We’ve all been there: at that frustrating moment when you have a problem or an urgent need and the customer support line is busy. Endless searching for answers turns up nothing that matches your predicament. That’s the friction ServiceNow teams are diving into headfirst to provide each of our customers satisfactory answers with promptness that matches the urgency they feel. Generative AI is helping the teams improve customer support at a rapid pace.

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Asset and Configuration Management process, described in its Service Transition guide, requires IT organizations to establish and maintain a configuration management database (CMDB) to keep track of configuration items (CIs) and the relationships between them. An up-to-date and functioning CMDB is one of the most important indicators of ITIL implementation success.

Accuracy in supply chain operations means so many things. There’s the obvious order accuracy in fulfillment, and all that comes with it — KPIs met, customer satisfaction ratings, etc. Every one of these is important. But there are several ways that improving accuracy affects the business, so we’re looking at how operations teams hit the target with help from voice-enabled applications.

Organizations face myriad challenges in IT, from managing ever-growing backlogs to maintaining competitiveness. In the face of such challenges, ServiceNow App Engine emerges as a beacon of innovation for organizations of all kinds. By harnessing the power of low-code development, App Engine can streamline processes and accelerate solutions with less complexity, cost, and risk—all on one platform.

As the Australian workforce braces for increased AI and automation, individuals must adapt by acquiring new skills. In doing so, Australians can expand the impact of their work, embark on more fulfilling career paths, and increase their income potential. Recent ServiceNow-commissioned research from Pearson points to major changes in the workforce—in Australia and around the world—due to the implementation of AI and other technologies.

Too often, we in IT get so busy performing the day-to-day work and fighting the many fires that come at us each day that we neglect to take a moment and focus on ways we can be strategic about how we do our jobs. When building or expanding IT Service Management offerings, it’s important to understand how taking time to focus on service strategy can greatly improve the efficiency of service delivery. First, let’s begin by defining a few terms.

Although the extended reality of the metaverse may seem like it belongs in a mystifying, somewhat distant future, we’re already living in it. It’s built on the integration of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in the physical world. Industry leaders are exploring how these emerging technologies can enrich existing business processes. What they’ve honed in on is that the metaverse has remarkable potential to transform the future of digital learning and work.

What began with siloed shared services models—which consolidated a single business function’s scattered processes into one cohesive structure—has evolved over the past decade into integrated global business services (GBS) that seek to transform internal and external operations at scale. The GBS model remains a work in progress, according to GBS experts in a ServiceNow-commissioned white paper by Deborah Kops.

If you work in end user computing, you’re no stranger to the irritation of mystery issues. Tickets come in weekly but no matter how many teams you talk to, or fixes you try to implement, the issues never go away. You search and search for the root cause - but can’t find it. Frustrated, you assume it’s something outside of your control. Maybe the issues is caused by home Wi-Fi or end user error. That must be it – right?

This article will explain what IT services are, what types exist, the different ways to purchase and organize IT services, and the advantages that effective IT services bring to your company.

Are you leveraging Slack integrations to elevate team productivity? ‍ With a vast ecosystem of third-party integrations, Slack allows users to tailor their workspace to fit their specific needs. In this article, we'll delve into the world of Slack integrations and consider why you should start using some of the solutions available on the Slack App Directory. ‍ As of 2023, Slack boasts an impressive 20 million active users.

At ServiceNow, we bring together builders, problem-solvers, and creative thinkers to push the boundaries of possibility with innovative apps. Our Innovation Lab serves as a collaborative hub where employees can develop new apps on the Now Platform to creatively solve problems and where internal innovations can be used by our customers. During two-week, focused work sessions called innovation sprints, employees submit their ideas for new apps.

In this digital age, businesses of all sizes rely on technology to store, transmit, and process sensitive data. While the use of digital technology brings many benefits, it also comes with its own set of challenges, and one of the biggest ones is ensuring cybersecurity. The exponential increase in cybercrime has made it essential for companies to prioritize security while working with digital technologies.

In the not-too-distant past, banking relationships could last decades—even lifetimes. But times have changed. Traditional banks face competition from a new breed of disruptors, such as global financial technology firms (fintechs), challenger banks, and neobanks. As in virtually every other industry, customer experience (CX) is now a major factor in the decision to stick with a bank or seek an alternative.

Amid the whirlwind of today's job market and ever-evolving economy, one critical key to an organization's success emerges: empowering employees with growth opportunities that both entice top talent and secure the future of your business. As millennials and Gen Z progressively make up more of the workforce, investing in their career growth has become crucial to the future health of any organization.

The modern workplace demands hybrid working, robust security, and enhanced user experience features. All these interactions rely heavily on the Operating System (OS) and associated software stacks. The sheer scale of migrating tens of thousands of remote devices and their users to a new OS can lead to potential technical failures, delays in migration roadmap and budget overruns. OS migration can be a daunting task for organizations, as it is plagued by uncertainities.

It’s an exciting time to be a service provider. The shift in enterprise digital buying preferences to everything as a service has opened vast opportunities to strengthen customer relationships and create new revenue streams in such things as robotics, autonomous fleets, analytics, drone-based inspection, and remote telemetry. A connected ecosystem can help you seize these opportunities, accelerate innovation, and grow revenue while reducing the cost to serve.

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” so here is a quick backstory to understand what brought AIOps into the ITSM landscape In the fast-paced world of Information Technology Service Management (ITSM), staying ahead of challenges and effectively managing complex systems is crucial. As organizations embrace digital transformation and adopt cutting-edge technologies, the volume of data and incidents generated becomes overwhelming for IT teams to handle manually.

Managing and maintaining a complex IT infrastructure throughout an organization is no small feat. If this is your case, implementing a CMDB (Configuration Management Database) to support your IT Asset Management strategy will make a big difference. In a nutshell, a CMDB is at the core of the ITIL Configuration Management process since it enables you to capture a larger number of Configuration Items (CIs), their interdependencies, and any possible changes they might face.

The second half of 2023 is officially in full swing, and with that comes everyone’s favorite topic of conversation; end of year fiscal targets and annual budget reviews. For IT teams, the perennial ask will come down from above…. “we need to find $X, what can we cut, where can we find efficiencies and how much can your department save?”. You need to figure out how to save money and improve efficiency – and you don’t have much time to do it.

Since we launched Finance and Supply Chain Workflows in May, I've had a lot of conversations with ServiceNow customers. They want to know how we're applying the Now Platform to address the challenges their business stakeholders have been facing across the source-to-pay process.