The document discusses improvements made to IT service management at a mid-sized card processing company in Croatia over 7 years. It began with typical startup issues like lack of resources and firefighting. Initiatives included defining a service catalog and SLAs, maturing incident and change management processes, implementing monitoring of critical services, embracing a culture of continuous improvement, and empowering the role of the service desk. Results included problems being resolved, Gartner metrics in the best-in-class range, and SLAs matching Gartner's outstanding levels for similar services. Further improvements could include fully utilizing a CMDB within key processes.