ISO 20000 is the world’s first international standard for IT Service Management. ISO/IEC 20000 is an international IT standard that allows companies to demonstrate excellence and prove best practice in IT management. The standard ensures companies can achieve evidence-based 28benchmarks to continuously improve their delivery of IT services. ISO/IEC 20000 was released in 2011 based on the IT infrastructure library (ITIL®) best practice framework, and updated in 2011.