Proper transition planning, allowing for the human side of change, can make the difference between success and failure.
Date Published September 8, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
If you have a job and you give it to someone else, that’s a bad thing. That’s been the traditional view of outsourcing, but there’s a different perspective to consider: Outsourcing is a solution, not the solution.
Date Published May 26, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
IT professionals need to adapt to today's changing culture or we risk becoming extinct. It is no longer all about the technology; it’s about partnership and solutions, where technology becomes transparent and unobtrusive.
Date Published May 19, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
Fifteen years ago, support at Petrobras was highly decentralized, with each of the company’s individual areas receiving user support from dedicated IT teams. There were no provisions for behavioral training or career-pathing, and the many IT teams providing support weren’t referencing best...
Date Published May 7, 2015 - Last Updated May 11, 2016
Today’s businesses often include branch employees, teleworkers, and on-the-go workforces that communicate using a variety of mobile devices. This paper explores the challenges for corporate help desks and IT departments trying to support this growing number of end users who work beyond the...
Date Published April 30, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
The adoption of trending technologies—including cloud solutions, resource optimization, and workforce mobility—is essential to ensuring any modern enterprise remains competitive, profitable, agile and successful in meeting organizational goals. Process and technology changes,...
Date Published April 30, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
There are lots of variables and issues to address when deployment a performance management system across a small or large business. There are two questions that are critical to your success, regardless of the size or nature of your business.
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016
The lifeblood of every business is its employees. Given this critical fact, you may assume every business has a detailed plan and solid processes in place to ensure employees are engaged. Unfortunately, this is generally not the case. Many companies continue to assume that if they build a good...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
Whether we want to admit it or not, the service and support industry might be the most schizophrenic industry on the planet today! It seems one minute we're in the back office providing service and support behind the scenes to end users and customers, and the next minute we're moved to the front...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015
Measurements in support center operations can be useful for identifying required resources for staffing, determining schedules, calculating return on investment, measuring agent and support center performance, justifying needed changes, and understanding organizational productivity. The approach...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016