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Venkateshan Veerappan relies on ManageEngine MSP for managing their multi-client environment

Venkateshan Veerappan, Tooling Leader and Senior IT Consultant, talks about how the MSP suite of ManageEngine helped their organization with their client audit requirements and also effortlessly adapt to remote management during the pandemic. Venkateshan shares his story of partnering with ManageEngine MSP products to meet all the needs that they have as a service provider.

Analytics Plus webinar: How to drive successful IT infrastructure capacity planning and optimization

With the widespread implementation of cloud infrastructure and the subsequent proliferation of resources across various hybrid platforms, IT teams often struggle to draw effective capacity plans and optimize infrastructure costs. A tailored strategic plan that manages and rightsizes IT infrastructure is the need of the hour. This way, organizations can enjoy increased visibility and scalability across varied deployments, as well as establish sustained cost savings.

ITIL & Risk Management: How Do They Relate?

ITIL and Risk Management are closely related. They're both focused on helping organizations run their IT departments efficiently and, most importantly, safely. But here's the thing. The relationship between the two hasn’t always been clearly defined. That is, until the latest version of ITIL launched in 2019. A new version of ITIL is always exciting in the IT Service Management (ITSM) world, and incorporating knowledge on dedicated Risk Management practices was a very welcomed inclusion.

Users rate ServiceNow ITSM tool as a game changer

I’m thrilled to announce that the G2 global community of software users has ranked the ServiceNow IT Service Management (ITSM) tool the Leader in six areas: We believe this distinction validates ServiceNow’s leadership in IT Service Management, which was also named a nine-time Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for IT Service Management Platforms. Out of more than 360 individual G2 reviews, IT Service Management earned 4.4 out of 5 stars.

How to Use Generative AI for Knowledge Management

In the blog “How Generative AI Can Benefit Knowledge Management”, we looked at the benefits of AI to knowledge management to enhance the quality, automating the creation of content and enabling more engaging content. In enabling generative AI to become part of the knowledge management framework introduces concerns about accuracy, data bias, privacy and security. Now, it’s time to look at how we can make it work well together...

Why ChatOps Integration Is What Your ITSM Needs

In recent years, teams have drastically changed how they communicate and collaborate. With the rise of physical distancing and remote work, many businesses have found email slow and burdensome. Instead, they use chat clients like Microsoft Teams or Slack to effortlessly share information and solve problems without needing more online calls.

4 ways a strategic portfolio management framework can streamline success

In today’s fast-paced business environment, determining how short-term projects fit into long-term organizational goals may seem daunting. A strategic portfolio management framework is critical for companies looking to align their projects, investments, and resources with their overall business strategy. ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) can help organizations consolidate their most pressing business priorities on a single platform.

The Challenge of Digital Nomads and Work-from-Home Environments

Watch the full clip here. Ivanti’s research into remote work trends found that while 43% of office workers are allowed to work flexibly, 71% say they want to. Why is that 28-point preference gap still with us even after several years of widespread – and widely successful – remote and hybrid work? What barriers are keeping leaders from chipping away at that preference gap, and why should they?

Phishing 2.0: How to Stop Cyberattacks Even Pros Can't Catch

According to Ivanti's 2023 Press Reset cybersecurity report, over 50% of surveyed security professionals said their organizations hadn’t experienced a phishing attack – despite virtually every organization getting phished last year! Today’s phishing campaigns use sophisticated social engineering techniques and the latest AI advances with devastating effectiveness, tricking your most valuable users out of sensitive information, network access and personal credentials.

IT Asset Tagging: How to Tag Software and Hardware Assets

When managing assets across your organization, IT asset tagging acts as a starting block. It ensures that everything is properly identified and easily tracked to avoid inaccurate inventory records, unregistered losses, or misusage. The practice provides a systematic approach to label and identify software and hardware assets to easily track relevant information throughout the asset’s whole lifecycle.