“Tomatoes don’t go in fruit salad” In this extended article, Barclay Rae provides an independent guide to Knowledge Management and in particular Knowledge Management tool selection. Knowledge Management can be many things – from simple useable checklists to complex context-sensitive and case-based toolsets. Some of the most effective knowledge solutions can be very basic, like lists... 

Write a review, chance to win a Kindle Fire Regular ITSM Review columnist Rob England (a.k.a. ‘The IT Skeptic’) has just published his latest contribution to the ITSM industry: “Plus! The Standard+Case Approach: See service response in a new light” Book blurb: “If your customers see your group as bureaucratic and inflexible… If your staff feel process bound… If your process doesn’t... 

Demos well, will customers go for the second date? I sat in on a presentation of MyIT from BMC at SITS13 recently. In a nutshell, it aims to provide IT self service via a consumer oriented app. Being an App, it can take advantage of identity and location to provide a very relevant IT service experience. ‘Log an incident’, filling in ITSM oriented forms and generic intranet messages about... 

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... 

Axios, Biomni, Matrix42 and ServiceNow - who leads the pack in Service Catalogue? Axios, Biomni, Matrix42 and ServiceNow are confirmed participants for our upcoming ‘Service Catalogue’ review. Our assessment criteria at a glance: Service Design – the ability to create a database of service records, containing a number of business and technical attributes, processes and workflows. Service...