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Best TeamViewer Alternatives

No longer a foreign concept, remote access has gained traction with businesses to facilitate convenient off-site support and virtual meetings, especially during these recent pandemic times. TeamViewer has been a popular professional choice for remote administration with its all-in-one solution that can be installed and updated with ease. While it offers advantages like remote printing, […]

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Why you Need a Database Performance Solution to Supplement your End-to-End Monitoring

Preface: Jez Marsh is a SolarWinds MVP and the founder of Silverback Systems U.K., a solutions provider working with customers to sharpen their operations processes and maximize their investment in their monitoring solutions. He primarily works with customers to implement SolarWinds network management software and systems management solutions but has found a growing need for […]

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The PowerShell Scripting Environment

The PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) has been my bread and butter for years. As a consultant, it was the most reliable platform to develop any and all Orion® SDK scripts and tools on, as it’s almost universally installed on Windows platforms. However, a new world order is upon us, and the end of my […]

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Overcoming Customer Support Challenges in Educational Institutions

Overcoming Customer Support Challenges in Educational Institutions   As the school year begins, IT customer support personnel across the country gear up for an intense back-to-school experience as campuses are flooded with students, faculty, staff, and alumni—each bringing multiple devices and each arriving with the expectation of fast and efficient IT support should the need […]

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Helping Students and Faculty Help Themselves

Helping Students and Faculty Help Themselves   When an end user can easily look up, locate, and apply their own resolution, we have what’s called a level 0 self-service. The simplest example of this is a password reset. In an automated password reset, the end-user clicks a link, enters some identifying information, and then changes […]

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Harness the Power of Automated Help Desk Ticketing

Harness the Power of Automated Help Desk Ticketing Most companies don’t start as large, complex organizations with many employees. They grow over time. Virtually every business these days uses computers to some degree, which means you will need an IT help desk. A manual system of calling or emailing IT support staff to request help […]

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Hardware Upgrades and Replacements—Accurate Forecasts or Educated Guesses?

Hardware Upgrades and Replacements—Accurate Forecasts or Educated Guesses? All organizations have multiple computers and devices to keep track of these days. Your company is no exception. This equipment might all be in a single office, or for larger businesses, scattered across the globe. Either way, managing this inventory can be difficult, time-consuming, and error-prone. Tracking […]

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Asset Data: The More Detail, the Better

Your IT department manages the inventory tracking details of all of your company’s IT assets, including hardware and software. Although most organizations are aware of the need for IT assets management (ITAM), many continue to put off investing in and adopting ITAM tools. Using ITAM tools, especially in conjunction with help desk ticketing software, allows […]

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How to Demonstrate the Value of IT Asset Management

The pace of technological change is speeding up and expanding to businesses of all sizes in every industry. As your company grows, so too will your tech inventory. There are a wide variety of forces that lead organizations to acquire new technology, including a desire for increased efficiency, to support expansion, or to comply with […]

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Rewarding Service Excellence in IT Support – The Why and The How

Rewarding Service Excellence in IT Support – The Why and The How Your customer service department is critical to the success of your business. Why? Excellent customer service fuels business success. Research published by the Aberdeen Group® shows that the top 20% of companies in providing customer experience value, when compared to the bottom 80%, […]

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How to Convert Customer Satisfaction to Delight and Win Customer Loyalty

For companies that provide IT service support, customer satisfaction is a critical measurement of the perceived value of your customer support. Many companies gather feedback from customers after they receive service and quantify the results into a numerical or star rating. It is important to help ensure that your team understands the feedback you receive, […]

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