Executive IT Insights: Navigating Business, Tech, and Security

Explore "Executive IT Insights," delving into the executive realm of information technology. Our blog category is your gateway to business strategies, tech trends, and security insights. Whether you're an IT director, CIO, or executive, join us for a nuanced perspective on navigating the digital era.

Comprehensive Software Evaluation Checklist for Support Leaders, CIOs, and ITSM Managers

Software Evaluation Process

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This checklist provides step-by-step guidance for evaluating software solutions, keeping them aligned with organizational goals and operational requirements. Specific criteria for IT Help Desk, Customer Service, and ITSM software are included.

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What Is the Software Evaluation Process? 10 How-To Steps and Best Practices

Software Evaluation Process

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Choosing the right software is critical for IT leaders, customer service managers, CIOs, and ITSM team leaders and vendors.

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IT Process Automation: What It Is, Benefits and Best-Practice How-To's

IT Process Automation

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As any IT department can attest, hardware breaks and software crashes. When incidents happen, it's critical to be able to track the incident, find a solution, and prevent it from happening in the future. That's a lot of work for a team of IT employees to handle, especially for successfully growing companies.

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SOC 1 and SOC 2: What’s the Difference?

Soc 1 and Soc 2

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Financial and data compliance and security are essentials for every organization, and System and Organization Controls (SOC) reports are an integral part of data compliance, financial regulations, and audits. There are two types of SOC reports: SOC 1 and SOC 2.

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Top 11 IT Help Desk Outsourcing Providers for 2025 Plus Outsourcing Benefits, Trends and Cautions

IT Help Desk Outsourcing

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IT help desk outsourcing has been around almost as long as there have been IT help desks.

IT help desks play a vital role in ensuring businesses' IT infrastructure, hardware, and software run as they should. Otherwise, businesses and organizations everywhere would run the risk of unexpected downtime, critical failures, cyberattacks, and more mundane but time-consuming headaches like being locked out of email inboxes and broken printers.

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17 IT Issues CIOs Are Facing in 2025

IT Issues

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In 2025, Chief Information Officers, ITSM (IT Service Management) leaders, and cybersecurity chiefs will continue to face a growing range of challenges.

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10 ITSM Trends for 2025: Changes to Streamline Your IT Service Management

ITSM Trends

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For 2025, IT Service Management (ITSM) is set to evolve significantly with technology-driven advancements.

We have already seen that Artificial Intelligence (AI) — such as ChatGPT — and similar tools have made an impact this year, and we expect that trend to continue in 2025.

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Complete Guide to ITSM Ticket Management Plus Workflows and Best Practices

Ticket Management

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With technologies in every business now, Information Technology (IT) departments are tasked with providing support for those technologies. But with technologies come problems, and the reporting of those problems by users to IT usually come in the form of service requests, or "tickets".

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AI in IT Fully Examined: Streamlining Operations with Practical Solutions and Benefits

AI in IT

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making a significant impact across various industries, and IT is no exception. From optimizing operations to enhancing service management, AI in IT is revolutionizing how organizations manage their technology infrastructures.

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7 Knowledge Base Benefits and How to Choose the Best Knowledge Base Software

ITIL Change Management Process

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Knowledge base software is an essential component of an IT team's approach to managing Level 1, 2, and 3 support tickets.

A knowledge base is also the foundation for customer-centric self-serve platforms.

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