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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...
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Most organizations think about communication best practices with reference to major outages, and events, but don’t consider the impact good communication can have on first contact resolution (FConR) and mean time to resolve (MTTR), even in a day-to-day context. Large outages attract a great...
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In this webinar, Joe Ardizzone will present on the ins and outs of—and particularly the best practices associated with—alerts and monitoring. Both practices are typically associated with critical events and major incidents, but what are the possible applications of alerts and monitoring...
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Configuration management is about...
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