IT Help Desk
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5 Reasons to Use an Asset Request Portal
Posted by Emma Kula on March 29th, 2016Do you use an asset request portal as part of your firm’s IT management system? The idea of the portal is that employees can request the hardware and software they need themselves, through an easy-to-use portal that looks like a traditional app store. From here, the entire provisioning process of requested assets can be managed, … Continue reading 5 Reasons to Use an Asset Request Portal
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Trends in Help Desk Technology
Posted by Emma Kula on September 29th, 2015There are many choices these days when it comes to IT support, and the deployment model varies from organization to organization. Some choose to install software on-premise, while others opt for cloud-based or SaaS deployment. Vector offers solutions such as HelpDesk and ServiceManager that can be deployed both on-premise and in the cloud. Cloud-based deployment … Continue reading Trends in Help Desk Technology
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Cloud Strategy: implications for the Help Desk?
Posted by CB on July 7th, 2011One topic I’ve had in mind recently was whether a move toward adopting cloud-oriented IT will have any impact on the support team on the typical organization’s IT help desk, and whether our own HelpDesk product will need to develop new functionality. Attending the 451 Group’s recent conference on hosting and cloud transformation in London … Continue reading Cloud Strategy: implications for the Help Desk?
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Use the help desk to focus investment into your customers
Posted by CB on March 10th, 2011We were recently reviewing our investment options for our next business year. Having been lean enough to come through the crunch much better than many of our larger competitors, the discussion was proceeding along the lines of how to balance new spending on expanded development resource and expanded marketing and lead generation. Another option arose, … Continue reading Use the help desk to focus investment into your customers
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What-if? modelling on the HelpDesk
Posted by CB on January 28th, 2011IT help desks – opportunities for specialization Your IT help desk needs to meet all its SLAs, and excel in user feedback surveys, at the lowest possible staffing level. In the small to medium size organization, that probably means recruiting great quality support staff, all capable of dealing with any problems that the user community … Continue reading What-if? modelling on the HelpDesk
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PC-Duo remote control for Windows 7
Posted by CB on December 23rd, 2010Very rarely do we talk directly about Vector products on this blog, but I am keen to take every opportunity to let the global customer base for PC-Duo know that this product has been fully Windows 7 compatible since the version 11.6 release earlier this year. We took a while bringing this to market; there … Continue reading PC-Duo remote control for Windows 7
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Snowbound – the joys of a remote worker
Posted by CB on December 22nd, 2010We don’t get much snow here, so now that there’s a good covering, the road from my rural home here and the local road network generally are not where you want to be. The heater is on, and from the relative comfort of my home office I have a great view of the pristine snow … Continue reading Snowbound – the joys of a remote worker
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The help desk contribution to asset lifecycle management
Posted by CB on November 22nd, 2010ITSM and ITAM – why so separated? While some organizations are still struggling on with spreadsheets and clipboards, others have the vision to apply effort to continuously evolving their ITSM / ITAM processes. With each area of activity supported by its trade organizations, annual trade shows and conferences, I sometimes think we may be missing … Continue reading The help desk contribution to asset lifecycle management
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Your IT help desk – a business process trailblazer?
Posted by CB on November 18th, 2010Help desk software – powerful business process automation? In the last six months, some of our more forward looking customers have begun to exploit their Vector HelpDesk implementations in new ways, totally outside their original scope. Our foundation Issue Tracker architecture is configured with ‘Project Templates’ which contain the workflows, notifications, tabbed views, etc, which … Continue reading Your IT help desk – a business process trailblazer?
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The role of self-help in IT support
Posted by CB on November 17th, 2010Help desk automation – who benefits most? Many of our international customers have support centers in the UK, and from time to time we hear that the UK is experiencing a considerable backlash against call center automation. To callers, the automation appears to offer nothing except frustration and delay. A succession of multi-choice questions to … Continue reading The role of self-help in IT support
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