One of my teammates calls change management the "eat your vegetables of ITSM." Just like eating veggies is important for getting nutrients and staying healthy, there is good reason to practice change management — the need for coordination between sometimes misaligned teams and regulatory requirements. Of course, we all know getting our greens can be unappetizing. It's not unlike the often bitter process of navigating complex, slow, and bureaucratic change management systems.

Your IT team just finished resolving a complex incident, customer service finished their last call about the issue, and your business is back to being fully operational. Now that the storm has passed, you should be planning a postmortem to determine the cause of the incident and lessons learned. Postmortems require specific data that can highlight where your team is succeeding and where they can improve.

Companies today face a new world. Even the largest corporate behemoths are fretting over shifts in consumer preferences, the competitive landscape, and the next shock. For many firms, COVID-19 was a wake-up call. Now, they’re taking nothing for granted and are racing to seize every advantage. Japanese giant Fujitsu is no exception.

Gone are the days when AIOps was merely used as a buzzword to draw attention to the growing popularity of AI in IT service management. Today, factors such as the never-ending COVID 19 pandemic and the great resignation have pushed AIOps to emerge as a vital instrument for enterprises looking for ways to optimize their digital operations.

With rising shopper worries about the ecological effect and data security, all organizations should consider how unproductive assets need to be disposed of! As assets can be a danger to the environment and it can create compliance issues. Nowadays Organizations keep track of their asset and keep maintaining them but do not pay attention to asset disposal. Asset & equipment disposal needs to be done in the right way. Otherwise, it can impact your business as we have discussed below.

The world is getting used to the idea of a permanent shift to remote and hybrid work. The Everywhere Workplace means your employees are, well, everywhere: some might be in the office, while others come and go, others work from home, and still others are part of the rising trend of digital nomads. It’s a good thing that we’re growing comfortable with the idea of employees being everywhere. But there’s a catch: that means our data is everywhere, too.

Businesses both small and large use cloud services to help maintain their data. But managing cloud services — and making sure you stay within your budget — can be a challenge. To maximize your money, you need to focus on one thing: efficiency. If you can be efficient with your time and finances, getting your cloud services up and running will be a breeze.

Since acquiring SentryOne in October 2020, the SolarWinds team has been regularly updating our Microsoft® Partners and customers about the upside these combined offerings bring to the IT community and the marketplace. Of course, SentryOne has long been recognized for its SQL Server and Microsoft Data Platform tools, with an impressive portfolio of category-leading solutions.

Keeping your systems secure is a never-ending challenge. Not only is it necessary to monitor and secure your own tech stack, but each new service a company uses creates another potential avenue for bad actors to try to exploit for their own ends.

Do you know how to improve project visibility? ‍ When you have a clear picture of performance, this enables you to make informed business decisions and move forward in the right direction. After all, knowledge is power. If you can see all the different components of your project workflows, you can quickly identify potential issues and address these with speed. Project visibility is essential to all smooth-running processes. ‍