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itSMF UK 2025

itSMF UK 2025: People Over Process, Finally

The itSMF UK 2025 conference has come and gone. In this personal reflection, Sophie Danby covers the standout sessions she attended, the themes that shaped the event, what worked, and where the programme could still be tightened for next year. A picture of what happened for anyone who couldn’t be there in person.
AI in IT in 2026

AI in IT in 2026: Where is ITSM Heading?

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.
AI in ITSM Tools

AI in ITSM Tools: What’s Being Added and What’s Next (2025 Insights)

In Q3 2025, PeopleCert collaborated with Accredited Tool Vendors (ATVs) and ITSM.tools on research into where AI capabilities have been added to ITSM tools and what the future of AI in ITSM tools holds. This article shares the findings, what’s already available, what’s still coming, and where vendor claims sit relative to reality.
The 2025 State of ITSM Report

The 2025 State of ITSM Report: How GenAI Is Cutting Resolution Time by 54%

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.
How UEMS Solutions Reduce IT Help Desk Tickets

How UEMS Solutions Reduce IT Help Desk Tickets and Improve Employee Experience

Discover how Unified Endpoint Management and Security (UEMS) solutions reduce IT help desk tickets, improve employee experience, and cut operational costs.
ITOM and ITSM Synergy

ITOM and ITSM Synergy | How Integration Optimizes IT Services

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 Moves Into ITSM

Salesforce Moves Into ITSM – Opportunity or Distraction?

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.
Why ITSM is Breaking People

Why ITSM is Breaking People (And What We Can Do)

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.
ITSM Tool Churn in 2025

ITSM Tool Churn in 2025 – It’s Better News

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 Future of IT Is Human - Global IT Experience Benchmark Findings

The Future of IT Is Human – What We Learned from 130+ Countries

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.
AI Agents in ITSM

AI Agents in ITSM – What You Need to Know

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 Tool Change

ITSM Tool Change – Is Anything Different in 2025?

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.
How AI Changes Your IT Support Capabilities

Why and How AI Changes Your IT Support Capabilities

The rapid evolution of AI capabilities and increasing end-user expectations mean your corporate IT support and wider ITSM capabilities must transform. Not only is more possible with AI, but your employees or end-users now expect more from their corporate IT services, too.
Agentic AI's Role in ESM and ITSM

Agentic AI’s Role in Enterprise and IT Service Management

The progress we’ve seen so far in the AI landscape has been nothing short of fascinating – especially in IT. The question for enterprises then becomes: How will Agentic AI agents drive an autonomous approach to IT support and service delivery?
ITSM Well-being in 2025

ITSM Well-being in 2025

Here are the results of our ITSM Well-being in 2025 survey. It was last run in early 2024 to see how people in ITSM roles felt about work, and these results are used in this article for comparison purposes.