Integrating IT management plumbing to support ITSM processes With my Incident and Problem Management focussed review completed, I am now turning my attention to my next review project: Integration tools that compliment ITSM. Integration Tools complementing ITSM One of the key elements of delivering quality service to an organisation is to ensure that teams have relevant information to hand, to assist... 

Chris Barrett, Capita Ever since the announcement of the Cabinet Office and Capita Group Joint Venture, the great, the good, and some of the rest have speculated here and there about the future of the Best Practices Portfolio. Chris Barrett (currently a Transformation Director at Capita Consulting) is one of the first of the newly appointed management team for the new joint venture company, and spoke... 

This independent review is part of our 2013 Incident and Problem Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch A tidy interface, driven by product hierarchies, and backed up with a potentially powerful CMDB.Work put in to configure the Info Zone, Guidance and FAQs can make the job of the Service Desk, Analysts, and even the end user interaction easier. Strengths Crisp... 

This independent review is part of our 2013 Incident and Problem Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch An improved interface and comprehensive coverage of Incident and Problem Management, with some added innovation to make scheduling work a little easier for Service Desks and support staff alike. Strengths Logging by Type, Category and Symptom... 

This independent review is part of our 2013 Incident and Problem Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch Cherwell use intelligent interfaces and well constructed forms to automate the basics of the processes in a comprehensive and informative way. Strengths Core stages of process management as part of the user interface In-context configuration... 

This independent review is part of our 2013 Incident and Problem Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch TOPdesk adds Kanban-type resource scheduling to add a new dimension onto Incident and Problem Management. Strengths The Plan Board incorporates a Kanban style approach to scheduling tasks to help drive efficient resourcing Keywords trigger... 

This independent review is part of our 2013 Incident and Problem Review. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch If systems management monitoring takes care of servers, Nexthink presents you all you need to know about the end-user side of the coin. Nexthink sits apart from the nuts and bolts of Service Management tooling, but offer guidance to analysts... 

Tools Reviewed: Axios assyst BMC FootPrints Cherwell Service Management Nexthink TOPdesk INTRODUCTION Incident and Problem Management are such mainstays of an ITSM tool, it is quite hard to find a way to dig through the differentiators. The process and the related workflows themselves are so seemingly straight forward, are there really any ways to improve? Not only that, but it has to be looked... 

We will soon begin our review of Incident and Problem Management offerings in the ITSM market place. As with our previous comparison of REQUEST FULFILMENT – Our goal is to highlight the key strengths, competitive differentiators and innovation in the industry. During Request Fulfilment our original aim was to look at how the tool supported the process, but refreshingly vendors who participated... 

This independent review is part of our 2012 Request Fulfilment Group Test. See all participants and terms of the review here. Executive Summary Elevator Pitch Marval bring their “ITIL: Common sense written down” approach to their tool, which takes you to the root of the task to get the job done. Strengths Simplicity and Flexibility Weaknesses It would have been good to see what the supplied...