There has been an exponential increase in the adoption of Enterprise software for digital transformation. Enterprises are looking at Software as the key differentiator to render faster services to their customers. Remote and hybrid working has accelerated this trend, but tracking and managing these software licenses has become difficult. Check out how we reduce the software license cost through usage based application Optimization using Nexthink.

Organizations worldwide face growing risks from rapidly changing technology, sustainability pressures, macroeconomic turmoil, and geopolitical disruptions. Risk-ready, resilient organizations can detect and respond to all these pressures more quickly, according to a global survey of 1,000 C-suite executives conducted by ServiceNow and ThoughtLab.

Katie Schmidt, senior manager of AI/machine learning user experience research, contributed to this blog. Years of user experience (UX) research and customer feedback have shown that building trust is integral to success with AI. With generative AI (GenAI), trust is more important than ever.

Automation is gaining more power every day, as organizations realize how IT processes directly impact the business and can help it grow … or, hold it back. We’re seeing a staggering climb in task-related demands for IT service management (ITSM), as volumes of work seem to multiply overnight. Organizations are reaching a point where manual process methods can put the business in jeopardy, as human IT staff cannot keep up.

IT professionals always search for the most efficient and cost-effective solutions, methods, and best practices. The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) are related guidelines that can help in this pursuit. Both ITIL and ITSM revolve around providing IT services. Although they prioritize and attend to different things, ultimately, their goal is to improve both efficiency and efficacy. Read more about ITIL vs. ITSM below.

Software vendor management is difficult. You've probably experienced it. The service desk is flooded with tickets about a specific application. Employees are frustrated. Your EUC team investigates but can’t find the root cause. So, you reach out to the vendor. Then the inevitable happens: the vendor responds with “Everything is green from our perspective”. Yet, the issues persist. Tickets continue to come in. Frustrations continue to mount.

It’s here — that time to patch your endpoints. Maybe it’s something you enjoy, but my guess is probably not. Patching can be a brutal task, and with many organizations still doing it manually, they’re spending more time and resources on patching than anyone really wants to think about. Now, given the fact that you are going to spend all that time and resources on patching, you want to make sure it goes smoothly.

The OnPage team is pleased to inform that we’ve been included in Gartner’s ® latest Hype Cycle for ITSM, 2023 report, listing OnPage as a sample vendor in the Automated Incident Response category. For those unfamiliar with it, Gartner’s Hype Cycle for IT Service Management (ITSM) highlights tools and technologies that shape the ITSM ecosystem.

Understanding the impact of digital employee experience allows IT leaders to get a sense of the maturity of their organization, set goals and drive improvements based not on trial and error, but on clear evidence derived from organizational data. Let us now gain insights into DEX of the organization using Nexthink Experience Central.

The lack of proper insights can make diagnosing incidents difficult. Another factor that can contribute to this is agents having to switch between various tools to remediate user issues. The delay in ticket resolution and escalations drives up AHT and MTTR causing the service desks to struggle.

In a fast-evolving world, adopting a hyperautomation strategy is the best way to future-proof your workplace. But how does hyperautomation affect your workforce, and what will it mean for the future of your business? Hyperautomation is the combination of intelligent technologies to expand automation. It incorporates AI, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA), integration, document processing, and more.

Running a business in today's digitalized world comes with many challenges, such as industry regulations, escalating costs as businesses grow and continuity planning. To effectively manage IT services and align them with business goals, organizations are turning to service management solutions to optimize their resources, budgets and cross-functional collaboration.

Cloud computing is no longer the future; it’s our reality. This means that the decision to move ITSM to the cloud isn't just an option. It's a strategic necessity. For business and IT leaders in the early stages of this transformation, understanding the benefits of cloud-based ITSM is pivotal. Here are five advantages that this shift can bring to your organization.

Last month, at N-able’s Empower partner event in Prague, Chief Security Officer, Dave MacKinnon conducted a roundtable with executives from MSPs from the UK, Germany, Poland, and South Africa. The topic centered around artificial intelligence (AI) and initiated dialogue around whether they were planning to embrace AI and their concerns around the impact it could have on technology as a whole. After the event, I sat down with Dave to discuss some of the insights gained from the roundtable.

The wave of Summer 2023 updates continues with Alloy Self-Service, the mobile application for end-users of IT services. The new version offers quick access to the top-priority knowledge base articles and service catalog items thanks to support for custom display order for categories.

Inventory management can be a daunting task when the right tools are used. A lack of strategy in inventory management can lead to overstocking or shortages. This article presents five tips for improving inventory management processes.

I’m proud to announce that ServiceNow is the recipient of the 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for Modern Work - Apps & Solutions for Microsoft Teams. We're also the 2023 Microsoft Asia Pacific Region Independent Solutions Vendor Partner of the Year. At ServiceNow, our customers are at the core of everything we do. We believe these awards validate that we’re helping customers provide better experiences while simultaneously operating more efficiently.

Enterprise workflow management is a strategic approach that enables organizations to standardize and optimize their workflows, ensuring seamless collaboration, improved productivity, and reduced costs. By leveraging the right tools, enterprise workflow management empowers IT teams to define, execute, and monitor their processes in a structured and consistent manner.

Knowledge is power. Especially when it’s a collection of knowledge about challenges in your specific IT organization. To streamline knowledge access for technicians, we’re adding Knowledge Base to our Alloy Navigator mobile app. IT specialists can now access the knowledge base on the go through the same mobile interface that they use to respond to and collaborate on tickets.

I’m excited to announce that ServiceNow is ranked No. 1 in the Gartner® Market Share report for AIOps for the second year in a row. We’re also ranked No. 1 by market share in the IT operations and IT service management categories.1 We believe this confirms that ServiceNow is delivering on its promise to keep digital services running around the clock while providing exceptional customer and employee experiences.

I’m thrilled to announce that ServiceNow has been recognized as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability. We believe this validates our strong vision and unique ability to help customers bring unified telemetry into their existing ServiceNow® Event Management and Service Operations solutions, reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR), and accelerate innovation.

Chief information officers (CIOs) are well aware of mounting pressure to do more with less. They operate against a competitive backdrop rocked by tough economic headwinds, rising technology costs, and a competitive talent market. Fortunately, IT leaders are an enterprising group. They constantly look for innovative ways to overcome operational challenges, drive their business forward, and create value for customers and employees alike.

“Why can’t you just use the MDM we’ve been using in corporate IT?” Sounds familiar? If you’ve been in operations IT for the last decade or more, you’ve likely heard this question from your corporate colleagues at least once. It may be a bit ironic that mobile device management may have been part of your operational tech stack for twice as many years as it’s been in the corporate conversation.

Since ServiceNow launched the Service Graph Connector for OpenTelemetry in the Innovation Lab in April 2023, we’ve seen customers use it in pre-production environments. Today, I’m excited to announce that the Service Graph Connector for OpenTelemetry is generally available for production. Service Graph Connectors allow customers to load large volumes of data quickly and easily into their configuration management database (CMDB).

I’m excited to announce that ServiceNow has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Development Platforms for Professional Developers, Q2 2023. We believe this validates our leadership in low-code innovation. According to the report, “ServiceNow continues to build on its IT credibility with focused, useful low-code innovations to address the technical and governance challenges of scaled, decentralized development and widespread automation.

I’m excited to announce The Forrester Wave™: Process-Centric AI For IT Operations (AIOps), Q2 2023 named ServiceNow as a Leader among the top vendors in the crowded AIOps market.1 Our journey to this position underscores our leadership in predictive AIOps. We’ve continuously harnessed the immense potential of AI to enhance operational efficiencies, drive productivity, and revolutionize user experiences.

Technology is central to enterprise business strategy today – that goes without saying. From customer experience to ESG goals, digital technology plays a central role in in the day-to-day and strategic objectives of the modern enterprise. Emerging technologies are driving innovation every day. When it comes to adopting new technologies, whether it’s adopting new SAAS solutions or implementing AI, an IT change management approach needs to incorporate the business side of change management.

Managing school stocks is essential for all educational institutions. In summer, when schools are closed, it is important to take advantage of this period to optimize inventory management. Here are six practical tips to improve management.