July 30 is System Administrator Appreciation Day. We honor all 33,000 ServiceNow system administrators who help make the world of work better for people. From overseeing instance security updates and critical configurations to proactively maintaining instance health, you are critical to the success of ServiceNow projects. Thank you. To show our appreciation, we want to ensure you know how to prepare for every stage of the system administrator journey.
It’s no secret that the past year and a half has been challenging for all departments across organizations. One unsung hero? IT. IT is quite literally responsible for keeping the lights on in a work environment that has shifted primarily online.
Covid made the hypothetical necessity of IT risk planning a reality. Many organizations responded to the immediate need for remote workforces by adding more VPN licenses. But while adding more VPN capacity solved the problem of resource access, it also led to network bottlenecks and application latencies.
Patch compliance indicates the number of compliant devices in your network. This means the number of computers that have been patched or remediated against security threats effectively. The distribution and deployment of patches accomplish nothing if your devices are not compliant. So to establish a good patch management strategy, it is important to pay attention to the effectiveness and reach of your patch deployment activities.
As you may have heard, Ivanti was selected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to participate as a collaborator in its Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture project.
Access to any airport is tightly governed. When you’re one of Europe’s busiest airports and a high-profile piece of national infrastructure, you cannot have unauthorized people wandering about. At Copenhagen Airport, we have more than 20,000 people cleared to access the airport. These might be security staff, baggage handlers, IT service providers, catering teams, and others. As the airport has grown, so has the number of on-site workers.
I recently spoke to the IT Director and Head of End User Computing at a leading healthcare company who implemented Salesforce globally across their entire employee user base 9 months ago (before later becoming a Nexthink customer). She told me their Salesforce licensing model was similar to others you’ll see in market: a set of base licenses and then selected add-ons based on employee roles – with some at no charge and others priced ala carte. Her problem? License metering.
Workflow management tools can have a tremendous impact on team performance. Is your team failing to live up to expectations? Do you have a clear plan to drive productivity and improve customer satisfaction? If you’re struggling to get more from your team, we would recommend implementing StartingPoint into your operations for a streamlined workflow. When it comes to finding a comprehensive solution for workflow automation, StartingPoint ticks all the boxes.
IT management can be costly and time-consuming without streamlined processes and systems to support your business goals. With the quickened pace of business requiring faster scale, leaders and decision-makers must find ways to adapt and optimize their processes. Combining IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Operations Management (ITOM) can help you prioritize operations efficiency while delivering the best service to your employees.
What can I say further about Ivanti’s mobile threat defense (MTD) solution for iOS, iPadOS and Android devices that has not already been mentioned in any of my previous blogs and quick video demos? If I was to state where Ivanti has a clear advantage over other unified endpoint management competitors, it is with Ivanti’s MTD solution.
Our latest release of Workspace Control is a service update for IWC 2021.1 containing a number of bug fixes and compatibility updates. But it has so much more than that! We’ve also included a number of User Voice requests which were submitted via the Product Ideas page on the Ivanti Community.
Old news: The pandemic changed the world. New news: Security operations still need to act as if the crisis continues. Here's why. Prior to the pandemic, organizations around the world were already moving forward with digital transformation. COVID-19 forced enterprises to scale like never before—adding public cloud services, new network devices, remote workers, and software as a service (SaaS) applications.
Ivanti Desktop and Server Management continues to grow and innovate with the latest update - now available for all customers. Further underlining our previous commitment to the continued investment and growth of the product – DSM remains a much loved and valued solution by many enterprises and we look forward to further exciting enhancements in the future! In addition to the latest release – we are excited to announce one of the most significant new enhancements to DSM in recent times...
Responsibilities have increased for many employees over the last year. The combination of job pressures, new virtual work environments, and personal responsibilities has caused employees to feel overwhelmed. In a 2021 Indeed survey, 52% of employees reported feeling burned out, up from 43% a year earlier. For individuals in roles that serve the entire enterprise—such as human resources and legal—this administrative work compounds quickly.
Have you established a business automation workflow? If you’re committed to running an efficient operation that fires on all cylinders, you should be embracing automation at every level of your workflow. Automation is no longer the future - it’s here now. Failing to make use of workflow automation tools will leave your business running at a disadvantage. The inefficiencies of not utilizing a business automation workflow are costing organizations 20-30% of their annual revenue.
The short answer? Right about now would be a good time to flip the switch if you’re still using a rigid and outdated legacy ITSM tool! Legacy ITSM tools are not built for the intermittent changes the world throws at us. The lack of performance and efficiency in legacy ITSM tools restricts organizations from keeping up with technology changes and growing the business.
Automation in warehouses is a top priority for supply chain operators. In the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic increased consumer interest in e-commerce, and logistics companies added seasonal employees for peak seasons. UPS and Amazon each added 100,000 employees to keep up with this demand. And with demand continuing to rise, there’s little time to deal with any disruption to supply chain operations.
If your business is growing, it won't be long until you need to develop an IT asset management protocol that allows you to manage your hardware and software assets throughout their lifecycle, helping to reduce business interruptions, plan budgeting effectively, mitigate risks, and gain high-level insight into how IT is driving success for your organization.
As more and more companies settle into the new reality of hybrid work at scale, the ease of making desktops accessible from anywhere—along with the adoption of workflow technologies and processes all from a single platform—will be critical. To enable the best employee experience, companies need to be able to transition seamlessly between remote and in-person work environments.
IT Service Management (ITSM) is the essence of IT service delivery in an organization. However, ITSM cannot properly contribute value if the people, processes, and technology in place are not optimized. This is where ITSM automation can help streamline operations to generate optimum efficiency. But, you may ask, what is ITSM automation exactly and what kind of benefits can it reap for your business? Let’s find out!
Today, employees are consumers of the workplace. Just as companies compete for customers, they compete for candidates and to retain their existing workforce. Employees want a sense of belonging and to feel engaged in their everyday work. When employee happiness and engagement is lacking, it impacts the satisfaction and quality of work—and could mean missed business growth. [Transform employee experience.] According to Gallup, highly engaged business units can result in.
When I started at Ivanti, I asked around to get a diagram of process flows and communication flow for Endpoint Manager (EPM). I was given two different diagrams that were each about 10 years old and not customer ready. While not much of the communication had changed, some had making these outdated and irrelevant. I decided to take these diagrams, update them, and put them into a simple and modern diagram that would be customer ready for posting online.
For years, IT experts and institutions have promoted the likes of Agile, ITSM, DevOps and other popular methods as a way for technology professionals to boost their own careers and to help departments break down complex modern work problems. And IT leaders have used these methods to communicate value (albeit reactively) to business executives to help explain the work they do between IT and non-IT people.
IDC recently surveyed nearly 2,000 IT and business executives on their maturity as it relates to organizational agility. Although the vast majority identified agility as a critical business capability in a digital economy, less than 15% identified as extremely agile.
Workflow automation software has the potential to be a complete game-changer for teams that lack efficiency. To drive productivity and squeeze more value from the talent on your team, you must have the right systems in place. With the power of workflow automation software, you can unlock the potential of your team and improve customer experiences.
Summer safety is usually all about life jackets, pool floaties, outfitting your boat with a carbon monoxide detector and slathering on plenty of SPF. I have one more thing to add to your list this summer: Security to protect your people, your brand and your data. In 2020, the business world struggled with the abrupt shift to remote work. Corners were cut. Compromises were made. Business leaders, IT staff and employees alike did the best they could with what they had.
When I transitioned from working in higher education to working for the city of Santa Monica in 2017, I was shocked to find a reliance on paper-based, manual processes. That’s not what you’d expect from a city government with a $40 million municipal fiber network providing ultrafast broadband. It got me thinking about our citizen experience and how we should improve it to provide secure, anytime, anywhere access to services for our 93,000 constituents.
High-profile analyst firm Omdia completed its vendor-landscape Universe study, Selecting an AIOps Solution, and we’re excited to announce ServiceNow was named a Leader in the AIOps space. Omdia focused on real-world usage of AIOps rather than exclusively on technology for technology’s sake.
A 2020 McKinsey Global Survey found 31% of organizations have fully automated at least one business process, and another 35% of organizations were piloting automation of at least one process. Although automation has streamlined workflows to some degree, it doesn’t provide visibility into processes to aid optimization efforts.
With organizations relying increasingly on software applications that they use, it is critical to understand what software applications you have, who are making use of them, how are they supported, and what is the cost associated with them. Software asset management (SAM) practices that are well-developed and well-understood are the key to maximizing the value from your software assets.
Do your projects often lack a sense of general direction? Are you regularly confused about what you should be doing next? To be productive and efficient, you should implement a project management workflow into your operation. This can help to bring order to chaotic situations and enhance your team’s productivity across the board. A project management workflow is a crucial component of any effective operation.
At ServiceNow, our people show up every day driven by a core set of values aligned to a single mission: Inspire our customers to workflow any challenge. This includes helping our customers be successful as they operate within a complex and dynamic regulatory landscape.
I recently had the pleasure to talk with Jesse Miller from SouthStar Bank about some amazing IT results they were delivering. Southstar Bank, headquartered in Moulton, Texas — about midway between San Antonio and Houston — is a community bank specializing in residential mortgage, real estate and construction lending, operating 15 full-service branches in rural and urban communities across the Central Texas region.
More and more, working smarter and faster means building more intelligent software with a focus on AI capabilities to enhance machine learning, increase automation, and produce faster, more accurate predictions. Unlocking the benefits of artificial intelligence is a central focus for the ServiceNow Advanced Technology Group (ATG)—a customer-centered innovation group founded in August 2020.
