Automation was already transforming IT service delivery and support before the COVID-19 crisis made all of our lives so much harder. Done well, automation will reduce incident queues and streamline processes – saving time and costs, and improving IT support’s employee experience. Now, as we all adjust to the “new normal,” [...]
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The COVID-19 crisis changed the world forever. It changed society. It changed businesses. And it also changed IT support. The need to [...]
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It’s tough working in IT support at the best of times and during the COVID-19 crisis, I think we can all agree that these are not the [...]
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It’s hard to believe that 2020 is almost upon us and we will no longer get those “IT service management (ITSM) in 2020” blogs that were [...]
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Chatbots are coming to the IT service desk, and why wouldn’t they? They’ve the potential to reduce workload for your agents, increase [...]
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Nowadays, chatbots seem to be all the rage and it’s fair to say that, over the past couple of years, they’ve developed into a pretty [...]
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IT service desks are probably the most measured – in terms of performance – part of the IT organization. And they, and their people are [...]
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Welcome back to this SysAdmin Day + IT service desk lovefest blog! Following on from my previous post – which covered trust (in [...]
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It’s System Administrator Appreciation Day at the end of the month (July 28th to be specific), hooray for SysAdmins! It’s great that we [...]
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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.