Like it or not, feelings and emotions play a huge role in every area of our personal and professional lives. The best leaders understand the source of negative emotions and are able to channel those feelings into ones of productivity, solutions, and positive results.
Date Published January 28, 2016 - Last Updated October 5, 2016
Support organizations have come a long way with the tools used for providing end-user support, but the trends for support's technology use and implementation are constantly changing. So, where are we now?
Date Published January 21, 2016 - Last Updated March 10, 2021
In this update to the 2014 road map, the DSAB articulates the continuing evolution of desktop support, including the skills needed, and industry trends, such as cloud computing, shadow IT, BYOD, virtualization, security needs, and consumerization.
Date Published January 13, 2016 - Last Updated October 5, 2016
Many IT organizations struggle with user adoption when they release their first service portal. The user experience is the key to a successful service portal.
Date Published January 12, 2016 - Last Updated April 10, 2017
Contact center metrics such as First Call Resolution (FCR) can become difficult to measure when new channels are introduced into a service model.
Date Published December 17, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
First call resolution (FCR) is about answering or solving the customer’s problems on the first call, as quickly and for the least cost possible.
Date Published December 8, 2015 - Last Updated May 20, 2016
This program reduces incident counts and resolution times and increases support staff skills for getting to root causes and eliminating the incidents they cause.
Date Published November 24, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
The HDI Service Management Awards recognize excellence and honor support organizations that have generated positive, measurable results in IT service management.
Date Published November 17, 2015 - Last Updated December 1, 2017
Dashboards provide a visual representation of support center performance data, and the design is important for sharing business-critical information.
Date Published November 17, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
A true enterprise service portal is not restricted to IT; it is a gateway to interacting with all of an organization's service providers from a single landing page.
Date Published November 10, 2015 - Last Updated April 19, 2019