forging ahead.
• Part 4: Process Reference Model
Nov: Committee stage; Now: Enquire stage

+• Part 5: Exemplar implementation plan for ISO/IEC 20000-1
Nov: Committee stage; Now: Enquire stage+

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20/12/09 - Refresh of ITIL Core Books

Refresh of ITIL Core Books
OGC as publisher of ITIL has started in november to gather a team of authors for the refresh of the ITIL Core books. The focus obiously is a regular review but also an update of the books.

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11/11/09 - socos strengthens international business

By providing additional courses in Serbia and Egypt we are currently strengthening our international business.
socos is therefore successfully providing trainings and projects in 12 countries.

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