For ITAM and ITSM leaders, the key to navigating an IBM license audit isn’t just technical accuracy. Instead, it’s the effectiveness of process control, risk management, and strategic communication capabilities.
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.
In Q2 2025, HCLSoftware and ITSM.tools ran an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused survey; this article presents some of the results from a report called The State of AI in ITSM 2025. The full report can be downloaded using the links in the article.
Nobody’s raising a ticket five minutes before a client call. They’re pasting the VPN error into an AI tool and getting back to work. Problem solved for the user. Problem invisible to the service desk. Judin Joan Soundarya S looks at what shadow AI is doing to incident data, problem management, and the SIEM-to-ITSM chain, and how to get the visibility back without forcing people into a queue they were never going to use. to tackle it.
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.