At ServiceNow, we’ve adjusted to the changing times, encouraging our employees to work in the most efficient and safe ways available to them to embrace the new world of work. We’ve embraced the distributed work model. Three of our global employees are proving it’s possible to adapt to new working environments and thrive—no matter where they are. Their jobs have impacted their personal decisions to work remotely full time, in the office full time, or a hybrid of both.

Downtime—especially in customer-facing services—can cost businesses thousands of dollars an hour and incalculable customer trust. No company can afford to pay this price. To reduce downtime, software engineering teams must act quickly and decisively. But that’s easier said than done. With Lightstep® Incident Response, generally available from ServiceNow today, we're unlocking speed, agility, and productivity for your engineers and your software-powered business.

When the pandemic hit, the pressure to adapt ServiceNow training offerings grew exponentially. An increasing number of customers from the Americas, Europe, India, and Australia wanted more virtual classes, more flexibility in scheduling, and more customization. Answering basic project planning questions in a timely manner became more difficult for the ServiceNow custom training and adoption team. With the rising demand, our team resources—spread across the globe—had to scale.

Security is top of mind for many organizations—and for good reason. Recovering from a data breach is extremely costly. In fact, the average data breach costs more than $8.6 million in the US. One of the best ways to defend against cyberthreats is by adopting and implementing security automation.

Collective sighs from being left on hold to customer service are reverberating around the world—especially in Australia. Research from ServiceNow revealed Australians wasted 89.5 million hours on hold trying to resolve complaints in the past 18 months. That’s an average of seven hours per person.

“Try turning it off and on again.” This advice normally works for my mom, but not for me. When I needed to present at an event last year, I got frustrated when I couldn’t connect to the network. The front desk at the venue referred me to technical services. “Uh-oh,” I thought. “Here we go.” But I was wrong. The technical services person quickly assessed my level of know-how and adjusted her talk track to cater to my needs.

One of the first things a voice-over acting coach tells their class is that people can hear your face. Studies back that up, even pointing out that we all have “smile sense”—being able to tell if a speaker on the phone or radio is happy. The same applies to customer service. Customers can tell if the agents they speak with are happy.

No matter where they are on their digital transformation journey, customers want simple, frictionless access to expertise and resources. ServiceNow Impact™, a new service solution for Now Platform® value acceleration, is designed to provide exactly that. ServiceNow Impact affects all aspects of how we work with our customers to accelerate results and develop their expertise.