What IT Support Does Your Business Need? Four Tiers of IT Support explained

One of the most common topics discussed at SDI events and Service Desk Manager courses is that of self-service. The technology is nothing new, it’s already in use in a significant portion of the industry, and undoubtedly it will need to be used more in the future to meet customer demand. The business benefits can

by Sumit De, Head of Consultancy UK TOPdesk   Incident Management tends to be one of those ‘must-do but I really wish we could focus on something else’ kind of tasks. But understanding proper Incident escalation is indeed highly important, and can also contribute to less confusion in the Incident Management Process. Can I fix

by Hannah Price, Consultant at TOPdesk   It’s safe to say I’m passionate about the importance of knowledge sharing in the modern service desk. Not only does it help cut resolution times massively, but it also promotes a better working culture. And to really push this cultural shift through, here’s are a few things you

Written by Alan Conduct, Head of Support Services at UKN Group Building an effective IT service desk is not easy. With technology evolving so quickly, with companies reliant on a complex mix of hardware, software, cloud-solutions, broadband, telephony and legacy systems, you need an IT help desk that can provide support and proactively grow the business. An

Written by Mark Watson, Chief Operating Officer at UKN Group Consumers – me and you – the ‘user’ want IT support services like a service desk that are intuitive, easy to use, more about self-serve than sitting and waiting for a solution. Known as the Next Generation of Service Desk (NGSD), emerging behaviours are encouraging

by Stephen Mann   Some people might feel uncomfortable about artificial intelligence (AI). They might have grown up watching the Terminator movies and have yet to get past Skynet and the attempted extermination of humanity by machines. Or they might just worry that the technology will adversely affect something that’s currently inherently “human” – either