ITSM and the Value of Knowledge-Centered Service for the Enterprise

 

Disruption has become the norm. As businesses try to keep pace with rapid change, IT support centers along with other core enterprise service groups are struggling to keep up with demand. How can they communicate effectively and maintain high standards of internal and external...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Future Forward: Executive Strategy in a New Complex World

 

If your organization’s goal is to reduce friction so your customers can experience your products and services in new and exciting ways, you’re going to need to rethink how and why you’re doing what you’ve always done. More and more people are gaining...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Foresight Is 2020: Trends in Technical Support and Service Management

 

The 2010s were a decade of rapid-fire evolution in IT, technical support, and service management: from mobile devices to remote support, knowledge management to enterprise service management and ITIL4, countless technologies, processes, frameworks, and methodologies emerged to...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

5 Reasons Why Remote Support and Access Management Are Critical

 

The modern organization needs to provide a reliable, secure way for customers, vendors, and remote employees to both access the resources they need to do their work, and to receive support where they are, when they need it. HDI’s annual research shows that Remote Control...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Unlocking Your Workforce Potential: IT Support from Anywhere to Anywhere

 

While much has changed this year for support centers—which consist of service desks, help desks, and desktop support—we must also remember that a lot has changed for the customers we serve, as well. They may lack the proximity of colleagues to answer simple...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

Fueling Innovation: Augmenting A New Era of IT Service Management

 

Our customers changed where and how they work. Their needs and expectations have transformed along with their environment, and our service strategy must keep pace as the modern workplace evolves. Say goodbye to your music on hold, business hours, and carefully limited scope of...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021

The State of the Industry: A Mid-Year Research Roundup

 

HDI conducts extensive research throughout the year. In this webinar, we will review our 2019 research to date, examine what it means for the industry, and suggest areas that leaders should be paying attention to, including possible courses of action. We will review the latest...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

IT Change Management in a High-Speed World

 

Organizations are increasingly caught between competing goals: They must meet compliance and cybersecurity requirements and produce stable technology environments while simultaneously allowing for high-velocity changes. How can these competing goals be managed?

In the...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

Enterprise Service Management, AI, and Emerging Technologies

 

Is enterprise service management (ESM) merely a hype term, or are organizations actually doing it? What are the business drivers for expanding service management out of IT and across the organization? Which lines of business are adopting service management? What advantages does...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021

Knowledge Management, Enterprise Service Management, and the Customer Journey

 

In recent research, HDI found that 32% of organizations were planning to adopt the principles and practices of service management in lines of business other than IT, in addition to the 27% who said they have already done so. Why are so many organizations adopting enterprise...

Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 24, 2021