SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is a guide to the top ten causes of trouble in a Cisco network and how to address them, but is not intended to be a troubleshooting guide.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Help Desk Management | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | Technical Support Staff | Troubleshooting

ANALYST BRIEF - Before investing in an event management solution, you’ll want to know how the product will fit within your overall event-to-incident and problem management processes, including workflow, escalation and integration with service desk tools. Gartner assesses the vendor landscape in their latest Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desk Software | Help Desks

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will explore 10 of the "worst practices" that are common to customer support operations. We will discuss how these worst practices can creep in to your contact center and ways to deal with them. We will also touch on how to eliminate well?intentioned management blunders and discuss good and bad uses of support technology.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Customer Support Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | Remote Access Software | Remote Control Software | Remote Network Management | Remote Support Services | Troubleshooting

WHITE PAPER - Remote support technology is a very popular service and support automation tool for high-tech companies. Freeware and shareware options are available, but come with their own risks. Leveraging a best-of-breed product can improve operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Read on to learn what to look for in a remote support platform.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Customer Support Software | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | Remote Access Software | Remote Computing | Remote Control Software | Remote Support Services

PRESENTATION - This white paper will help anyone responsible for improving customer experiences with affordable technology solutions to understand why self-service support falls short in terms of immediate customer response expectations, how on-demand remote support delivers immediate ROI benefits, and what to look for in a new remote support solution.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Help Desk Management | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | Remote Access Software | Remote Support Services | Self-Service Applications Software

TRIAL SOFTWARE - VI Service Desk fulfills the need to provide consistent, centralized service and support. Tickets are prioritized, assigned to the proper resources and escalated to the next support tier when necessary. Robust Ad-hoc reporting helps IT track trends and justify change.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  CRM Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | Human Resources Software | Reporting Software | Software | Technical Support Staff

WHITE PAPER - In these tough economic times, how do you address the challenge of reducing costs without diminishing your service quality? Companies can lower costs significantly and meet the growing demand for services by taking a more holistic approach. This paper discusses the importance of taking a unified approach to service support management and...
Posted: June 18, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | CIOs | Configuration Management | Help Desks | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | Service Level Management | Service Process Optimization Software | Workforce Planning

WEBCAST - Watch this webinar to get an overview of Numara's Track It! software solution and free trial download that offers everything needed to manage your Help Desk and IT assets while enabling your organization to cost-effectively employ industry best practices.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Cost Benefit Analysis | Desktop Management | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desks | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Service Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is intended to help support center managers self-assess their center's primary functions and maturity level in order to choose an incident management system that best fits their needs without wasting money on features that will not be used.
Posted: April 21, 2009 | Published: March 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Customer Service | Customer Support Software | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desks | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Operational Support Systems

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Desktop Authority® Password Self-Service™ provides an easy-to-use, robust system for allowing users to reset their own forgotten passwords or locked accounts, eliminating the biggest source of help desk calls.
Posted: April 15, 2009 | Published: April 10, 2009


Topics:  Authentication | Help Desks | Password Management Software | Passwords | Self-Service Applications Software | SQL Server | User Interfaces | Windows

WEBCAST - View this Webcast to explore the challenges in designing a workable change management process, defining approval workflows and to hear examples of creating audit trails for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance with respect to IT changes.
Posted: March 28, 2008 | Premiered: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Change Management | Customer Service | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Workflow Software