Is your Service Desk GDPR-ready?
Posted on Friday 25 May 2018.
While understanding of GDPR has improved, the specifics of how it will impact functions such as the service desk are not as clear. The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, and if your organisation is not already well prepared then you need to take urgent action right now.
How can DevOps thinking impact the service desk?
Posted on Monday 30 April 2018.
by Scarlett Bayes, Industry Analyst, SDI This blog will not focus on how DevOps in its truest form will impact the service desk directly, but more on how the culture and mentality of continuous delivery, collaboration and communication, and leveraging automation can benefit the service desk in terms of shortening time to resolution and fulfilment. DevOps is more than a new way
What do tanks have to do with ITSM?
Posted on Thursday 19 April 2018.
by Scarlett Bayes, Industry Analyst, SDI Yes, you read that right; what do tanks have to do with ITSM? Specifically, this blog will focus on what they have to do with automation in ITSM. NATO tanks have 4 crew members; a driver, a gunner, a loader, and a commander. Russian tanks, on the other
Ladies in Legal IT, by Becky Patterson, Tikit
Posted on Tuesday 10 April 2018.
Ladies in Legal IT, by Becky Patterson, Tikit When I joined Tikit (or Avenue Legal Systems as it was then) the Support team was dominated by male employees. At the time, IT Support was largely a male orientated industry with very few females. Looking back, the females that were employed by my company tended to
5 Reasons To Review Your Service Desk Performance Today
Posted on Thursday 5 April 2018.
Written by Alan Conduct, Head of Support Services at UKN Group IT service desks should have an on-going positive impact on companies they serve. Whether your service desk is in-house or outsourced, your organisation should notice consistent operational improvements as a consequence of the work your service desk undertakes. Service desks can operate in two ways: proactive or reactive. Proactive
SDI18 – A message of being together is being more; Part 1
Posted on Wednesday 28 March 2018.
SDI18 – A message of being together is being more; Part 1 Well, what an extraordinary SDI18 conference it was, right from the very start of the week at the pre-conference SDC workshop hosted by Damian Bowen, we heard some incredible success stories, and how teams at Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, Norfolk Community Health & Care