The best service delivery software enables professional service providers to stay ahead of the curve and enhance customer satisfaction. From streamlining operations to boosting efficiency, there is no shortage of ways in which service delivery tools can help drive customer satisfaction and retention. This article will explore how you can identify the best software solution for your business.

Learning how to create a software implementation project plan is a worthy investment of your time. When software is effectively integrated with your existing workflows and processes, it enables your team to reap the full benefits of any given solution. A new joint survey by Mulesoft and Deloitte found that companies (with at least 1,000 employees) now use an average of 976 applications. Yes, 976 different solutions!

An IT service desk is the backbone of enterprises that rely highly on technology. It is responsible for providing technical support and assistance to employees and customers who experience issues with their technology. This signifies an IT service desk’s integral role in enhancing an enterprise’s internal/external service delivery and user experience. However, enterprises can only enhance their service delivery and IT operations when they maximize their service desk.

Does your business have a help desk in place? Are you tracking its performance? Knowing which metrics and KPIs to measure can differentiate success and failure. This article will explore the essential helpdesk metrics and KPIs and how they can help you optimize customer service. The help desk is responsible for providing support to employees and customers who need assistance with technical issues.

Are those different things? And how crucial it is to keep the balance?

Rogue devices are sneaky intruders that can threaten your network security. How would you feel if someone quietly crept up to your door night after night? Just as it would unsettle you in the real world, rogue devices do the same in the digital one. The difference is that, in the digital space, an IT Asset Management (ITAM) strategy stands guard.

Our integrated Service Desk and ITSM solution for small and medium businesses Alloy Navigator Express is catching up with the Winter 2023 release!

This recurring blog will look at specific ITOM technologies within the OpsRamp solution and general ITOM challenges. Got an idea for this blog or want to learn more about ITOM at OpsRamp?

We’re proud to announce the immediate availability of the Winter 2023 update for Alloy Navigator Enterprise, a remarkable fusion of speed, effectiveness, and customization. Let’s have a look at what’s inside!

Team performance management is an essential part of leading a workforce and ensuring desired outcomes are achieved. As employees on average spend 54% of their time working in teams, it’s important to measure their performance as a collective. However, many organizations are struggling to effectively manage and measure team performance, leading to inefficiencies and missed opportunities. ‍ ‍

As per a survey by Comcast Business, around 85% of IT leaders trust AI networking tools for meeting their organization’s goals. This stat alone is enough to show how big of a role AI is playing in network monitoring. And it’s just the beginning, with rapid development in Artificial Intelligence, we might see a lot more sophisticated AI use cases for network monitoring. But how exactly does AI help in network monitoring? What its roles, benefits, challenges, and how to implement it?

The holiday season is here and it’s time for everyone’s favorite guessing game: predictions for next year. It’s an interesting one this year because there are a lot of dynamics to consider, and trying to dial in on just a few is a slight to many other topics. Geopolitics, regional economic recessions — these are covered in a wide variety of industry publications, and I’ll yield the floor to them this year.

Are you relying on outdated manual methods to monitor your network? Struggling to keep up with the increasing complexity of your IT infrastructure? Being constantly reactive to network problems instead of proactive in preventing them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you’re putting your business at risk. But don’t worry, there’s a way out — Remote Network Monitoring.

Managing client expectations is an essential part of delivering positive experiences. If you are leading a service-based business and do not know how to manage client expectations, you are setting yourself up for failure. From the outset, you should attempt to manage client expectations through communication and visibility. This article will explore practical ways in which you can keep all parties aligned. ‍ ‍

Introducing the latest update of Alloy mobile apps with the ability to connect to Alloy Navigator by scanning a QR code.

Around 70% of companies experienced cyberattacks in the past year. With this increase in cyberattacks, the importance of log management in IT security has also increased over the years. That’s the reason why small and enterprise businesses have started to invest in log management tools to protect their businesses from cybersecurity breaches.

The Experience Everywhere tour is a wrap, and what a tour it was! We had an incredible time meeting up with our customers, partners, and DEX practitioners from all around the world to share expertise, learn, and grow. If you couldn’t make it (or even if you could) – you can relive all the action now over on our Experience Replays. Below, we asked a few Nexthinkers to send us their thoughts on each of the four Experience locations.

As larger MSPs have been able to push their services upstream to bigger companies, and with the rise of things like co-managed IT services opening this option up to smaller MSPs as well, many are finding that this calls for them to adopt more mature IT service management (ITSM) practices. So how does ITSM differ from the professional services automation (PSA) platforms commonly used by MSPs?

ServiceNow is excited to peer into the future of customer experience (CX) to see what’s in store. Customer operations and service delivery have undergone significant disruptions in recent years. The year ahead promises to be no different. The continuing need to deliver a frictionless customer journey, a renewed focus on improving the agent experience, and the meteoric rise of generative AI (GenAI) are some of the many reasons why CX is poised for transformation.

Goal alignment is an essential part of developing long-lasting relationships with customers and clients. For instance, if you are offering consulting services, it’s important to make sure that you are on the same page as your clients from the outset and have a solid understanding of their needs. When both parties are fully aligned with set goals and outcomes, you leave no room for hidden surprises further down the line. ‍

Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software represents a strategic approach to managing and optimizing the use of physical assets within an organization. This type of software encompasses the entire lifecycle of an organization's assets, from acquisition to disposal, ensuring their optimal usage and management. ‍ EAM, an acronym for Enterprise Asset Management, plays a pivotal role in organizations with extensive physical assets such as machinery, vehicles, and infrastructure.

Research shows that most US companies go cloud-first when choosing where to deploy a new application. Indeed, cloud computing brought many new amazing solutions to people’s lives. But… Is it the only way? In 2024, are on-premises solutions a viable option for companies?