As the world continues on an accelerated course towards digital transformation, organizations have been placing an increased emphasis on the concept of experience. This is especially true within the world of IT service management, where being able to provide positive service experiences to customers and stakeholders is absolutely paramount.

Naming conventions for assets have a rich, engaging, and often hilarious history. While recently organizations have switched to standardized and more informative naming conventions based on location and function, earlier (and even now) IT departments have had a lot of fun naming assets for their data centers and servers. IT departments have often showcased their inner geek by using names of Star Wars or Star Trek characters for their assets.

Creating an effortless customer experience is one of the key imperatives facing customer service leaders today. Providing experiences without friction is a crucial step in enabling organizations to be more responsive and agile while improving employee productivity, satisfaction, and retention.

The short answer? Not so much! New global research from Freshworks shows that despite a pandemic-driven tech spend surge, nine in ten (91%) employees are still frustrated by workplace tech. It reveals that businesses globally face a potential workplace crisis due to inadequate technology, damaging employee productivity, mental health, and the ability to retain talent. The truth is, the concept of tech frustration is not entirely new.

Fixed asset management is a complicated process because organizations do not exact the location of their assets. As a result, when fixed asset physical verification is done organizations find that their lots of assets are in some other location or missing. That is why from time-to-time physical verification must be performed. In this blog, we will know what the major fixed assets physical verification challenges occur! So, let us begin!

In today’s Geo Economics and a truly globalized world, it has become easier for products and services to reach consumers and industry alike. To reach the customers and consumers directly can be expensive and an operational challenge as it would require a large workforce to sell, deploy, and service the products/ services. For a growing organization, the initial focus is towards acquiring customers, expanding market reach, providing a good customer experience, and containing costs at the same time.

When your company has hundreds or even thousands of physical assets, it’s essential to know where these assets are located and their operational status. Otherwise, you have to deal with outages and compliance issues that can create drastic business implications. From computer monitors to industrial equipment, tracking and controlling your assets with asset tags is critical to your company’s bottom line.

Knowledge is king in today’s information-driven business world, as most knowledge managers like me know. Having the right information at customers' fingertips can greatly influence their perception of the customer support experience. In today’s self-service world, a well-populated knowledge base with a reliable group of contributors is not enough to create a great experience. The content must be relevant and timely.

In most organizations, software asset management (SAM) is not given much importance since IT professionals don’t emphasize its relevance. It could be influenced by the fact the responsibilities of a SAM team are often delegated to other employees. But with the rising of software procurement costs, distributed workforces, and the rapid growth of the SaaS industry, we are starting to see software asset management less as a nice-to-have and more as an essential business component.