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User errors

How a User Error Can Be a Constructive Tool

It’s always fun to sit and talk with 2nd line support folks – the ones who actually understand the technological whatsits and thingamajigs that underpin all our IT services. And it’s especially enjoyable if done over a drink or two, and when you get them onto the general intelligence level of the users they support. […]

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Tech buzzwords

3 of the Hottest Technology Buzzwords of 2017 Explained

As an IT service management (ITSM) professional you might be at arm’s length from what’s happening in the software development world. [...]

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IT does more with less

Why IT Has to Do More with Less Every Single Year

In IT, one of our biggest (maybe even our favorite?) grumble, every year, is how the business expects us to deliver more for less. So [...]

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2017 ITSM Agenda

10 Things You Need to Know to Set the Right ITSM Agenda for 2017

It really is an exciting time to be in IT service management (ITSM) – and not just because I’m here. The accelerated development of [...]

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ITSM Challenges for 2017

Cloud Bite Point: A Literary Look at the ITSM Challenges for 2017

The end of the year is often a time to reflect on our past, from the year just gone to even further back in time, and then to look to [...]

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Can ITSM truly be agile?

Agile Service Management: Can ITSM Truly Be Agile?

It sometimes feels like the phrase “Do more, with less” has been with us since we started delivering technology-enabled solutions to [...]

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Customer experience

Uncovering and Managing the Customer Experience

My previous blog talked about what customer experience actually IS, along with a video that followed my learning cycle. We saw [...]

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Customer experience

What Is Customer Experience?

Really, what IS customer experience (or CX for short)? Most explanations refer to a customer interacting with a business and its [...]

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Bring Your Own Device

Why BYOD Is a “Result” for ITSM

Bring your own device (BYOD), or even BYOX appears to be an emerging norm in many organizations. It is a function of multiple factors: [...]

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Behind the scenes with IT basics

5 Behind-the-Scene Stages of Dealing with an Incident

I’ve been talking a lot about getting back to basics with incidents and all other things IT service management (ITSM) related – and [...]

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You Say Tomato: Help Desk vs. Service Desk

You Say Tomato: Help Desk vs. Service Desk

Whether you ask for your pizza with extra “tom-mah-toe” or “toe-may-toe,” the end result is going to be the same – extra tomatoes on [...]

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Wrong Path to Cloud

Dead Bodies and Minefields on the Wrong Paths to Cloud

There is a promised path to the cloud. One that feels familiar to hardware and software vendors, and to their armies of certified [...]

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Cloud 101

Cloud 101 – And Not Just for Dummies

The cloud deliberately hides the technical and operational complexity from consumers so they can get on with their real jobs. The [...]

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Joe

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.