Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Scaling Your Department: Best Practices for Growing Your Team with Process and Tools

As businesses evolve, so too do the demands placed on departments and teams. Whether you're in a shared services environment or leading a specialized department, scaling effectively means adding capacity without sacrificing quality or performance. When done right, growth can accelerate productivity, align team goals with the company’s objectives, and foster innovation. However, to do this efficiently, you need the right processes and tools in place.

State of the Intranet and Future of Employee Technology report: Research to unlock exceptional EX

In the increasingly complex landscape of work, employees need to be able to connect with each other and access the information and tools they need to do their best work without friction. Technology is the missing link. An outstanding workplace technology experience unlocks a truly exceptional overall experience for employees — no matter how or where they work. That is the crux of our research for the State of the Intranet and Future of Employee Technology report.

Ten Fundamental Controls Every IT Environment Should Implement

Building a secure IT environment within the context of an IT Service Management (ITSM) framework requires a strategic approach that integrates both security and customer service management best practices. Implementing critical security controls is essential to safeguard data, systems, and services from potential threats while ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of IT services.

Personalization in SaaS Customer Support: Why It Matters and How to Achieve It

For software companies, competition is greater than ever and customers have many options to choose from. To stand out, your business must not only meet the growing demands of customers, but also make them feel valued and understood. Personalizing your platform drives loyalty and builds strong relationships, taking your business to the next level against the competition.

How to Optimize Your Website's Speed With the Right Hosting Service

Website speed plays a vital role for every business. Beyond improving the user experience, search engines also give higher rankings to websites that load. Picking an exemplary hosting service is one of the best ways to speed up your website. This article will guide you through the process of choosing the best hosting option for your needs, including a comparison of Shared vs. VPS hosting to help optimize your website's speed.

7 Best Payroll Software for Mac in 2024

It’s easy to find payroll software for Mac. For example, Capterra — a popular online review platform where you can find and compare software — features over 140 options for payroll software for Mac devices. What’s more important is finding payroll software that meets your specific business needs and the features you want when running payroll.

Buddy Punch Recognized as Top Small Business Tool for 2025

GetApp, a company that helps businesses navigate the software buying journey, featured Buddy Punch in its Top Future Workforce Tools for 2023 list. The list consists of products from a mix of software categories relevant to small-business technology success. The categories are based on the expertise of GetApp’s research team and the assessment of user interest and market trends. Buddy Punch stood among the top-rated products with a rating of 4.8 (Out of 5).

5 Strategies for Managing Customer Expectations

A customer can expect everything from the ordinary to the seemingly impossible. But whether or not a customer is asking you to take them to the Moon or provide a simple reporting apparatus, your business needs to be able to meet their expectations in at least some manner, or risk the consequences.