Our first Podcast!
Posted on Monday 10 June 2019.
SITS19 – They came, they saw, they conquered… and shared best practice!
Posted on Friday 31 May 2019.
We saw lots of new and familiar faces at the SITS Show this year! It was brilliant as ever to meet you all at SITS19 and have our visitors contribute to the ‘Top Tips for a Brilliant Service Desk’ blackboard! So many brilliant and innovative ideas were jotted down that we’ve decided to share them
Global Best Practice and the Customer Experience
Posted on Thursday 30 May 2019.
The latest Global Best Practice Standard for Service Desk (version 8) was launched in March this year. At #SDI19 some of the lead contributors took part in a live Q&A panel about the latest changes to the Best Practice Standard. One of the key topics that came up was Managing the Customer Experience, which is
Service Desk Institute signs exclusive agreement with PeopleCert to deliver Service Desk exams globally
Posted on Thursday 9 May 2019.
Service Desk Institute (SDI), the worldwide organisation for setting best practice service desk standards in the IT service and support industry, recently selected PeopleCert, a global leader in the examination and certification industry, as the exclusive group to deliver SDI’s Service Desk Manager (SDM) and Service Desk Analyst (SDA) qualifications from June 1, 2019. Certifying
Self Service Adoption in 10 Steps
Posted on Thursday 9 May 2019.
Keeping up with growing customer demand requires maximum efficiency through multiple communication channels. Self-service as a communication channel is rapidly becoming an industry must-have, as it provides customers with the facilities to manage their own service desk interactions and to find answers to common issues. The purpose of a self-service portal is to reduce the cost
Service Improvement – Taking it up a Notch!
Posted on Tuesday 16 April 2019.
Attention to service improvement has certainly increased in the last year. Competition among service desks from many industries in both public and private sectors is fierce! In the latest ‘view from the frontline’ survey, results demonstrate that 36% of service desks expect to see a greater focus on continual improvement in the industry, and 66%
What does the recent ITIL update mean for the service desk?
Posted on Monday 15 April 2019.
by Jamie Bell, Service Desk Specialist, SDI Follow Jamie on Twitter: @thepapabell With ITIL being arguably the most widely accepted framework for IT Service Management worldwide, the release of ITIL 4 has many service desk professionals wondering what this means for them. In ITIL 2011 (or ITIL v3) the service desk was recognised as a
