Iain Moone

Iain Moone

Before founding Apex Configuration Group, I held senior global roles including Director, Global Head of SACM, and CMDB Architect within complex, regulated, multi-national environments.

I help large organisations design, fix, and scale Service Configuration & Asset Management (SACM) and ITSM operating models that actually work at enterprise scale. I’m a Managing Director and ITSM / ITIL Managing Professional with deep experience as a Global Service Owner, SACM Process Lead, and as an ITSM Consultant, supporting multinational organisations through configuration management transformation, CMDB rationalisation, and global process unification.

My work typically sits at the intersection of governance, service design, tooling reality, and organisational behaviour — translating ITIL theory into operating models that survive contact with real environments.

What I’m known for

  • Global SACM and Configuration Management process design
  • Consolidation and unification of fragmented ITSM processes across regions
  • Defining service reporting models, KPIs and meaningful metrics
  • Global process owner and executive stakeholder interface
  • Designing target operating models for Service Management and SACM
  • Advisory support for greenfield implementations and failing programmes

Previous roles include Global SACM Service Owner, Service Demand Management Consultant, and ITSM Process Designer, including contribution to HP Service Center core requirement design and enterprise-wide configuration management standards.

Certifications & professional training (selected)

  • ITIL 4 Managing Professional
  • ITIL Expert (ISEB v3 Managers Bridge)
  • ISO / IEC 20000 Consultant & Internal Auditor
  • Practitioner & Manager-level IT Service Management certifications
  • Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

My focus today is on pragmatic, outcome-driven Service Management — not ceremony — and helping organisations move from theoretical compliance to operational capability.

Posts by Iain Moone

Your ServiceNow Go-Live Happened. Your CMDB Didn't.

If your ServiceNow go-live delivered incident, change and request but left the configuration management database (CMDB) …

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7 min read
Oct 17, 2026, 9:00:02 AM

Replacing The Configuration Management Lead Cost $100,000 To Fix

The previous configuration management lead understood how the CMDB connected to incident, change and problem management, …

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7 min read
Oct 13, 2026, 9:00:02 AM

A Sarbanes-Oxley Audit Found Applications ServiceNow Never Flagged

An internal compliance team ran its scheduled audit of the CMDB and found that most business applications needing to be …

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7 min read
Oct 5, 2026, 9:00:00 AM

CMDB Health Dashboards: Making The Three Metrics Mean Something

ServiceNow's CMDB health dashboard scores the configuration management database (CMDB) on three metrics: completeness, c …

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4 min read
Sep 27, 2026, 9:00:01 AM

CMDB Health Assessment: What It Involves And What It Risks

A CMDB health assessment carries very little risk, and the reason is mechanical rather than reassuring. It reads your co …

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7 min read
Sep 9, 2026, 4:04:01 PM

CMDB Audit In ServiceNow: What To Check When Data Can’t Be Trusted

Run an audit against a CMDB that hasn't been checked against reality in a while, and three things turn up almost immedia …

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4 min read
Aug 20, 2026, 10:00:01 AM

IT And Cloud Cost Optimisation: How To Reduce Total Cost Of Ownership

Most cost-reduction programmes cut a fixed percentage from every IT budget line and hope nobody notices the difference. …

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5 min read
Jul 7, 2026, 10:00:00 AM

The 3 Cs of a CMDB: Completeness, Correctness and Compliance

The 3Cs of a CMDB Most people in IT service management have heard the 3 Cs of a Configuration Management Database. Compl …

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8 min read
Jun 24, 2026, 12:13:23 PM

CMDB AI Readiness Assessment: Is Your Estate Ready To Support AI?

Feed an AI copilot a service map with a duplicate configuration item in it, and it won't ask for clarification. It picks …

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4 min read
Jun 11, 2026, 10:00:00 AM

CMDB: The Cyber Insurance Risk You Don't See Until It's Too Late

The breach isn’t the first crisis. The inventory is. Most senior teams only discover their “asset problem” when somethin …

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11 min read
May 23, 2026, 12:05:01 PM