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When Disaster Strikes, Preparation and Teamwork Pay Off

When Hurricane Katrina crashed upon the Gulf Coast in 2005, the IS organization at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, operated by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS), sprang into full disaster mode, mustering the troops in its Baton Rouge data center to keep...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Knowledge Management at Coveo: Transparency and Collaboration Across the Enterprise and Out to Customers

When it comes to knowledge management and Knowledge-Centered Support best practices, Coveo has a decided edge. They have robust tools, which they create. But without the philosophy, culture, and processes infused throughout their company ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too: Generalists and Specialists in Desktop Support

Does your desktop support organization have more generalists or more specialists? Desktop support teams have to adapt and evolve along with the technology and workload that they support, and ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Project Management for Desktop Support

Having an understanding of the key parts of project planning is critical to the success of any support team. There are two key elements of project management: people and process. Each element has ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Everything Is Awesome: The Lego Approach to Service Management

Sending people to ITIL training and buying tools that promise “out of the box” ITIL are no guarantee of success. Flexibility and creativity are required to make change happen across the organization. This, in turn, requires people to be ready and willing to change, and this won’t happen by...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Game Changer: How ITSM Applications Elevate the Customer Experience

As the face of IT, the support organization plays a significant role in the customer’s overall experience and perception of IT. In recent years, many organizations have found that their internal customers’ expectations have evolved; they now expect—if not demand—the usability, self-help tools,...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Community as Classroom, Classroom as Community: A Conversation About Customer Education, Engagement, and Experience

If we don’t carefully design and provide compelling community experiences, our customers will inevitably try to create them anyway, without our intervention and with unpredictable results. Thankfully, we have an opportunity today to be proactive and create the best possible customer...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Generational Diversity and the Next Big Thing

The transition from the twentieth to the twenty-first century has been incredible. The emergence and integration of developing technologies into our day-to-day lives work lives and personal spaces has changed the potential of our species. It’s been a powerful renaissance, with mankind...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Talkin' 'Bout My iGeneration: Today's Customers and the Customer Experience

How well do you know your customers? Do you understand their expectations around technology and its support? The fact is, these expectations change depending on age and exposure to technology. Consider the terminology you see in popular media concerning each successive generation: Baby Boomers,...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Knowledge Is Power: KCS and Enterprise Knowledge Management

Knowledge management is a hot topic in our industry, with more and more organizations making it a priority each year. And as with any enterprise initiative, such as ITIL, outsourcing, or any number of equally dynamic implementations, it’s success depends on the participation and buy-in of the...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016