Maximizing the value of IBM license costs while avoiding unplanned and unbudgeted costs is a core concern for both ITAM and ITSM professionals. This article offers 10 tips for better controlling your IBM license costs.
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.
According to the new State of SMB IT for 2026 report from EasyVista and OTRS Group, most SMBs remain stuck in the middle stages of ITSM maturity. Nearly 40% of respondents say their organizations still operate without consistent processes. Just 12% describe their ITSM approach as “mature and proactive.” Read more here.
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.
A year ago, IT departments could easily dismiss GenAI tools as a “marketing experiment” because there were only a handful of AI writing tools that were gaining popularity. Today, every department is trying a new AI tool (cough, OpenAI wrapper, cough) that promises to double their productivity, increase their quality of work, and secure them a promotion. So how do we deal with this Shadow AI?
For organizations with mature ITAM and ITSM practices, proactive engagement in defining the scope of an IBM license audit can shift the balance. This article provides details on what your organization can do scopewise to help improve the results of an IBM license audit.
Some ITSM practices are widely adopted and closely managed (often using ITIL best practices). However, others, like ITIL capacity and performance management practice, might receive far less attention (and love). But this doesn’t mean they aren’t essential. This article explains more.
The ability to extend the use of the corporate ITSM tool to other business functions to improve business-function workflows, service delivery and support capabilities, and employee experiences is highly beneficial in terms of better consistency, people efficiency, and digital transformation across the business functions. But is your corporate ITSM tool really equipped to support ESM? Is it an ESM-ready ITSM tool?
Navigating IBM’s licensing models, contractual obligations, and product lifecycle changes can be time-consuming and risky without access to the right information. To help, here’s a curated list of IBM licensing resources to help your organization manage its IBM licensing risk and reduce unnecessary costs.
McKinsey’s latest modeling estimates that generative and agent-driven AI could inject $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion of new economic value every year – roughly equivalent to the GDP of the UK. Inside ITSM, that value materializes whenever autonomous software agents absorb the drudgery once handled by Level 1 IT support staff.
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.
AI-driven knowledge management can help make your ITSM knowledge more accessible, accurate, and actionable. This article explains how AI-powered solutions revolutionize ITSM knowledge management, starting with the limitations of traditional knowledge management before covering how specific AI-enabled capabilities can help.
ITSM isn’t just about “keeping the lights on”; it’s also about delivering better services, experiences, and business outcomes over time. This is where the ITIL 4 continual improvement practice plays a critical role.
This article offers ten actionable tips to help ITAM and ITSM professionals better manage their organization’s IBM license costs. Because maximizing its ROI while avoiding unplanned and unbudgeted expenses requires strategic license management.