Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

October 2023

Manage and defend your IT estate like never before with Ivanti Neurons for ITSM

To learn more about our ITSM solution packages, please visit: At Ivanti, we’ve developed advanced solutions that automatically find, heal, and protect every device, no matter where they are located. Whether your team is working together in the same office or spread across different locations, Ivanti ensures that they can easily and securely perform their best work. Our focus is on delivering exceptional employee experiences, regardless of the device or location. We provide proactive and efficient service, allowing employees to work in the way that suits them best.

Zero-Trust Security: Best Practices for Securing the Remote Workforce

Ivanti finds, heals, and protects every device, everywhere – automatically. Whether your team is down the hall or spread around the globe, Ivanti makes it easy and secure for them to do what they do best. Ivanti is IT for the way we work now. Integrated solutions for everything IT touches. So, employees can work better, anywhere, and everywhere.

Building an Equipment Checkout System With InvGate Insight

Checking out equipment is essential for schools, universities, and other industries that loan assets temporarily on a regular basis. And even though there's dedicated software for this, you can use your ITSM and ITAM tools to check in and out equipment — and thus avoid having to purchase yet another tool. You can see how to build an automated workflow on InvGate Service Desk to forget the headaches of loaning hardware.

Simplify your back-to-school inventory management

New school year, same problem: outdated inventory management that doesn’t make the storekeeper’s job any easier. Keeping track of thousands of assets with Excel, library software (SIGB) or, worse still, by hand is a real ordeal… which could easily be avoided. Material tracking and loan management shouldn’t be cumbersome, time-consuming tasks that encroach on all your other projects. Not to mention that using old, manual methods predisposes you to wasted time and mistakes.

Security Webinar, Zero Trust For Users

Zero trust security — anywhere Working from everywhere means employees need access to corporate apps and data from any device, anywhere, anytime. This is a new level of freedom — and a new level of vulnerability. Navigate this new landscape with security that’s purpose-built for Everywhere Work. Get edge-to-edge security for every device, every user, every application and every network everywhere.

UEM vs. MDM: Everything You Need to Know!

Microsoft's release of Windows 10 modernized how IT teams approach device management. Windows 10 is not a strict evolution of Windows 7 and 8. It’s an evolution of Windows Phone 8 and 10, where an MDM API was available to manage all aspects of a device, such as DLP, restrictions, software distribution and so on.

Death, Taxes and Phishing - Cybersecurity Research Results (Pt. 1) | Ep.33 Security Insights Podcast

Welcome to Security Insights: where best-practice cybersecurity meets the real-world risks, workplaces, and roadblocks you face every day. Join Chris Goettl, head of Endpoint Security Product Management, and Ashley Stryker, your cybersecurity "rubber duck", as they review the security strategies and tactics that truly matter to the information security teams protecting organizations, agencies, and businesses like yours.

Secure UEM Solution Packages in 187 seconds

Ivanti’s Secure UEM solutions provide a unified view of devices, enabling efficient discovery, management and security of endpoints and vulnerabilities. Accurate and actionable insights enable faster remediation. Ivanti finds, heals, and protects every device, everywhere – automatically. Whether your team is down the hall or spread around the globe, Ivanti makes it easy and secure for them to do what they do best.

How to Use ITAM Software as Your Equipment Check-Out System? [Video Tutorial]

An equipment check-out system is a lifesaver for any organization. This is especially true for sectors like education, healthcare, mining, and construction, where the need to loan and track numerous assets is a priority. But what if there’s a way to take that system even further? Utilizing IT Asset Management (ITAM) software as your equipment check-out system brings your organization a whole new level of efficiency and control.

Micro Product Demo: Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence in 135 seconds

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence enables an organization to manage and control their software spend across on-premise and subscription software. In this video, we introduce Spend Intelligence and look at more in-depth capabilities across License Mangagement, Entitlement, Reclaiming unused licenses, and Saas Management.

On-Trend in Operations This Peak Season

Here we are, back again to another calendar fourth quarter and maybe the same for your business. But whether your fiscal calendar lines up or not, it is that most wonderful time of year we all know as peak season. Each year's a little different, especially lately. But rather than re-hash what we have all lived through leading up to this season, it feels right to have a look at what operations — maybe yours included, are doing to make peak season 2023 a success.

Ivanti Neurons for HR

To view all Ivanti Demos please click here. Ivanti finds, heals, and protects every device, everywhere – automatically. Whether your team is down the hall or spread around the globe, Ivanti makes it easy and secure for them to do what they do best. Ivanti is IT for the way we work now. Integrated solutions for everything IT touches. So, employees can work better, anywhere, and everywhere.

How To Solve Warehousing Issues In A Small Firm

Are you a small business owner struggling to tackle the warehousing issues that come along with running and growing your company? If so, you're not alone. Many small businesses experience difficulty handling their stock efficiently in-house due to space constraints or lack of resources. Fortunately, there are several solutions available that have been designed specifically for small firms seeking ways to improve their warehousing operations.

Demo ITSM 10-Minute Intro

Service-desk tickets. Lost laptops. End-user complaints. Sometimes it can feel like you can barely keep your head above water. But what if you could be proactive instead of simply reactive? During this practical demo webinar you’ll learn how your IT team can gain insights they need to solve business problems proactively with IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM) working together.

Elevate Your Teamwork in 2023: Dive into Collaborative Work Management! Infraon

Are you prepared for the future of collaboration? Look no further! Our latest video is your ultimate guide to "Everything You Should Know About Collaborative Work Management In 2023. In a world where seamless teamwork is a game-changer, this guide is your key to staying ahead. From the latest tools that streamline collaboration to strategies that foster communication and boost productivity, we've got you covered.

Mastering SaaS License Management: A Comprehensive Guide | Infraon

Unlock the secrets of effective SaaS License Management in our latest blog post! In this comprehensive video, we dive deep into the world of Software as a Service (SaaS) licensing, helping you streamline your operations and optimize costs. Learn about understanding SaaS licenses, the benefits of efficient license management, common challenges and best practices.

How Rdata saves 60 hours a month with NinjaOne RMM

Ulf Ringdahl and Christian Klauser at Swedish MSP Rdata, share how switching to NinjaOne RMM helped them improve the simplicity and speed of their remote management, monitoring, automation, patch management and scripting. Now, they have more time to meet with customers and focus on projects that drive growth.

Vendor Risk Management 101-The Imminent Threat of IoT Litter Boxes | Ep.32 Security Insights Podcast

Welcome to Security Insights: where best-practice cybersecurity meets the real-world risks, workplaces, and roadblocks you face every day. Join Chris Goettl, head of Endpoint Security Product Management, and Ashley Stryker, your cybersecurity "rubber duck", as they review the security strategies and tactics that truly matter to the information security teams protecting organizations, agencies, and businesses like yours.

Project and Portfolio Management with ITSM

For this practical 10-minute demo, Dave Pickering, Ivanti’s Technical Product Marketing Director, will cover how to extend your ITSM platform and processes to support project portfolio management (PPM). He’ll explain the benefits of using integrated PPM and ITSM tools for streamlining processes, improving collaboration across your organization and elevating your organization's overall IT strategy. YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO.

Unlock the power of the Cloud with App Distribution in Ivanti Neurons for UEM

Deploying applications from the cloud can be complicated with a wrath of technical issues. With App Distribution in Ivanti Neurons for UEM, (Windows OS only) you can easily deploy applications to your users' devices with a simple package distribution. You can also take advantage of perpetual app deployment to detect and push app packages when needed. You can view deployment status of your app packages, confirming if your devices are in compliance. In this demo, we'll show you the benefits of Ivanti Neurons for UEM App Distribution capabilities and how they can help you deploy vendor and custom applications from the cloud, stage complex app installations, and keep track of software compliance.

IT vs Security - When Hackers Patch for Profit | Ep.31 Security Insights Podcasts

Welcome to Security Insights: where best-practice cybersecurity meets the real-world risks, workplaces, and roadblocks you face every day. Join Chris Goettl, head of Endpoint Security Product Management, and Ashley Stryker, your cybersecurity "rubber duck", as they review the security strategies and tactics that truly matter to the information security teams protecting organizations, agencies, and businesses like yours.

Micro Product Demo: Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management

Ivanti Neurons for Patch Management enables you to prioritize and patch vulnerabilities based on active risk exposure, patch reliability, and device compliance, health and risk from a single web interface. In this video we take a firsthand look at this cloud-native patch management solution and its key features and capabilities that help you better protect against data breaches, ransomware and other threats that stem from software vulnerabilities.

Practical Demo: Protect all endpoints with secure UEM countermeasures

Deploying a diverse mix of endpoints – from iOS, Android and macOS, to Windows, ChromeOS and IoT – leads to a diverse mix of security risks. Fighting those risks is nearly impossible with siloed point products, especially when your data is disparate and processes are disjointed. Join this practical demo for your dose of insider tips from our endpoint management and security experts, and experience how integrated tools minimize security risks that stem from all sorts of endpoints.

Zero Trust - An Analyst's 10-Minute Perspective

Ivanti's Vice President of Solutions and Technical Marketing Crystal Miceli sits down with Forrester analyst Steve Turner to have a chat about all things Zero Trust. This webinar is designed to seek the truth when it comes to Zero Trust with an understanding that Zero Trust is a marathon, not a sprint. Plus, no conversation with be complete without providing a simple roadmap on how to get started. Topics include.

Cultivating Titans: Building an Automation Culture that Scales

Investing in automation goes beyond just adding shiny new tools. In this session, NinjaOne Product Lead Gavin Stone and Product Manager Dan Myers share how to enable the people and processes hard at work behind the curtain. Because, despite all the hype, the real magic isn’t in prompting AI to generate one-off scripts, it’s in building a culture of true automation thinking.

How to Identify Your Organization's Attack Surface

Our glossary page on attack surfaces defined the terms associated with the concept. This post provides information that'll help your organization identify its attack surface. Much like your lawn after a good rain, your attack surface will grow rapidly if left unchecked. Along with increases in attack surface size comes an increase in cybersecurity risk. That risk can’t be eliminated as attack surfaces are always evolving, but it must be carefully managed.

Primal Beginnings: Introduction to Automation in NinjaOne

Learn how to master the general principles of automation in this accessible overview of NinjaOne. Senior Director of Product and Customer Marketing Peter Bretton covers best practices for setting up policies, monitoring and alerting, script scheduling and deployment, and more. Getting started with NinjaOne? Here are more resources that can help you leap ahead.

Planning and measuring digital employee experience - DEX, short clip

When budgets are closely scrutinized you need to justify every investment, especially the long-term one which results aren’t visible overnight. Digital employee experience (DEX), though a strategic initiative, may prove challenging to push forward without a clear roadmap or measurement of every step. During this 30min webinar we tackle how to plan your DEX initiative, step-by-step. We’ll discuss a staggered approach that instantly helps your IT and security operations, whilst improving DEX in the long term.

When should you upgrade to a CMBD

Have they somehow found unlimited budget for their every tech request? Do they have an uncanny ability to source the diamond-in-the-rough talent? Or, is it something else? As part of our inaugural State of Cybersecurity Preparedness research series, Ivanti asked 6,550+ cybersecurity professionals, leaders and end users what their cybersecurity teams will do in the next 12 months to secure their organizations.

Which Gen Is Most Tech-Savvy? A Workforce Dilemma

Part one of a four-part series covering Ivanti’s latest research. Get the full series: According to new cybersecurity research by Ivanti, the employees who are the most tech-savvy aren’t necessarily the ones we’d presume, demographically speaking. Why is that? And what are the issues it creates for an enterprise?

Red Flag Reluctance: The Risk to Cybersecurity

Part two of a four-part series covering Ivanti’s latest research. Get the full series: Keeping an organization safe means getting near-real-time information about security incidents or breaches. But new research shows some employees are less inclined than others to report red flags, which puts your business at risk. Will your employees get in touch quickly if they have a security concern?

International Inconsistencies: How Cybersecurity Preparedness Varies Across Countries

Part three of a four-part series covering Ivanti’s latest research. Get the full series: An organization’s culture and training programs have a significant influence on security preparedness, but our research shows both are inconsistent at the country-to-country level. As we’ve seen in the previous posts in this series, employee demographics and their willingness to report security risks are hidden threats to your cybersecurity posture.

Best One To One Plus Alternatives for K-12 in 2023

One to One Plus is a cloud-based, all-in-one software solution, tailored specifically to K-12 institutions. They provide a comprehensive suite of integrated IT asset management (ITAM), help desk software, and inventory management. As they describe on their website, they are “designed for K-12, built by K-12,” and appear to have been started by tech directors working in K12.

Demo ITSM & ITAM The Powerful Duo

Service-desk tickets. Lost laptops. End-user complaints. Sometimes it can feel like you can barely keep your head above water. But what if you could be proactive instead of simply reactive? During this practical demo webinar you’ll learn how your IT team can gain insights they need to solve business problems proactively with IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM) working together.

Proactively improve your DEX

A great digital employee experience (DEX) can positively impact productivity, talent acquisition and retention, security and operational agility. What if you could effectively measure and proactively optimize the experience that employees get through the devices, operating systems and applications they rely on in their Everywhere Workplace? IT and security operations teams are increasingly tasked with delivering improved DEX. However, many struggle to effectively quantify and optimize it. How do you measure the employee experience in your organization?

Fighting the Good Fight for a Resilient Digital Future

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybercriminals have far too much to celebrate. Attacks are rising in sophistication and brazenness, and no company or organization is immune. We could panic. Or we could lock arms, fight the good fight and put customers first. I vote for the latter.