What Works in Training: Context Alignment

Identify areas where your training could be more realistic and more closely aligned to the support center workplace context.
Date Published February 22, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

#HDIchat Recap: How Are You Handling Knowledge Management?

Knowledge management can be a tough sell. Managers wonder whether it’s worth the time and effort. Analysts worry they can easily be replaced if they document their knowledge.
Date Published February 21, 2017 - Last Updated April 19, 2019

IT Governance: 5 Ingredients to Kick-Start Your Value Delivery

Demonstrating the value of IT for the business is more important than ever. Follow these 5 IT governance steps for value delivery.
Date Published February 14, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

#HDIchat Recap: What's the Biggest Change in Your Support Center in the Last Year?

Change is the only constant, especially if you’re in the world of technical support. Teams move and change, processes need to be changed, and technology and tools change.
Date Published February 13, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Driving Automation in Technical Support Centers

For technical support centers, technology and automation can play a role in improving performance and controlling costs.
Date Published February 2, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

What Is the New Face of IT?

The support center has been called “the face of IT” because it is where customers and users of information technology interact with the IT department. But everything has changed.
Date Published February 1, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support and Service Management

These thought leaders are practitioners and consultants in the technical support and service management community and share insights on industry challenges and the future of the industry.
Date Published January 31, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

#HDIchat Recap: Does the Service Desk Have a Role in Information Security?

While information security is high on every IT executive’s list, that may not translate into good training and procedures at the service desk.
Date Published January 30, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

What Works in Training: Chunking

Elaine Carr explains why chunking is such a powerful training technique for support centers.
Date Published January 26, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Taking Service Management Outside IT: It's Not as Simple as It Sounds

IT organizations need to do more than just think that they do service management and deliver services just because they adopted ITIL.
Date Published January 24, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017