This article is about a personal customer support experience with a very successful online retailer and what IT support organizations can learn from it.
Want to know what happened at this year’s itSMF UK conference and what some of the key ITSM nuggets and takeaways were? This personal reflection by Sophie Danby, on the itSMF UK 2025 conference, shares the standout sessions (attended), the themes that shaped the event, and what could improved.
Are you thinking about AI in IT in 2026? We’re rerunning our AI in IT survey with Atomicwork, collecting responses now to publish a fresh 2026 AI in IT report in time for the start of 2026. Please help everyone by adding your experiences and opinions.
In Q3 2025, PeopleCert collaborated with Accredited Tool Vendors (ATVs) and ITSM.tools on research to better understand where AI capabilities have been added to ITSM tools and what the future of AI in ITSM tools holds.
This article presents some key findings from the SolarWinds 2025 State of ITSM Report. With data from more than 2,000 ITSM systems and over 60,000 anonymized incident records, this year’s report takes a close look at how service teams are adapting to new tools, especially generative AI (GenAI), and what measurable results they’re seeing.
Discover how Unified Endpoint Management and Security (UEMS) solutions reduce IT help desk tickets, improve employee experience, and cut operational costs.
Given the complexity of today’s corporate IT infrastructures, your IT staff may face challenges in managing both system and network performance while ensuring the delivered end-user experience meets the agreed-upon standard and services are maintained without disruption. ITOM and ITSM integration will help.
Salesforce is starting to talk about ITSM. References to ITSM are now showing up in Service Cloud messaging and its “Agentforce” AI-building platform positioning. So far, it has been relatively low-key in my opinion: a Dreamforce announcement (that created a buzz), a few posts, a video, and a landing page that feels more like a placeholder than a full strategy. Is it less a bold announcement and more like a quick response to ServiceNow’s move into CRM? The big question is whether Salesforce’s entry into ITSM will have a real impact.
We talk endlessly about processes, tools, and technology in ITSM. But here’s what we don’t talk about enough: the mental health of the people actually doing the work. The conversation is happening – there are posts about well-being, mental health awareness weeks, and workplace stress. But what about when it comes to the specific pressures of ITSM roles? Or the unique challenges teams face? This is where the conversation gets a bit thin. In this article, Sophie Danby explains what and how things need to change.
Every couple of years, ITSM.tools runs a short poll to understand whether organizations are changing their ITSM tools and – importantly – why. This article shares the results of our 2025 ITSM tool churn poll.
The HappySignals Global IT Experience Benchmark Report 2025, based on 2.28 million employee feedback responses from over 130 countries, is a comprehensive snapshot of how employees experience IT services and how organizations are using that data to create better, more people-centric support. This article explains more.
A recent AI in ITSM survey by ManageEngine examined the progress of AI adoption among a sample of 300 IT professionals and their organizations. It extended beyond the current use of AI to include the future impact of AI agents. This article presents some of the survey findings.
ITSM.tools takes a snapshot of the ITSM tool market every couple of years. It’s a short poll about whether ITSM tool change or churn is still happening and what the primary drivers for the ITSM tool replacements are (or were). The 2025 poll is here and we would appreciate you taking one minute or less to complete it.
