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A Successful ITSM Implementation Starts With 4 Checkboxes

You’ve been contemplating adopting a new ITSM solution for some time. The current one handles the bare minimum—it helps your team churn through a ticket queue—but you know there are other solutions capable of more. So what’s standing in your way? Implementing that new platform seems time-consuming and stressful. But it doesn’t have to be.

Inventory Management with a barcode scanner

No company likes to admit that it loses money because of poor inventory management. Whether it’s because you’ve lost the equipment or you don’t know who has it in their hands, you’re wasting time trying to find it, and as they say, time is money… Have you thought about inventory management with a barcode scanner? It’s best to take care of your inventory, and barcode scanner(s) might be the solution.

Derek Saves the Day with Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring solutions, much like the diagnostic and surgical tools of a medical professional, make it easier for the IT team to discover and locate devices installed within the network or operated via the cloud. These systems make it easier for the IT operations team to understand the ongoing issues in real-time, as and when they occur. Whether it is uptime, disk space, or any other performance issues.

10 features to consider when choosing your MSP support tool

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in IT have the unenviable task of hastening the digital transformation in companies, especially during these trying times. It becomes even more onerous, considering that the hardest-hit segment of Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are their major customers. According to the Global State of the MSP report, cloud migrations and security are expected to be the top drivers of MSPs growth for MSPs in 2020.

Lessons from the city of Copenhagen

Implementing change in large organizations is always a challenge, and the City of Copenhagen, with its 45,000 employees, is no exception. Three years ago, we embarked on a journey to implement a central enterprise service management portal using ServiceNow HR Service Delivery. Our objective was to improve the employee experience.

Keeping Your CMDB Up To Date in Distributed Times

The configuration management database (CMDB) is meant to be a single source of truth to link IT elements with the application processes that underlie the business services. In the age of ITIL, a common repository to store information about your hardware and software assets, made sense. But with today's dynamic and distributed hybrid IT infrastructure, how do you keep your CMDB up to date? Should you even try?

6 ways to return to work with ease using Freshservice integrations

Is your organization working out the plan to bring employees back to the office? Whether it’s now or in a few months, returning to work is going to demand a new set of rules and strategies to ensure a safe environment. To help companies with returning to work, Freshservice has built a new (free) app called “Return to Work”.

The 7 building blocks of customer service

Efficient and productive customer service representatives are a baseline, not a gold standard. A recent Aberdeen report reveals that forward-thinking customer service organizations have developed strategies to directly benefit customers by making engaging with brands more convenient. These companies understand that effortless service experiences create a competitive advantage.