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Can You Really Measure Service Operation?

After careful strategizing and organizing, it’s time to take the giant step forward and see how well your plans apply to reality. When we get to the Service Operation stage of the ITIL service lifecycle, we finally see value realized.

by Kolawole Heyward-Rotimi on July 24, 2017

Fun + Leadership = Samanage Culture

Workplace culture has a direct correlation to employee happiness, engagement, and productivity. Companies that consistently appear on a “Best Places to Work” list tend to be some of the most profitable and fastest-growing companies in the world.

by Chris McManus on July 21, 2017

The Age Old Question: Is it a Major or Critical Incident?

The problem is that major and critical can get a little fuzzy. Depending on the organization the terms “major” and “critical” can mean the same thing, or cover entirely different ground.

by Anthony Orr on July 18, 2017

The Basics of Incident Management from an ITIL Perspective

Incident management is probably the most adopted of all the ITIL processes. If getting service restored ASAP is one of your goals (hint: it should be), then the ITIL incident process is the way to go.

by Anthony Orr on July 13, 2017

15 ITSM ITIL Metrics for Tracking Incident Management Success

Your service desk solution may come with a baked-in set of reports, but these aren't necessarily the most critical ITSM ITIL metrics for your service team to track.

by Danielle Livy on July 11, 2017

5 Quick Tweaks to Make Your Help Desk Operate More Efficiently

No one on your IT team interacts more with users than the people who run your help desk. Make help desk interactions good for users – and good for your IT help desk team – with these five tips.

by Nathan Riley on July 7, 2017

The Changing Landscape of ITSM in Education

Higher education services themselves are changing, and so are the ways that higher ed IT teams deliver traditional services. Here are four ITSM challenges higher ed IT teams are tackling right now.

by Paul Vandre on July 5, 2017

Is Your ITAM Ready for the Future?

Twenty-two percent of IT managers have no asset management system in place; at the other extreme, 45 percent of enterprises have deployed over 20 asset management tools.

by Laura Miller on June 29, 2017

3 Steps to Improving IT Service Desk Performance

Are your customers constantly frustrated with the results they get from the help desk? Do your existing tools empower good people to do their jobs?

by Oz Merchant on June 27, 2017

From Science to Service: Understanding ITIL vs ITSM

As you think of how to best run your help desk and your IT department, think of ITSM as a list of services you deliver. Then, think of ITIL as one way you can deliver them.

by Audrey Beckett on June 22, 2017

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