Blog: Resources, Tips and Strategies for IT Professionals

On its surface, Asset Management seems to be about tracking your hardware and software assets, which is important to organizations concerned about theft, but it’s hardly revolutionary. A deeper...

IT service management (ITSM) and enterprise service management (ESM) are essentially the ways organizations manage their services for internal customers. Through a framework, the most popular of which is...

  A few years ago, an IT team decided to roll out a new automated software system for the company to use. They created a database, built a number...

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) is trending up. More companies are adopting service management tools and practices, as it helps them clarify internal services, break down internal silos, and improve...

When done right, Knowledge Management improves the overall effectiveness of a company’s IT assistance. Help Desk and Service Desk employees can easily recycle IT solutions that have worked in the past, improving their...

IT service managers tend to be stressed out a lot. Life is never easy for people who are tasked with keeping a company’s technology up and running—while trying to...

Service level agreements (SLA) sit at the heart of ITIL practices. For the uninitiated, SLAs define expectations for both the service provider and the “customer” when engaging in a...

Spend an afternoon in nearly any office setting and invariably you’ll hear one employee tell another to call the help desk to assist with a network issue. Walk to...