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Increasing service expectations, automation, budget, business alignment and efficiency: how can your IT organization consolidate these leading ITSM trends into a single end-to-end service management service this year? More importantly, …

After almost 30 years of evolution in service management we appear at last to be on the precipice of revolution. With competing pressures on CIOs to deliver greater efficiencies, business …

ITSM trends for 2017 are seemingly endless: CMDB, Software Asset Management (SAM), Service Catalog, automation, knowledge management, customer satisfaction, metrics and SIAM are all on the rise. But which of …

2016 may be winding down for many, but the ITSM industry never stops evolving. With a New Year of continued innovation and development just around the corner, now is the …

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) is far from new, but the need for its implementation in organizations now is greater than ever. The evolution of technology and escalation of business and …

Understanding the needs of your customers is part and parcel of making an organization successful. Identifying what customers need and why they need it is key to delivering good IT service experience. But do …

It may come as a surprise to you that despite global IT spending lying at a staggering $3.4 trillion USD, more than half of projects across organizations fail1. Building an …

What are the 7 key attributes that high performing organizations share? Learn what they are and how to incorporate them into your own programme as IT in the Park returns …

For IT, it is both the best and worst of times; the perfect opportunity and the perfect storm. Just at the time when technology has become the most critical to …

One of the most important constants of the ITSM market is evolution. As a heavily dynamic industry, IT relies on forecasts, trends and research statistics to ensure customer requirements are …

World-class customer experience is critical to any business. Meet the customers’ demands and you are likely to retain them. Fail to do so and you may lose them to competitors …

Summertime is here, but there is no sign of a vacation for the IT industry as it continues to develop and cultivate business success. Increased emphasis on customer experience and …

How equipped is your organization to reflect a knowledge-sharing culture in IT support? It is an intriguing question when considering when to adopt a peer-to-peer support strategy, and one that …

Service delivery should be seamless, right? But things don’t always work that way. For this reason, we need to talk about customer feedback — and why the industry often fails …

Tired of low response times and resolution rates, poor communication and service interruptions? There’s no need to get too worked up over it. While it is true that these aspects …

Designing or redesigning a Service Catalog? Prioritize the user experience, and you’re more likely to achieve higher adoption rates and greater ROI from self-service. Follow our five-step guide to creating …

A legacy technology-oriented mindset still prevails in many IT departments. Ultimately, however, IT must understand emerging end user contexts and expectations – defined by work pressures and heavily influenced by …

Looking for opportunities to increase your IT maturity? It's a long-term process, no doubt. But there are plenty of incremental steps you can take to progress your organizational goals. To …

Effective service delivery puts the customer first. In adopting this approach, your organization can transform IT from its traditional tech-support origins to a service catalyst capable of accelerating business performance. This strategy revolutionizes the role of …

In the age of IT consumerization, you're always under pressure to deliver rapid and stable business system development. But, with speed comes risk. Meet the challenge with best-practice ITSM advice …

If you don’t optimize your IT asset portfolio today, will your organization still exist tomorrow? An estimated four in five organizations have suffered a recent data security breach, with more …

Have you started writing an IT business case? Or have you already produced a business case for IT innovation, but want to ensure you've covered all your bases? Building an …

Did you know? On average, strategic CIOs earn $167,000 more than functional CIOs.[1] If you're committed to making your IT program more strategic, mature your approach with actionable advice in …

Better analytics and automation can empower your IT department to tackle issues that have potentially existed for decades. But that doesn’t detract from the sheer complexity of creating a shared-services …

Many of us in the IT industry face an age-old issue with producing reporting that actually promotes and enables success from a tidal wave of data: it’s all relevant, yes, …

As an IT champion, you're no doubt skilled at multitasking and always looking for ways to improve your knowledge of the fast-moving field of service management. That's why we've produced …

The dramatic growth of service management driven by software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been one of the most exciting IT trends to observe in recent years. That topic features among the key service …

Process optimization: this is the top opportunity for improving service management in 2016, according to more than 100 service management experts who participated in our research. Do your goals resonate with …

If there's one thing everyone in the service management community has in common, it's how incredibly busy we are, day in, day out. On the one hand, we are fortunate …

Across our LinkedIn community and beyond, we love to share great resources designed specifically to help improve your ITSM program. With 2015 winding down, now's the perfect time to revisit some of …