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GDPR Compliance Dashboard: Asset Visibility, Reporting, And Access Control

Protecting personal data isn’t something you can manage with spreadsheets or manual checks. A GDPR compliance dashboard gives you visibility across all assets that handle personal data, while still letting you act on individual devices and configuration items. In this video, we'll show you how dashboards give teams a clear view of where personal data lives, who can access it, and how requests are handled over time. You’ll also see how health rules, access controls, and reporting come together in a single view that supports better decisions.

Exposure Management vs. Vulnerability Management: Which Delivers Real Risk Reduction?

Vulnerability management has served organizations and the cybersecurity industry for years. It is a capable practice that has helped companies defend their attack surface and prevent threat actors from exploiting vulnerabilities. But technology and IT infrastructure have evolved. Vulnerability management no longer can meet the challenges that come with this evolution.

Software Metering: How to Track Usage With InvGate Asset Management

The Software Metering feature in InvGate Asset Management lets you monitor how applications are actually used across the different devices in your IT ecosystem. The benefits are clear. At an organizational level, Software Metering helps reduce costs, strengthen compliance, and optimize software investments across the entire company. At an operational level, it gives IT teams the clarity they need to manage applications more efficiently and plan future purchases with confidence.

Key Software Compliance features in InvGate Asset Management

The Software Compliance module in InvGate Asset Management gives you a clear view of your software compliance status against your organization’s contracts. From a single place, you can quickly see whether you’re using more licenses than you purchased, which software is underutilized, and when contracts are expiring, helping you stay ahead of audit risks and make decisions based on accurate data. Beyond compliance, the module also focuses on financial impact.
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Meet AlmaIQ: The AI Concierge Simplifying Employee Support

Almaden has exciting news to make life easier for enterprise employees: AlmaIQ . Unlike other virtual assistants that are complex to set up and maintain, AlmaIQ is simple. Acting like a "concierge" or personal assistant, it answers questions from computer issues to corporate processes, instantly and without complication in the user's native language.

Reality Bytes: Nexthink Drops Spark!! Big News (+ Emotions)

The full panel comes together to mark Tim Flower’s final appearance on Reality Bytes, reflecting on his impact, insight, and anchoring presence over the years. Alongside the goodbyes, the conversation turns to a landmark moment for Nexthink: the release of Spark. Framed as a pivotal shift in the capabilities of digital employee experience, Spark is explored through real-world stories and personal takes, including how it empowers employees, reduces IT friction, and redefines support.

Why Does Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Matter for Business Outcomes?

A single disengaged employee can cost an organization approximately $2,246 annually. In today’s technology-driven workplaces, that cost increasingly comes from technology friction – the everyday delays, disruptions, and inefficiencies caused by poorly performing tools. “There’s not really any businesses today that are not fundamentally technology businesses now.”⁠⁠Dan Anthony, CIO at FedNow.

Active & Passive Scanning in 90 Seconds

Ivanti Neurons for Discovery uses both active and passive network scanning for real-time asset discovery, including connector integrations and data aggregation. Active and passive network scanning ensures you identify every device and user—no matter where they reside or connect. Real-time insights reduce your risk from shadow IT and unmanaged assets, streamline compliance, and provide instant visibility for incident response.

Ivanti Micro-Demo: Active & Passive Asset Discovery

Ivanti Neurons for Discovery uses both active and passive network scanning for real-time asset discovery, including connector integrations and data aggregation. Active and passive network scanning ensures you identify every device and user—no matter where they reside or connect. Real-time insights reduce your risk from shadow IT and unmanaged assets, streamline compliance, and provide instant visibility for incident response.

How Do I Integrate DCIM With My Existing ITSM System?

In many organizations, ITSM tools and data center infrastructure tools operate in separate silos, leading to incomplete records and limited visibility. CMDB records are often incomplete or out of date because updates rely on manual entry, while incidents, changes, and service requests in ITSM lack full visibility into the physical infrastructure. Integrating DCIM with ITSM closes this gap, ensuring CMDB data matches reality and linking service workflows to accurate, actionable information.

How to Spot Old Hardware to Reduce Tech Debt With InvGate

If you work in IT, you’ve probably heard (and dreaded) the term “tech debt.” While it’s usually tied to software development, it means something slightly different in IT Asset Management (ITAM). In ITAM, tech debt is the accumulated cost of rushed asset decisions, or missing decisions, that solve short-term needs but create long-term waste, friction, and risk.

Dark Mode in AlloyScan #darkmode #sysadmin

Nobody enjoys working in an app that suddenly blasts a bright white screen. That’s why we added Dark Mode to *AlloyScan* in the latest update — and made it smart enough to match Alloy Navigator’s theme whenever you open it from there. Built for everyday IT work, *AlloyScan* is a cloud-based network inventory solution designed to give you clear visibility into your IT infrastructure, without causing eye strain.

How to Build High-Performing ITSM Operations (Best Practices Guide)

Struggling with rising ticket volumes and manual handoffs? ITSM best practices provide structure for incident management, change control, and service requests, so your team can scale without breaking workflows. From defining clear incident workflows to building strong knowledge systems and tracking SLA performance, these practices help IT teams deliver measurable service outcomes. You'll find essential practices for incident, problem, and change management, automation strategies to improve efficiency, key metrics such as MTTR and FCR, and a maturity model to drive continuous improvement.

Agentic AI Essentials: Adoption Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

In the last article in this series, we explored how IT professionals and leaders can cut through the hype surrounding agentic AI and gain a deeper understanding of what the technology actually offers. Now, we turn to the practical side: how to integrate it effectively. Let’s explore the challenges and outline strategies that organizations of all sizes can use to adopt agentic AI with confidence.

What's New in Ivanti's Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)

Explore the latest updates in MDM and EPMM, highlighting improvements in admin experience, app management, and security. Key features include new data retention policies, user group management, and device attribute preservation. Enhancements for Vision OS and Email Plus integration with Teams are also discussed, along with ongoing improvements in iOS and Android management. The focus remains on customer feedback and future enhancements in device management.

What's new in Ivanti's Exposure Management and Endpoint Security 2026.1

To view the schedule for upcoming meetings, Click here. New security controls are introduced, including a passphrase requirement for agent registration and a maintenance window feature. The application control module is removed, while Ivanti Patch for Configuration Manager sees minor enhancements. New features include Ubuntu support and automated remediation for non-compliant devices. Updates in workspace vulnerability management feature a new connector for Tenable Web App Security and improvements to existing connectors, along with workflow management enhancements.

What's New in Autonomous Endpoint Management (UEM, DEX, UWM, Platform) 2026.1

This Ivanti Neurons DEX session highlights updates, including support for operating systems, reporting enhancements, and new connectors like AWS S3. It also covers Microsoft Office 365 repair features, application healing, and improvements in Neurons for app control. Key points include new templates, PowerShell capabilities, and AI integration, all aimed at enhancing user experience and streamlining processes.

What's new in the release of Ivanti Neurons for ITSM ITAM LOB 2026.1 v1

The 26.1 release introduces new features and improvements, focusing on user experience and AI capabilities. Key dates for pilot and general availability are highlighted, along with community feedback integration. A five by five matrix aids in risk management, while ITSM data enhances compliance understanding. The Gentech AI framework emphasizes conversational agents, and updates to the neuron software inventory API improve accuracy. Continuous modernization efforts aim to boost performance and scalability.

Zero Tickets Starts with DEX: Why DEX Data Is Your Missing Ingredient

Every IT leader wants fewer tickets. Many invest in automation, self-service portals, and AI agents to get there. Yet ticket volumes remain stubbornly high, and the service desk stays overloaded. The issue is not the effort or intent. It’s the approach. Most organizations are trying to eliminate tickets without understanding the experience that creates them. They optimize workflows after something breaks but ignore the conditions that cause issues in the first place.

What is ServiceNow's AI Control Tower?

What happens when AI agents stop being scattered and start being steered? Customer service queues shrink, teams get time back for high-value work, and everyone finally works off the same data. That’s the power of the ServiceNow AI Control Tower—all your AI, all under control. No more fragmentation. No more busywork. Just visibility, control, and workflows that scale across the entire business.

What's new in ivanti's Endpoint Management 2026.1

Explore the latest updates in MDM and EPMM, highlighting improvements in admin experience, app management, and security. Key features include new data retention policies, user group management, and device attribute preservation. Enhancements for Vision OS and Email Plus integration with Teams are also discussed, along with ongoing improvements in iOS and Android management. The focus remains on customer feedback and future enhancements in device management.

From Actionable to Unstoppable How to Transform Your ITAM Lifecycle

Explore the IT asset management lifecycle, focusing on visibility, compliance, and optimization. Learn about the challenges of asset visibility and the importance of effective processes. Discover strategies for improving asset utilization, including contract management and stock management. Understand the significance of tracking assets for compliance and risk management, and gain insights on cost optimization and enhancing productivity through effective asset lifecycle management.

What's new in the release of Ivanti Neurons for ITSM ITAM LOB 2026.1

The 26.1 release introduces new features and improvements, focusing on user experience and AI capabilities. Key dates for pilot and general availability are highlighted, along with community feedback integration. A five by five matrix aids in risk management, while ITSM data enhances compliance understanding. The Gentech AI framework emphasizes conversational agents, and updates to the neuron software inventory API improve accuracy. Continuous modernization efforts aim to boost performance and scalability.

The Hidden Cost of Idle Assets: How Poor Asset Performance Leaves 30% of Enterprise Assets Unused

Most enterprises believe that once an asset is purchased and recorded, its value is automatically realized. In reality, the opposite is often true. Poor asset performance silently erodes budgets, reduces operational agility, and creates long term inefficiencies that remain hidden for years. Studies consistently show that nearly 30 percent of assets owned by large organizations remain unused or severely underutilized.

Spark: An IT Agent for Every Employee

It’s no secret that all software and more broadly, any technology that doesn’t move atoms is ripe for disruption by the current and future capabilities of large language models. Any workflow, application, or digital process that can be expressed in code can be redesigned, improved, and transformed at speed and scale. AI-first companies will outpace legacy players by orders of magnitude, and many workflow-based models with humans in the loop will be fundamentally reshaped.

Autonomous Patch Management

Are your IT and security teams constantly battling over patching? In this insightful video, Aruna Kureti, Director, Product Management, Ivanti, dives deep into how Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) is transforming the landscape of IT operations and cybersecurity. Discover how AI and automation can turn complex, friction-filled patching processes into seamless, autonomous operations. Learn how AEM unifies the perspectives of IT and security teams, providing a clear, shared view of vulnerabilities and patch status across all your devices.

Optimize IT Spend with AEM

Are you an IT leader or business executive looking to drastically reduce IT spending and optimize your organization's IT costs? In this insightful video, we dive deep into how autonomous endpoint management (AEM) is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their digital infrastructure. Discover the hidden sources of wasteful IT spending caused by manual processes like policy deployment, software patching and vulnerability remediation. Learn how AEM leverages AI and machine learning to automate these tasks, freeing up your IT teams to focus on higher-value strategic initiatives.

ServiceNow Without the Ticket Hell

ServiceNow is the system of record for change and approvals in most regulated enterprises. And yet, for many teams, it has become the place where delivery slows to a crawl. Not because ServiceNow is broken. But because the evidence model underneath it is. Developers ship fast through modern CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and security scans, only to hit a wall when changes reach approval. Tickets bounce back. Evidence is questioned. Screenshots do not tell the full story. CABs hesitate. Releases wait.

Evidence, Not Screenshots. How Teams Stay Always Audit-Ready in ServiceNow

In regulated environments, slow change is often blamed on process. Too many approvals. Too much governance. Too much red tape. But in reality, most delays are not caused by regulation itself. They are caused by missing, fragmented, or untrusted evidence. Screenshots pasted into tickets. Proof assembled weeks later. Approvals stalled because no one can confidently say whether a change actually meets policy. When evidence is an afterthought, compliance turns into chaos.

Building AI-Ready Database Operations: A Deep Dive into Maturity and Actionable Habits

Now, we will explore how this foundational strength translates into organizational maturity and lay out the durable operating habits required to bridge the gap between reactive firefighting and strategic performance engineering.

Smart Recommendations: From Visibility to Proactive Decisions

Over the last few years, we’ve helped hundreds of organizations build and organize their IT inventories, and design automations that make daily tasks easier. That level of maturity is essential, but sometimes it’s still not enough. The real shift happens when Asset Management evolves from reactive to proactive, and from information to decision-making. That’s where an intelligence-driven system makes the difference: it turns data into proactive decisions that deliver tangible results.

How to Perform Application Rationalization With InvGate Asset Management

If you’ve ever tried to get a clean view of your company’s software stack, you know how this goes: one team buys a tool, another one adopts a different one for the same job, renewals keep piling up, and before you know it, you’re paying for apps no one can even name. The application portfolio grows in the background, until it becomes too expensive and too messy to ignore.

Full Circles: DEX in the Age of Agentic AI featuring Christy Punch (Forrester)

In a full-circle moment for The DEX Show, Tom and Tim welcome guest speaker, Forrester’s new Digital Workplace & DEX analyst, Christy Punch, for her first podcast in the role—echoing the show’s very first Forrester guest back in 2020. The timing is bittersweet: it’s also Tim Flower’s final month as co-host, marking a major transition for the podcast.

Smart Recommendations in InvGate Asset Management: From Visibility to Proactive Decisions

Over the last few years, we’ve helped hundreds of organizations build and organize their IT inventories, and design automations that make daily tasks easier. That level of maturity is essential, but sometimes it’s still not enough. The real shift happens when Asset Management evolves from reactive to proactive, and from information to decision-making. That’s where an intelligence-driven system makes the difference: it turns data into proactive decisions that deliver tangible results.

Almaden strengthens strategic partnership with Stefanini during Kick Off 2026

Almaden took part in Stefanini Group’s Kick Off 2026, one of the most relevant global gatherings in the technology, innovation, and business ecosystem, held January 14–17 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in São Paulo. The event brought together hundreds of participants from multiple countries, consolidating itself as a strategic space for aligning vision, co-creating solutions, and strengthening partnerships.

InvGate Renews SOC 2 Type II Certification

We’re pleased to announce that InvGate has recently renewed the SOC 2 Type II certification for the 2024-2025 period. This achievement shows our commitment to the industry’s best data protection and compliance practices. The SOC 2 standard was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). It consists of a third-party audit that evaluates how companies worldwide handle data privacy. Keep reading to learn how the renewal impacts you.

Exploring InvGate Service Management's No-Code Workflow Builder

Clear workflows make everyday work easier, but only when people can build and use them without friction. A process shouldn’t depend on technical skills or one specific owner to exist or make sense. InvGate Service Management’s no-code workflow builder focuses on accessibility from the start. Teams create workflows using a drag-and-drop editor, reusable building blocks, and no-code action connectors, which keep each step easy to follow and modify.

How to Automate Tier 1 IT Tickets Without Breaking ITSM Processes

Tier 1 ticket automation is one of the most tempting (and, to be brutally honest, most mishandled) initiatives in IT service management. On paper, it seems simple: automate the high-volume requests, reduce handle time, and give your service desk some breathing room. In practice, though, many teams end up with brittle scripts and automations that quietly drift outside ITSM guardrails.

Risk Appetite, CRQ and Exposure Management: Closing the Loop on Cyber Risk

Executives today operate in a constant state of pressure. Regulatory demands grow faster than budgets, customers expect proof of resilience and every system outage becomes a business event. When each function manages risk in isolation, leaders spend more time reacting than advancing strategy. The real issue is coherence. Most organizations still rely on partial instruments: dashboards filled with red and amber, but no clarity on which risks matter or what an outage would actually cost.

Asset Management for Distributed Enterprises: How to Track Assets Across 10+ Locations in 2026

Managing assets across multiple business locations has become significantly more complex in recent years. As enterprises expand geographically, often operating across 10, 20, or even 50+ locations, the challenge of maintaining visibility, control, and accountability over assets increases exponentially. In 2026, asset tracking is no longer a “nice to have” capability for distributed enterprises; it is a foundational requirement for operational efficiency, compliance, and cost control.

Reality Bytes: Waymo on the Tracks (2026 Predictions)

The Matrix hits different.. when you're in the Matrix. The team rings in 2026 by reflecting on past predictions—and charting what’s next. From eerily accurate calls on AI consolidation to the unsettling prescience of The Matrix, the conversation looks ahead to a pivotal shift: from conversational AI to operational “do-bots,” the challenge of measuring real enterprise value, and the growing risks of over-automation.

Introducing Built-in Action Connectors For Workflows in InvGate Service Management

Workflows usually look great on paper. Approvals are clear, steps are defined, and responsibilities are assigned. Then, the request hits a familiar wall: someone has to jump into another tool to finish the job. A user gets approved, but the account still needs to be created. An offboarding task closes, yet access hasn’t been removed everywhere. Built-in connectors are designed for that moment.

The 54% Improvement Playbook: How Top Performers Integrate GenAI into ITSM

Don't just read the report—learn how to replicate its most impressive results. In our 2025 State of ITSM Report, a select group of top-performing organizations achieved a staggering 54.3% reduction in resolution time by strategically integrating GenAI. This live session moves beyond the data to share their playbook. We'll provide a step-by-step guide on how to pair GenAI with foundational ITSM practices and demonstrate how to weave these tools into your team's daily workflows to achieve maximum efficiency.

Agentic AI Essentials: Examining the Hype Around Agentic AI

In the first article of our Agentic AI Essentials series, we’ll establish what makes agentic AI distinct. We’ll look at the process of tool calling and examine how agentic systems convert intelligence into action. We’ll also explore the human fears, pressures, and ambitions that fuel the hype around agentic systems. By sorting the signal from the noise, IT decision-makers can take the first step toward making sound decisions around agentic AI adoption.

PCI Compliance Dashboard: Asset Tracking Made Easy!

Protecting your cardholder data environment gets complex as you scale. With InvGate Asset Management, you can have a PCI Compliance Dashboard that helps you track, monitor, and manage all assets that handle credit card data — from point-of-sale terminals to e-commerce hosts. Best of all? No license needed to view dashboards. You can share compliance visibility with audit and management teams effortlessly.

Poisoning the Well: The Invisible Danger in Your AI Supply Chain

Welcome to the AI research bites. This series of short and informative talks showcases cutting-edge research work from ServiceNow AI Research team. The AI Research Bites are open to all, especially those interested in keeping up with the fast-paced AI research community.

Agentic AI Essentials: Your Guide to the Future of Automation

To mark the launch, we’re publishing Agentic AI Essentials, a four-part series to help organizations navigate the reality of agentic AI adoption. Across the series, we’ll look at the questions that matter most: what’s real versus hype, how to avoid adoption pitfalls, how to measure ROI, and how roles will evolve once agents are onboarded. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store.

How agentic IT operations transform IT Service Management (ITSM)

Enterprise ITOps leaders are realizing that legacy incident management processes are collapsing under the weight of today’s sprawling, hybrid-cloud enterprise environments. The fastest path from reactive firefighting to proactive, automated control is an agentic AI-powered incident assistant that can understand context, coordinate people, and take intelligent action at machine speed. Enterprise IT doesn’t look anything like it did even five years ago.

The Role of Inbound Call Handling in IT Service Management (ITSM)

In today's fast-paced digital world, IT Service Management (ITSM) has become a critical framework for organizations seeking to maintain operational efficiency and deliver superior IT support. ITSM encompasses a range of practices and processes designed to manage IT services effectively, ensuring they align with business goals while maintaining high service quality. Among these practices, inbound call handling plays a significant role in ensuring smooth communication between end-users and IT support teams, ultimately enhancing overall service management performance.

How Agentic AI for ITOps Unlocks Value at Scale

Here’s a paradox for the AI era: organizations are obsessed with the promise of AI as the key to unlocking productivity and enterprise transformation, and IT teams are all-in on the advantages AI and automation offer — yet those same organizations are the ones holding that transformation back. While the majority of IT workers advocate for AI adoption, operational, cultural and budgetary barriers stand in the way of enterprises implementing AI at scale.

From Zero Tickets to High-ROI: AI + DEX in 2026 (w/ Samuele Gantner and Vedant Sampath)

Kicking off 2026, Tim and Tom welcome Nexthink Chief Product Officer Samuele Gantner and first-time guest CTO Vedant Sampath for a candid “three pillars” deep-dive on enterprise AI. They explore how AI is reshaping product and engineering: new tooling, new development cycles, and the shift from deterministic software to probabilistic agents—plus the critical role of evals, benchmarks, guardrails, and performance. Then they unpack Nexthink’s three-pillar framework.

Your Opsgenie Migration is the Path to Proactive Reliability

With the Opsgenie end-of-life deadline (April 5, 2027) fast approaching, you're facing a critical choice: Do you truly need to move your dedicated Incident Response workflow into the complexity of Jira Service Management (JSM) or Compass? If your current process is a reactive treadmill—plagued by alert fatigue, lost context, and constant non-critical paging—the mandated move risks replacing one chaotic toolset with another complex ITSM solution. View this not as a burden, but as a chance to build a standardized, human-centric workflow that solves your biggest pain points and transforms your response from chaos to control.