InvGate Service Desk has a brand new Request View to improve our users' experience — while keeping all the details service desk agents need to process tickets right at hand. At InvGate, we’re always looking for ways to improve our UX/UI to provide our users with a better experience. And that means listening to their feedback and turning it into action. This is why we improved the Request View in InvGate Service Desk.

Let me tell you a story. Some years ago, I was working as a help desk agent at a medical device company. One of the senior VPs of Sales – let’s call him John – was pushing me past the limits of what I could do. Getting his personal iPhone to work with corporate email, support personal laptops, aircards, hotspots, and more. It got so bad that I found myself in my manager’s office with John, and he ended up apologizing.

With the rapid evolution of information technology (IT) used by organizations seeking to optimize their business performance, it’s no surprise to see high demand for IT service management consultants. Hiring an IT service management consultant is a tricky business. You have a lot to consider as an organization that wants someone qualified to oversee smooth IT service delivery and enterprise service management (ESM).

Organizations spend a lot of resources to make their employees productive. Revenue in the productivity software segment is expected to reach US$72.88 bn in 2022, according to Statista. Productive employees help organizations grow and improve customer satisfaction. For a service desk, task management comes in. Intelligent task management can improve the service desk experience significantly for both users and service desk agents. Let’s explore how.

A service desk is a key tool in providing customer support, and is one of the main points of contact between your IT organization and your customer base; a crucial component of any ITSM strategy. Sometimes, though, things can fall into disarray with your current service desk software, and you find yourself looking to switch service desk provider. This isn’t an easy task.

Dependencies in project management address issues many consider part of the A-B-Cs of successful project management. Nothing happens in a vacuum. If you were building a house, you’d start with a foundation. This is how dependencies operate, regardless of your industry. This article will help you categorize each dependency and get things off the ground. Let’s dive right in.

IT professionals interested in starting an IT consulting business are in luck. We’re here to guide you through the essential framework of starting your consulting service. If you haven’t already, check out our other articles on the basics of an IT Consultant Job Description & Main Tasks and How to Become an IT Consultant. These should give you a solid understanding of consulting firms and IT business consultants.

Every company wants to scale up. An often overlooked aspect of scaling is customer relationship management (CRM). And service desk issue-tracking systems (also known as ticket management systems) are essential to CRM. Consequently, customer issues, inquiries, and complaints start to increase. Dedicating a significant portion of a company’s workforce to sifting from call to call and providing customer support takes a lot of work and resources.

The evolution of the digital landscape and increased dependency businesses have on technology solutions have created the perfect environment for IT consultants. Experts in the field of information technology and computer science are in demand. So to help out, we’re here to thoroughly review what an IT consultant job description looks like for those interested in pursuing a career.

A motivated workforce is an essential component of a successful business. Employees who know their role and what’s expected of them, and whose vision is aligned with that of the company, can take the organization to new heights. And organizations spend a lot of resources to bring their workforce to their most productive selves. According to a 2021 report, companies in the US spent a total of US$ 92.3 billion in 2021 for training their employees, a 12% increase from the previous year.

Service desk outages are not the most exciting thing you want to be dealing with when handling ITSM. The service desk is one of the most central elements for smooth IT service delivery, it's the single point of contact for customers and employees, and you hope it goes without a glitch every day. But the odds are, like any other IT system, it will happen at some point. And these outages can be costly. So it’s best to be prepared for this worst-case scenario and have a plan to resolve the issue.

So you want to become an IT consultant? Or maybe you haven’t decided yet, but you’re kicking the tires on what consulting on information technology (IT) might look like as a full-time career? Either way, we’re here to help with a little career advice. In this article, we’re going to lay out a roadmap of the various paths that lead to a career as an information technology consultant.

Enterprise service management (ESM) is the extension of IT service management (ITSM) principles and capabilities to other areas of an organization. This will typically include not only using the same processes or practices used in ITSM, but also the same technology (for example, tools such as a Service Desk) as a means of work enablement. As a starting point for better understanding of what ESM is, there’s a need to first understand what ITSM is...