Game Changer: How ITSM Applications Elevate the Customer Experience

As the face of IT, the support organization plays a significant role in the customer’s overall experience and perception of IT. In recent years, many organizations have found that their internal customers’ expectations have evolved; they now expect—if not demand—the usability, self-help tools,...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Sharing Knowledge: The Complex World of Informatics

As IT professionals, we all know that having repeatable processes and following some type of best practices framework can provide some structure, a method to the madness. So, rather than share prescriptive guidance that will enable you to successfully implement a knowledge base, I thought I...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

ITIL in the Support Center 2.0: Will It Thrive?

ITIL, the best practice framework formerly known as the IT Infrastructure Library, has played a big role in the evolution of corporate IT. Love it or hate it, it’s hard to dispute the fact that ITIL has done much to improve the professionalism and performance of technical service and support...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

Weaving a Secure Web: Security Collaboration in Practice

As an organization in a highly regulated industry, Tampa Electric faces complexities and pressures that other organizations may not. As a guardian of the grid, those complexities and pressures are compounded. Yet Tampa Electric’s “culture of security” and practical approaches to security could...
Date Published - Last Updated February 26, 2016

UPMC Case Study

The improvement strategy was simple: provide users with what they want, when they need it, while implementing efficient processes that produce consistent, repeatable outputs.
Date Published - Last Updated June 2, 2016