Managing a Service desk is like firefighting. You are always on your toes; the next incident can arise anytime even though you are buried under tons of service requests. So, what to do? The very definition of an incident is unplanned disruption of a service or services; this makes incidents by nature non-standard and un-predicable. Service requests, on the other hand, are better defined since there are standard deliverables.

Do you ever find yourself blindsided by the impacts of proposed IT infrastructure changes? There are ways to avoid unexpected consequences of IT change management. In their latest research, Gartner describes how I&O leaders can improve observability, customer experience and business health by starting with AIOps, adding CMDB and, finally, using both working in concert. We summarized the key takeaways of the research for you in this blog.

We’re proud to announce the latest feature in ServiceDesk Plus Cloud: IT Release Management. This new capability helps you build, test, and deliver IT software releases with minimal risks and greater transparency.