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
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
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
Customer expectations are continually rising, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. At the same time, IT leaders are feeling the pressure to do more with fewer resources and smaller teams. Finding the right balance between cost, quality, and speed has never been...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
While it’s still early days for artificial intelligence (AI), it’s clear that AI means business. In a June 2020 study conducted by Omdia, researchers found that more than 50% of respondents had deployed or were planning to deploy AI in five of seven business...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
Keeping remote teams engaged was a challenge before the pandemic. Here we are, one year later – with limited to no in-person team interaction – and finding ways to support impactful team interactions and understand skill and knowledge gaps can be challenging and...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
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
In a recent poll of senior IT leaders by HDI, 60% of respondents said their top priority is business transformation, and 64% said they are investing in solutions to support business transformation. Digital transformation touches every aspect of business and depends upon...
Date Published June 3, 2019 - Last Updated September 22, 2021
The most successful teams embrace healthy conflict around ideas.
Date Published May 30, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019
This month, Jeff Rumburg looks at two commonly tracked service desk metrics for agent training: new agent training hours and annual agent training hours.
Date Published May 29, 2019 - Last Updated December 17, 2019