Should we consider ITSM for polygamy?

ITSM (IT Service Management) has been enjoying the success of being a bachelor, groomed by various product vendors and attracted by customers. It has been a darling of customer success and customer support for a while. Of late, many of the customers have started adopting it further and considering the customer interactions via different sources[…]

Without proper SLA, Helpdesk is a glorified database !

If you are heading IT Operations or Support Desk or IT in general, then you know that end user behavior has changed significantly and continues to change. This means, the Helpdesk implementer has to either implement effective and optimal solutions or get out of the way. For non-ITSM readers, let me define what is an SLA[…]

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Should we consider ITSM for polygamy? ITSM (IT Service Management) has been enjoying the success of being a bachelor, groomed by various product vendors and attracted by customers. It has been a darling of customer success and customer support for a while. Of late, many of the customers have started adopting it further and considering[…]

The Paradox

According to a survey, less than 5% of all Information Technology spending is allocated to end-user support. Interestingly, support drives customer satisfaction for ALL of Information Technology. According to MetricNet, 84% people surveyed believe that Service Desk is most important for customer satisfaction! Isn’t it strange? The above details that I’ve talked are about IT; however,[…]

RIP ‘traditional’ ITSM

As I read the funny quote, “Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional”, I couldn’t stop thinking about how ITSM (IT Service Management) market segment has evolved. It started as a tool to log or track issues and then gradually grew as Helpdesk (both Incident & Problem Management) only to accommodate Change, CMDB, Asset,[…]

Impact on privatizing BMC

One of the most awaited Bollywood movies in 2013, ‘Krrish3’, got released and disappeared almost in no time. Its different fact that it claimed to have crossed INR 100 Cr business. Did you note that ‘Krrish3’ continued to do business regardless, as it sold many masks, costumes and toys and yes, there were buyers for[…]

Rebooting in 2014 for 2020

News: “eStomi leverages $104M from the surplus funds to set up 3 schools in South Africa, 8 in India and 12 in Philippines.” “eStomi acquires 3 companies in Australia and 2 in Sweden.” “Virgin Galactic, NASA and eStomi partner to set up their R&D center at ISS (International Space Station).” “$35 Billion order has been[…]

Abstracts from an ITSM White paper submitted

IT Service Management has become a popular discussion amongst CIOs these days. It is a process-based practice to align delivery of IT services with the business. It is evolving rapidly and hence, it necessitates a need to educate customers and help them to improve their support/services by introducing or aligning their processes with ITIL guidelines.This[…]