Terms and Conditions of Use

Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/24/2006 - 2:04pm.

Registration: Please read this entire agreement and check the "Accept Terms and Conditions of Use " box.  After successfully registering, you will receive your password and instructions via e-mail.

Purpose: The Explore ITSM website is sponsored by itSMF USA and is intended as a collaborative project of college students and ITSM professionals who wish to share information regarding IT Service Management.  As such, whatever is contained in the Explore ITSM Website is not necessarily representative of any official university or school policy or opinion and itSMF USA does not necessarily endorse anything contained herein. Furthermore, all content on sites linked to the Explore ITSM website, regardless of their authors' affiliation with any University, or College are also not necessarily endorsed by the university or college.

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