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Service Management in 2020 – the 6 Key Challenges

Posted by Patrick Bolger
on December 5, 2019

This article looks at a recent report that offers guidance to IT departments entitled “Brex-IT – How will public sector IT cope in 2020?” and discusses how the challenges highlighted within the report are applicable to service management in 2020.

How to Differentiate Between AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

Posted by Frank Hamilton
on December 3, 2019

People often tend to misunderstand the many terms used with artificial intelligence (AI), such as AI itself, machine learning, deep learning, and others. As such, this article aims to help you differentiate and understand the various roles these capabilities can play in IT service management.

Which ITSM Topics Will Interest You Most in 2020?

Posted by Sophie Danby
on November 28, 2019

At the start of this year, we asked our readers to vote on the ITSM-related content topics that they’d like to see helpful content published on in 2019 – this was used to guide our content throughout the year. Now, as we enter 2020, we’re doing the same thing again. Please take 30 seconds to vote.

ITIL v3 to ITIL 4 – There is a Way to Transition

Posted by Heigor Freitas
on November 26, 2019

Following the launch of ITIL 4 Foundation, the first stage of the ITIL update, AXELOS has now released the ITIL 4 Managing Professional Transition module. This article looks at its key concepts, who they’re applicable to, and provides advice on how to transition from ITIL v3 to ITIL 4.

The Top ITSM Trends for 2020

Posted by Nicole Garrison
on November 21, 2019

Throughout 2019 there was a lot of buzz around ‘trends’ such as digital transformation, AI, and continued cloud adoption. So the question is, will 2020 be more of the same? Or should we expect to see new trends and focuses in the world of ITSM?

7 Tips to Improve Your Future ITSM Capabilities and Other Nuggets

Posted by Stephen Mann
on November 19, 2019

This article offers up a variety of ITSM statistics and tips to help you to improve your future ITSM capabilities, collected by Stephen Mann at the recent BMC Exchange event in London.

How Intelligent Chatbots Enable Better Enterprise Service Experiences

Posted by Wai Wong
on November 14, 2019

This article explains what Enterprise Service Management is and how it helps before talking to how new artificial intelligence (AI)-based capabilities – such as intelligent and connected chatbots – make an even greater difference to employee productivity and business outcomes.

Why Continual Improvement in ITSM is More Important Than You Think

Posted by Joe The IT Guy
on November 12, 2019

Take a moment to think about continual improvement – you could think about the ongoing need, the concepts behind it, or you could just start with the words themselves – continual, improvement, and service for good measure. Here Joe the IT Guy takes a closer look using a rather yummy cake analogy.

8 Tips for Getting Started with DevOps

Posted by Ariel Gesto
on November 7, 2019

Where should your organization start with DevOps? Or, alternatively, if your organization has already started its DevOps journey, what else should it be doing to increase the probability of its efforts realizing the expected benefits of introducing the new ways of working? This article explores.

Organizational Change Management – An Overview

Posted by Stephen Mann
on October 31, 2019

This article provides an overview of what Organizational Change Management (OCM) is and why it’s important. Plus it offers some practical advice as to what organizational change management should involve. Read it here.

Why MSPs Should Connect with Customer Systems

Posted by Alfredo Deambrosi
on October 29, 2019

Increasingly managed service providers (MSPs) are connecting their systems with their customers’ systems. In doing so ultimately improving the user experience in a number of ways, helping MSPs to stand out in the value that they offer. But how are MSPs reaping the rewards of their customer integration efforts?

Don’t Let an ABC Earthquake Destroy Your Organization’s Digital Transformation

Posted by Paul Wilkinson
on October 22, 2019

Here Paul Wilkinson discusses the ABC of ICT and how it’s still as relevant today as it was 15 years ago, if not MORE relevant. In particular, that digital transformation initiatives will fail if ABC factors are not addressed.

3 Ways to Benefit from a Service Catalog

Posted by Joe The IT Guy
on October 17, 2019

Done well, a service catalog will act as a single, consistent source of information to employees for all of the IT and business services available to them. But how should your organization leverage a service catalog? This article shares advice on how to best exploit a service catalog as a multifaceted ITSM capability.

How to Improve Your IT Service Desk Knowledge Management

Posted by Pablo Vergne
on October 10, 2019

Want to know what IT service desks that succeed with knowledge management do differently? Here we share eight tips based on what successful IT service desks have done to achieve their knowledge management success to help you on your own knowledge management journey.

The State of Workplace Well-being in ITSM – it’s Not Great

Posted by Stephen Mann
on October 8, 2019

With a massive 86% of survey respondents thinking that working in IT is going to get harder in the next three years, here we take a look at the impact that working in ITSM has on employee mental health and wellbeing – showcasing our latest survey results.

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