Everyone understands the need for availability of services. I mean, we all want our power services to be there, right? OK, maybe some things are best done in the dark but I still want to be sure the lights come on when I flip the switch. Us New Yorkers expect most things 24×7, but I […]
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Sometimes people ask me for advice on how to improve their help desk operations and customer service, expecting me to say that they [...]
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Congratulations, you’re a newly-certified ITIL* professional – eager to start adopting the ITIL framework in your organization. You’ve [...]
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As part of the rapid growth in social media adoption, Twitter reignited a “chat revolution” and triggered a resurgence in internet [...]
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Last year, my good friend Earl Begley wrote an interesting blog called “Things I didn’t learn in ITIL school.” Earl’s blog detailed [...]
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Not too long ago, in the IT service management (ITSM) minefield that is LinkedIn groups, a service delivery manager asked: “When is an [...]
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Work can consume a significant part of our lives and, for the majority of us, it’s important to feel that we are appreciated for what [...]
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How is that for a click-bait blog title? This blog is a Q&A session with Steve Chambers who, since about 2009, has written on and [...]
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One of my favorite quotes about metrics and KPIs is: “Don’t measure me on cost or traditional IT metrics, but on the metrics of [...]
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I was asked by my superiors, of which I have many, to write a blog about CSI. But for some reason SysAid’s content editor, the amazing [...]
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The biggest online security threat for any individual is ignorance. Put simply, ignorance is not knowing something you should know, or [...]
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In a previous blog we examined the meta-activities that should be undertaken to provide the best possible prospect of Software [...]
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Can you feel the excitement? All of the hard work is paying off – our ITSM house that we’ve been building is taking shape! In Part 1 [...]
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So in case you hadn't worked it out yet, I'm Joe! Hello there. I'm a native New Yorker and I love everything connected to IT service management (ITSM). I'm a passionate blogger and Twitter addict, and I'm also the resident IT guy at SysAid Technologies.