Surprising Flexibility of Asset Management
On its surface, Asset Management seems to be about tracking your hardware and software assets, which is important to organizations concerned about theft, but it’s hardly revolutionary. A deeper inspection shows a key piece of IT management software that has implications on everything from costs to compliance and cybersecurity. Asset management doesn’t simply tell you […]
ITSM and ESM System for Business Process Improvement
IT service management (ITSM) and enterprise service management (ESM) are essentially the ways organizations manage their services for internal customers. Through a framework, the most popular of which is ITIL, ITSM and ESM enable the internal teams to deliver services throughout the organization. From solving problems to changing existing processes and introducing automated actions, ITSM […]
Does my Business Need an ITIL Change Management Process?
A few years ago, an IT team decided to roll out a new automated software system for the company to use. They created a database, built a number of automations, and designed what they believed was a perfect system. It may have been a great idea on paper, but in reality, it was […]
3 Enterprise Service Management Trends in 2021
Enterprise Service Management (ESM) is trending up. More companies are adopting service management tools and practices, as it helps them clarify internal services, break down internal silos, and improve efficiency through automation. Enterprise Management Associates, a research firm that studies ESM, found that 87% of organizations use some type of ESM tool. Enterprises that deploy […]
Building an Effective Knowledge Management Tool
When done right, Knowledge Management improves the overall effectiveness of a company’s IT assistance. Help Desk and Service Desk employees can easily recycle IT solutions that have worked in the past, improving their speed to resolution. Meanwhile, employees are empowered to resolve issues on their own, which reduces the cost – as well as the strain – on help […]
That’s IT…Assessing the Impact of IT Care Center
IT service managers tend to be stressed out a lot. Life is never easy for people who are tasked with keeping a company’s technology up and running—while trying to figure out new, innovative ways to save money and make IT a driver of business value. In this context, IT Care Center (ITCC) is proving itself […]
3 Best Practices for ITIL SLAs
Service level agreements (SLA) sit at the heart of ITIL practices. For the uninitiated, SLAs define expectations for both the service provider and the “customer” when engaging in a service. For example, a critical issue that carries the high risk of server downtime might have a 15-minute SLA for an initial response, while an information […]
What is the Difference between Help Desk vs. Service Desk
Spend an afternoon in nearly any office setting and invariably you’ll hear one employee tell another to call the help desk to assist with a network issue. Walk to another floor, and you’ll hear a different employee tell their coworker to call the service desk to handle an issue they are having with Microsoft PowerPoint. […]
Protecting Your IT Assets
IT teams are responsible for managing all the hardware and software within the organization. That doesn’t necessarily mean that hardware and software come out of the IT team’s budget. After all, if a marketing department needs more expensive desktop computers to run video-editing software the expense should come from marketing’s budget. However, it does mean […]
Hosted vs. Cloud Help Desk – Which one is right for your organization?
Help desks are important. They fix immediate problems that come up in day-to-day office activities, keeping employees productive. However, there are different options when it comes to help desk, and more businesses are moving their help desk into the cloud. Hosted help desks are installed locally on your IT infrastructure, while cloud help desks sit […]
