In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed their ongoing and upcoming Windows 10 rollouts.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, technical support, technology
Date Published September 27, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
Adopting a new framework or methodology requires study, planning, strategizing, and healthy doses of organizational change management for the support center.
Tag(s): focus series, supportworld, support center, best practice, change management, COBIT, devops, framework and methodologies, ITIL, ITSM, KCS
Date Published September 26, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed the role of the service desk in information security.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, technical support, security management, service desk
Date Published September 13, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed sought-after skills for new hires to the support center.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, technical support, service desk, people, staffing, workforce enablement
Date Published September 13, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
The bimodal IT model aims to be slow and careful with the critical and legacy infrastructure, but fast in delivering user and customer facing applications and services.
Tag(s): future of support, devops, service management, supportworld
Date Published September 7, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
As tech support embraces a shift-left strategy, self-service can play an important role, reducing the volume of simple, repetitive contacts and reducing costs.
Tag(s): focus series, supportworld, technical support, trends, automation, escalation, knowledge management, self-service, self-service tools, support center
Date Published August 31, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
In last week's #HDIchat, participants shared the events they attend for professional development and why they attend those events in particular.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, technical support, service management, professional development
Date Published August 30, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
Confrontation has gotten a bad rap. Not only is confrontation a good thing, it's one of the most important skills any leader needs.
Tag(s): communications skills, leadership, people, performance management, technical support, supportworld
Date Published August 29, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
In the quest to lower costs, it common to talk about deflecting phone calls to less expensive tech support channels such as self-service, chat, web forms, and email.
Tag(s): customer experience, customer service, support channels, supportworld, technical support
Date Published August 25, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016

 
The infamous automated answering systems, known as Interactive Voice Response systems, used in all contact centers today are a source of frustration for callers.
Tag(s): automation, business value, communications technology, customer experience, customer service, supportworld
Date Published August 24, 2016 - Last Updated February 1, 2017