IT is a huge part of the budget for many companies, and the money spent on IT is intended to create business value and support business growth, but many IT organizations spend a large part of this budget on managing incidents. The service desk typically employs many people, and uses expensive telephony and service [...]
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Before you pick up a tool, you need to know what you plan to use it for. That’s just common sense, isn’t it? So naturally there’s a [...]
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Why do people have to make things so complex? I often see organizations whose processes, tool configurations, user interfaces and every [...]
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In the words of George Michael, “Let’s go outside.” That’s using IT service management (ITSM) outside the IT organization. As, unless [...]
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When was the last time you thought about the language you use as an IT service management (ITSM) or IT professional? I’m not talking [...]
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In an October 2014 blog titled Right Size Your CRM To Your Needs, Kate Leggett – a VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research – [...]
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At Interop New York last October I sadly missed out on an intriguing presentation called “ITIL isn’t evil. Most people who implement it [...]
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During 2014 I interviewed some lovely IT service management (ITSM) people for my blog, all of whom were gainfully employed by SysAid’s [...]
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It’s nearly 2015 so I decided that it would be fitting to write a quick summary of 2014 via the medium of blog. At first I thought I [...]
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Last week I posted a blog offering my thoughts and advice on getting started with incident management, based on the premise that [...]
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There’s a lot of documented good or best practices out there on how to do incident management – or so my good friend Stuart Rance tells [...]
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Many people and organizations seem to struggle with metrics, reporting, analytics, and demonstrating value from IT service management [...]
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Ah problem management. I’ve written about it before (see the additional resources at the bottom) and I’m sure I’ll write about it [...]
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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.