It’s no secret that finance organizations are ripe for disruption. Managing money has always been a manual process, from securing payment orders to renewing licenses, and everything in between. That's why ServiceNow Chief Financial Officer Gina Mastantuono invested in a formal citizen development program. She wanted to encourage all finance employees to lean into no- or low-code tools, such as App Engine Studio, to build applications.

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and traditional Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) are two approaches to service management within an organization. ESM serves as an extension of ITSM, bringing ITSM characteristics and capabilities to non-IT teams and departments.

Fixed assets management is one of the most important processes in any business. It’s responsible for maintaining and accounting for tangible, intangible and financial assets within a company. Here are some tips to get started improving your fixed assets management system.

SAP customers must move to SAP S/4HANA by 2027 to stay compliant, but many are hesitant to do so. Although 78% of organizations in North America are planning an S/4HANA move, only 31% have started using it, according to a CIO article. The UK & Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG) reports 89% and 25%, respectively. Moving to S/4HANA can take three to four years, according to Roland Berger, and requires a high investment at a time when companies are tightening their belts.

Demonstrating value is crucial to the success of any business. That's why it’s an important topic for IT service management (ITSM) service providers to consider when evaluating their service operations. How do IT service operations align with business outcomes and customer needs? How do operational metrics correlate to business value that stakeholders want to see?

AIOps — a term coined by Gartner back in 2017 has emerged as one of the hottest talking points in the realm of ITOps. Since its inception, its adoption by large enterprises has gone up from 5% to 30% in 2023. This impressive 6X growth is a clear indicator that AIOps is here to transform how businesses manage their IT operations. But what is it that makes AIOps special? What are the benefits of AIOps that businesses are looking to leverage.

One of the biggest causes of concern to IT departments across the globe is shadow IT. Uncontained, it can cause duplication, unnecessary costs, and compliance issues. To manage and mitigate risks, IT managers need to understand what shadow IT is, its risks, and how organizations can proactively address them. In this regard, IT Asset Management solutions incorporate capabilities that help organizations implement protection measures and build a culture of cybersecurity.

Recently, Brandon Woods of Keysight Technologies shared two workflows that his team was able to implement with Nexthink Flow – allowing them to save time by solve problems more quickly and without human intervention.

New school year, same problem: outdated inventory management that doesn’t make the storekeeper’s job any easier. Keeping track of thousands of assets with Excel, library software (SIGB) or, worse still, by hand is a real ordeal… which could easily be avoided. Material tracking and loan management shouldn’t be cumbersome, time-consuming tasks that encroach on all your other projects. Not to mention that using old, manual methods predisposes you to wasted time and mistakes.