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The Latest from SupportWorld

Taking the Service Desk to the Next Level: An Opportunity for IT Pros!

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As our industry transforms and matures, last century standards for cross-team communication...

Date Published - Last Updated October 13, 2017

Evolving Customer Support in a Shift-Left World

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More and more organizations are using the shift-left approach to support, bringing more complex work down...

Date Published - Last Updated February 21, 2017

Incidents on the Rise: Addressing the Why, What, and How

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According to HDI research, the volume of incidents is on the rise in most organizations. While new systems and devices are intended to assist an increasing...

Date Published - Last Updated August 8, 2017

No More Apologies: Mastering Multilingual Service in the Support Center

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Managing languages is a significant challenge for most service desks. To arm leaders with data and insight, join HDI and Lionbridge as they unveil the...

Date Published - Last Updated May 17, 2017

Career Counselor: Employment Trends for 2015

Technical support professionals form the frontline of many businesses, vendors, and IT teams. To remain competitive, they need to be aware of how the sector is evolving and where it’s going ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Good Customer Sat Scores Don't Equal Good Customer Experiences

The vast majority of customer care involves limiting the interruptions that send customers to your service desk in the first place. Proactive IT enables the organization to avoid detours, prevent incidents, and address or fix problems before they impact the customer.
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

Keeping One Hand on the Wheel: Trends in Service and Support Models

The ever-accelerating pace of technological change continues to push CIOs to adapt quickly or run the risk of finding themselves outmaneuvered by their competition. Whether it’s determining how best to leverage mobile apps, weighing the risks and benefits of cloud computing/storage, or...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Do More With Less—Not! Investment-Based Budgeting Is the Antidote to Unreasonable Expectations

Cost pressures, plus ever-increasing demands for your services...do you feel caught between a rock and a hard place, and set up to fail? The good news is, there’s an answer, and it’s not ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

The End of IT’s Monopoly on Trust: How Consumer Services Are Disrupting Industries and Transforming the Workplace

As consumers have become more technically aware, they’ve become more willing to trust each other. This is having an impact on established providers of expertise and trust—and it’s changing entire industries. It’s vital that corporate IT departments understand ...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016