In any hospital, IT tickets raised by doctors and nurses are critical because every IT issue they face takes time and energy away from the delivery of care. The longer it takes to resolve a ticket from clinical staff, the greater the potential negative impact that issue can have on patient experience. Yet even with significant investment in support resources, doctors and nurses may still feel their technology issues are not resolved fast enough.
The quality of customer experience (CX) is declining, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Customer satisfaction is at its lowest point in 17 years: 73.2 out of 100. Many factors are at play here, but there’s clearly an opportunity to improve the experience your customers receive. Adopting new strategies and technologies, such as AI in the contact center, can significantly improve efficiency and competitive advantage in three key ways.
Hardware is one of the most important, and most expensive, line items in IT’s purview. Constantly refreshing and provisioning hardware takes time and can be a very manual process. And one of the most significant reasons for refreshing hardware is battery life. Monitoring the health status of device batteries is crucial, and determining the health status can help maintain and extend the device lifetime in any environment.
Device performance issues can arise due to insufficient drive space, this may be one of the largest drivers of device issues. These issues can block OS updates and escalate to BSOD, requiring a hard reset of the device. Although, these are common issues, the business implications of them at scale cannot be overstated. Employee productivity drops and deadlines are missed. This in turn can lead to the business not meet its objectives. Don’t let low system space derail your business.
Digital innovations have completely transformed the healthcare industry over the past decade. Today, clinical staff rely on applications to complete nearly every aspect of their day to day duties, from maintaining data privacy compliance to conducting telehealth. That makes it even more important that these critical applications stay online.
There is always something new on the horizon when it comes to technology. Isn’t it human nature to want to wait for the next 'new' model car, the next 'bigger' TV or the next 'faster' smart phone? The newest release might be more appealing – especially to higher-ups, who want the latest and greatest trending technology. But there are hidden risks associated with waiting to implement a new tool or solution.
As part of Nexthink’s launch of the new Nexthink Infinity Platform we also launched Collaboration Experience – adding detailed Microsoft Teams and Zoom call telemetry and insights to the comprehensive “See, Diagnose & Fix” capabilities of the platform. After 4 months, we are ingesting telemetry from almost 2 million employee calls and sessions a day – great testimony to the power and scalability of the Nexthink Infinity platform.
“If that doesn’t work, try a bigger hammer.” It’s an old saying we can all appreciate, but it isn’t always the best solution. Regarding the mobile workforce, smaller is sometimes better. As consumers, we’ve watched cell phone handset sizes change: first from large 1980’s car phones to pocketable “brick” phones. Then, smaller “flip” phones were replaced by our larger smart phones, which vary on screen size but remain pocketable.
Previous versions of eG Enterprise limited the eG Manager integration to a single ITSM system such as ServiceNow ITSM, Autotask, JIRA or others. This limitation was particularly cumbersome for SaaS and MSP (Managed Service Provider) deployments where each tenant/customer may have had their own preferred ITSM system. Our latest release lifts this restriction. ITSM integration can now be done for a specific Organization, Organizational Unit, or even User.
The economy’s mixed messages—slow growth and high inflation, combined with resilient employment and consumer demand—are spurring business leaders to focus on ways to boost productivity, drive growth, retain customers, and remain competitive. A 2023 survey of 1,000 C-suite executives by ServiceNow and ThoughtLab found digital activities continue to be a key element of their strategic plans. This is especially true for companies that have prioritized digital innovation in the past.
An IT service desk is a functional unit that holistically maintains the IT service delivery–from “break-fix” to problem and change management to service level management.
It's that time of the year again, folks. Everyone's gazing at the crystal ball, hoping to get a fairly accurate preview of things to look out for in 2023. The ITOps world could definitely use one, as it seems to be trapped in a self-fulfilling prophecy of innovation. There's so much happening that it's gradually becoming tougher to separate buzzwords from proven technology trends.
It’s no secret that we’re experiencing a talent shortage in the tech industry. At the same time, the automation of many jobs is near. It’s easy to assume these two realities mitigate each other, but the situation is much more complex. Although automation may replace millions of low-skill jobs, it will create millions of jobs that require skilled tech workers, according to a report by consulting company BCG.
The pandemic shifted us all online, whether we wanted to or not. It forced the public sector to adapt more than most industries, requiring citizens to interact digitally with governments to receive the health and financial support available to them. Digital technology promises to elevate government customer experience (CX) by scaling services, cutting wait times, and reducing costs.
The adoption of cloud computing has seen a constant rise. Research estimates that the cloud has the potential to add USD 1 trillion of Economic Value by 2030. With this increase in cloud adoption, the need to scale faster in a more complex cloud ecosystem seems like the fate of every organization. For IT teams, the challenge is not any different! In a world where our needs can be fulfilled virtually from the comfort of our couches, Gone are the days of long wait times and doing something manually.
Today, enterprise IT teams are being asked to manage thousands of devices, hundreds of applications, dozens of networks, multiple clouds, and so much more. It’s critical for IT to have clear visibility over end user digital experience. Questions such as: are my fellow employees actively using the applications they have been provisioned, and if so, are they satisfied with the experience, are vital pieces of information for driving overall business efficiency.
Orchestration in an IT environment refers to the coordinated management of workflows, applications, and systems, with the primary goal to optimize business performance by streamlining processes. Using orchestration, IT administrators can automate, from a single console, a series of tasks to run at a defined time or interval. This includes automating IT tasks like provisioning of user accounts, as well as managing databases, incidents, applications, and cloud resources.
Picture this: A critical business service is offline. Instead of panicking, you’re calm yet concerned. You retrieve data about the service in question and instantly see exactly which infrastructure components the service depends on, as well as their statuses. You quickly engage IT operators to address the issue and notify the line-of-business lead with an estimated time for its resolution. This scenario doesn’t have to be an impossible dream.
SCCM is one of the most business-critical applications—a must have on all the devices. Administrators use SCCM for endpoint protection, software distribution, and patch management. Any machine where the SCCM client is not functioning will be unable to receive necessary policies or application updates, which can create a significant vulnerability for your organization because this leads to compliance and security issues.
The majority (83%) of employees across industries want their jobs to remain hybrid, Accenture reports. Yet nearly 50% of CIOs feel their cybersecurity initiatives aren’t keeping pace with their digital transformation efforts, according to research by ServiceNow and ThoughtLab. Neither are their cybersecurity budgets. Combining artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for IT operations (AIOps) can help.
Software for consultants can have a tremendous impact on service delivery. With access to the right technology stack, you can elevate service delivery and offer greater levels of service to clients. It’s true that a man is only as good as his tools. Whether you are working for a large consulting firm or operating a one-man band, there is a number of tools available. In this guide, we will explore a range of useful tools to consider adding to your technology stack.
Visibility is often cited as a critical or the first step for any cloud cost journey. But what exactly does everyone mean by visibility, and why is it so important? As organizations move to the cloud, they turn to cloud providers like Amazon Web services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, VMware, and Google Cloud platforms to keep track of the sheer volumes of resources involved in their cloud infrastructure. Here’s the rub – What you see is what you control!
While innumerable companies suffered due to the outage, it was business as usual for Nexthink Customers. On January 25th, 2023, millions of unsuspecting employees across the globe were met with an unexpected roadblock during a regular work day. Microsoft Teams, used by over 280 million users worldwide for video meetings, messaging, and collaboration, was officially declared down.
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The pressures that converged upon businesses during the pandemic forced the rapid evolution of both the customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX). In that make-it-or-go-under environment, many of those that survived came out ahead in terms of CX and EX. Now we face the next hurdle: strong macroeconomic headwinds. Inflation and the threat of a recession are forcing businesses to prove their resilience once again.
The promise of software as a service (SaaS) has always been value-based pricing. Rather than owning a suite of products they might not need, customers can choose only the services they do need to drive specific outcomes for their businesses. From day one, SaaS was about value. More often than not, products in the enterprise software space fail to live up to this ideal. In light of that, we came up with a crazy idea to help customers accelerate time to value. The idea clearly struck a chord.
The last few years have led to an increasingly digital world. We are all online, streaming, shopping, or simply surfing. In this new world, customer experience is more critical than ever. Customers want things to work as seamlessly as possible, and when things go wrong, so goes their trust and business. The key priority for many businesses is keeping those systems running as smoothly as possible to keep customers happy and build their loyalty.
According to Wired, around 67% of web servers worldwide use Linux OS, and the main reason behind using Linux OS is as follows: Linux comes with better security, but still, it is susceptible to malware attacks because newly discovered vulnerabilities, you require Linux patching for your organization to witness exceptional security. The importance of Linux patching is tremendous for any organization.