
Technical Support Is Really Customer Support (Here’s Why It Matters)
Let’s stop reinforcing the fact that technical support fixes IT, it really fixes the issues people have because IT isn’t working.

Let’s stop reinforcing the fact that technical support fixes IT, it really fixes the issues people have because IT isn’t working.

Ever wondered what sage IT service desk and IT service management advice Dumbledore would offer to IT support teams and personnel? Well here you go…

Instead of relying solely on traditional major incident management workflows, IT teams need to diversify and modernize their approach by infusing intelligence into their incident response flows. This article explains how IT incidents and major incidents are detected, analyzed, and resolved better with AI.

The 2026 State of AI in IT Report shows that AI in IT adoption is accelerating for 2026. This article explores survey insights from IT professionals and end-users on AI maturity, trust, ROI, barriers, and real-world ITSM impact.

A candid, experience-based guide to ITSM implementation failures caused by power and fear. Learn how Powernoia distorts ITIL practices, metrics, and tools – and what to measure instead to preserve dignity, trust, and real service excellence.

Knowledge has always been the backbone of ITSM excellence. However, even with immense effort invested in documenting, classifying, and organizing knowledge articles, most knowledge systems still fall short of meeting expectations. This article explains how AI helps.

Technicians often hold critical privileges, including credential resets, access approvals, and configuration changes, and they frequently work under tight time constraints. While these technician roles are high-trust and high-privileged, they are often overlooked in security assessments. For attackers, compromising a technician is the best way to bypass traditional corporate security defences in a single attempt.

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.

Discover how AI Agents are transforming IT service management (ITSM) by automating Level 1 (L1) support, resolving issues before tickets arise, and enabling self-healing service desks that free technicians to focus on strategic work.

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.

When your ITSM tool reaches EOL, your organization is faced with both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge lies in ensuring continuity of IT services, processes, and knowledge without disruption. The opportunity arises from rethinking ITSM to better align with modern business needs, AI, and experience management.

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.