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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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10 Best Outsourced Customer Service Providers for 2025

Outsourced Customer Service

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Compared to recruiting and managing an in-house customer service team, outsourced customer service is the most time and cost-effective, and resource-efficient way to manage customer service at scale.

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50 Encouraging Customer Service Motivational Quotes

Customer Service Motivational Quotes

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It's no secret that happy customers are the heart and soul of any business. With happy customers, you get a healthy business that can thrive and make a positive influence in its respective industry. Or, for you foodies out there, think of it this way: happy customers are the bread and the butter of fancy restaurants. They come first.

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The 10 Most Important Customer Experience Statistics for 2025 with How To’s and Examples

Customer Experience Statistics

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With the tremendous amount of information available now online, it's easy to get lost in endless lists of Customer Experience (CX) statistics. While one might find lists of dozens — even hundreds — of statistics, it can be overwhelming to sift through them all to find the ones that truly matter to you.

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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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15 Cutting-Edge Ideas for Improving Customer Service in 2025

Ideas for Improving Customer Service

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The world of customer service is constantly evolving, especially given modern technology. With this comes changing consumer expectations. Then, innovation becomes paramount. In 2024, technology, data, and customer-centric strategies converged to shape how organizations approach customer service.

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