These are uncertain times. When leaders are uneasy about the future, they start to look at ways to drive efficiency and cut costs to prepare for what might lurk around the corner. Most organizations know they can optimize processes, but they struggle to pinpoint where and how. ServiceNow customers are doing this by creating low-code apps using our App Engine solution.

Asset location tracking is an essential part of IT Asset Management since it allows organizations to track their IT assets’ location. Thanks to the digital workplace, organizations are used to having part of their staff in remote places or even traveling for different reasons. And as a consequence, these employees usually have IT assets filled with company information (often times confidential) that travel with them across the globe.

The FEMA Incident Command System responds to wide area disasters like an earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, and tornado, while ITIL is used for digital services and applications. In large organizations, there is the facilities team and the data center team. FEMA is associated with the facilities team and ITIL with the smaller data center team. What characteristics are shared between the two and what are the main differences?

I’ve been in the SQL Server space for a long time—my entire career, in fact—but it doesn’t necessarily mean I’m great at what I do; it merely means I’ve seen a lot. I’ve watched things go well and have experienced my fair share of spectacular failures, too. Earlier in my career, I stayed around too long in environments where things weren’t going great.

When you think about improving visibility into your IT environment, monitoring applications and the other infrastructure that hosts them might be the first thing that may come to your mind. Although infrastructure and application monitoring are two important components of an overall monitoring strategy, an equally vital part – and one that is easier to overlook – is network monitoring. If your network fails or underperforms, your applications will also experience problems.

Behind the scenes, nearly every major web service has an API—an “Application Programming Interface”. APIs are bits of code that allow applications to pass data/information back and forth using a system of requests and responses. From booking your flight ticket to checking the weather forecast on your phone, APIs are everywhere.

Asset Health Management (AHM) helps organizations to proactively monitor and manage the condition of physical assets, in order to minimize downtime and extend asset lifespan. This is a relevant part of IT Asset Management, and they typically go hand in hand to ensure that all assets are properly managed.

Small business owners are constantly seeking ways to run their companies as profitably as possible while reducing waste and keeping customers happy. You may achieve all these goals by implementing barcode asset tracking software, a powerful method to boost your business’s productivity and effectiveness. A barcode system for small businesses can be transformative for efficiency, accuracy, speed, and consistency within a warehouse and throughout an organization.

Fred Luddy, founder of ServiceNow, is not a traditional learner. He worked at a car wash and a mechanic shop, lived on a farm, and did various odd jobs while learning about his passion—computers and programming—from magazines, books, and tinkering with technology. “I really didn't want to go to school,” he says, referring to college. “I was really interested in programming and anything dealing with computers.” Fred thought he could probably have more fun working.