When it comes to service management, it is increasingly clear that many IT organizations feel like they are fighting a losing battle—and the enemy in this battle is growing IT complexity. Hybrid infrastructure, composite applications and services, changing development approaches, mobility, and an ever increasing amount of data all contribute. These then pose challenges to the cost of providing IT, the speed of service delivery, and the experience of both end-users and IT staff.
The service desk team is on the front lines of this battle as a main interface between IT and the organization. Yet, the service desk is often struggling to just provide basic support of handling incidents, problems, changes, and requests. Even with improved interfaces and easier administration, staff efficiency continues to be a challenge with manual tasks and limited knowledge that is either static or not usable. Actually improving processes or providing robust self-service is hindered by lack of actionable information, relevant knowledge, and automation of common tasks.
In this battle to provide business value and meet user expectations, new capabilities are available that identify patterns, simplify common tasks, and supply intelligence across all pertinent information sources. The resulting insight empowers the service desk team to handle tickets more quickly and effectively, become more proactive, and enable comprehensive self-service.