The growing trend toward BYOD will continue to pose challenges for allocating service desk resources more creatively and accommodating users’ needs.
Tag(s): best practice, byod, service desk, business value, technology, supportworld
Date Published May 1, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
The IT services we provide support customer outcomes, so it makes sense that both IT and the customer benefit from knowing what services are on offer. But simply cataloging what we already have is not the end, but rather a necessary beginning to an ongoing journey in pursuit of excellence. Make...
Tag(s): service catalog, white paper
Date Published April 30, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
According to IDG, “54 percent of [CIOs] claim that one of their top strategic initiatives for improving customer support is associated with decreasing operational and security risks with compliance-enabling tools for remote support." Unfortunately, not all remote support tools are...
Tag(s): white paper, security management, remote support tools, technology, risk management
Date Published April 30, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
During the last decade, many identity and access management (IAM) initiatives attempted to give the best technical answer to three top management’s concerns: governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Even if this direction was the right one, misunderstanding and frustration are too...
Tag(s): white paper, security management, risk management, technology, IT service management
Date Published April 30, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
All software, from simple command line utilities to large-scale corporate systems, needs documentation. It may be done either in the form of several text strings shown in a console window or in the form of thousands of webpages stored on the company portal in a distributed database. No matter...
Tag(s): white paper, business of support, knowledge management
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016
By providing a multitude of web forms that address every likely request and by responding, on average, within one business day, GreyStone Power demonstrated to its customers the value of web-based requests. And, by providing service representatives with an easy to use tool for organizing,...
Tag(s): white paper, technology, process management, support channels, customer service
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
Today, the business world is undergoing a significant transformation thanks to a set of technologies collectively known as "Web 2.0." Web 2.0 describes a set of next-generation Internet technologies that make it easier to create online applications that behave dynamically, much like traditional...
Tag(s): white paper, technology, best practice
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016
If you haven't figured out a meaningful way to measure each strategic goal and supporting initiative, it doesn't belong in your plan. If you're not tracking it via your scorecard, don't keep it. If it's not worth the time to measure and track, it doesn't belong in your strategic plan.
Tag(s): white paper, service strategy, business of support
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
Many outsourcing agreements provide clients with the right to benchmark price and service levels. Some clients struggle to successfully gain the benefit of benchmarking. Contrary to popular belief, the primary obstacle to a successful benchmark is not the service provider, but the benchmarking...
Tag(s): white paper, benchmarking, best practice, metrics and measurements
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016
Whether you're buying for the first time or just replacing your current system, this white paper aims to provide concrete advice on buying and implementing a help desk system. Below, we have condensed the information and focused on what really matters—and, equally important, on what to...
Tag(s): white paper, technology, business of support, best practice, service desk technology
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016