These days, just about any business has a host of tech that is used in just about every activity, from the computer on a workers desk, to the software that is being used, and all the peripherals in between, as well as a slew of mobile devices including the omnipresent smartphones.While all this technology is essential to businesses, supporting such a menagerie of devices - and keeping them all running 24/7 - becomes a challenge that encourages many companies to turn to an outside service.ITSM refers to Information Technology Service Management, which covers a variety of activities in terms of delivering, managing and supporting the use of technology across the organization.
While workers may call ITSM tech support or IT support, they are the folks who are relied upon to keep everything working in an efficient manner, and to manage all this diverse technology across its lifecycle.Keeping this background in mind, well take a look at some great choices for ITSM services to support the tech used across your organization.ServiceNow IT Service Management1.
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementA comprehensive ITSM offering via a single cloud-based platformIntegration of legacy appsBenchmark performance against peersOpaque pricingNo free trialServiceNow IT Service Management is the ITSM offering from the ServiceNow family of support products.
This product endeavors to aggregate IT Services into a single cloud-based platform, and has plenty of heavyweight customers including GE Digital, Broadcom, and Overstock.com.It features the ability to aggregate those essential, but often difficult to work with legacy applications into a single cloud location, with manual processes becoming automated along the way.
The firm also claims IT productivity increases via implementation of features such as incident management with automated routing, asset and cost management which can track costs and contracts for assets, and a modern, self-service portal for consumers to access.ServiceNow IT Service Management can also be integrated into real-time performance analytic dashboards, with the proficiency to benchmark how you are performing among peer industry averages.While the website provides plenty of information on how this can benefit your business, the company is unfortunately rather opaque on pricing.
With no offer of a free trial, there are two plans with descriptive names, the lower being IT Service Management, and the higher IT Service Management and Performance Analytics which adds features, true to its name, for performance analysis.2.
FreshserviceITSM software that focuses on problem solving and preventionFree 21-day trialAvailability of mobile appsFeatures for root cause analysis of incidentsData goes to the cloudThe folks at Freshworks bring us Freshservice, a cloud-based ITSM which promises to standardize processes in a slick, modern and efficient manner.
This ITSM software package offers an array of features including opportunities for collaboration between agents, proactive problem management that can reduce service desk incidents by 40%, support for root cause analysis of incidents via a visual timeline and coordination for new releases with standardized start and end dates.
There are also available mobile apps for iOS and Android.
All tiers offer a 21-day free trial to see if Freshservice fulfills your organizations needs.
Plans start at the Blossom plan, which costs $29 (22) per agent monthly for the basic feature set.
Stepping up to the most popular Estate plan adds additional features including software license management, analytics and customizable agent roles.3.
GoToAssistMature software with an expansive feature setRobust feature setMulti-monitor supportShort 7-day trialExpensive starter planGoToAssist is remote support software that offers a robust support platform to cover the gamut of ITSM needs.
With such a mature product, the features are well developed, and include two-way screen share so technicians can take over a system remotely including keyboard and mouse control.There's also the ability to use file transfer to send updates to remote systems, support for customers using multi-monitors, annotation tools for technicians to draw on a customers screen, and multi-session support for techs to be able to handle up to eight customers simultaneously.
The single user plan is available for $69 (52) monthly, and includes chat support for up to 100 unattended machines.
The higher tier GoToAssist Concurrent Plan is designed for teams, and can support up to 1,000 unattended machines, costs $119 (90) per month.4.
SamanageSoftware to address the lifecycle of IT problemsTicket submission via a variety of methodsIT asset managementLong free trialOpaque pricingSamanage is a cloud-based ITSM solution which is Information Technology Information Library (ITIL) ready.
Users can submit their tickets through either email or the self-service portal, and Samanage helps to move the ticket requests through the Lifecycle of problems, changes and releases.
The feature set is rounded out with a service level management, automations, benchmarking, automations and IT asset management.There is also a tool for risk detection.
It is OS agnostic as it works from any device - desktop, laptop or mobile - with a web browser offering flexibility in use.
There is a 30-day free trial, which is longer than competitors.
After that, the pricing is opaque, although it is based around an annual subscription.5.
InvGate Service DeskThe comprehensive ITSM that major corporations useFree trial offerAvailable as software or SaaSOpaque pricingAdditional expense for asset managementInvGate Service Desk is a comprehensive ITSM tool to support IT; it is available as either on-premise software, or SaaS.
The list of organizations that use this solution includes Burger King, Nike, Toyota and Starbucks.The features include ticket management with assessment of customer satisfaction, self-service capabilities with a predictive knowledge base and news broadcast capabilities, and gamification, which refers to the use of game-style mechanics to support and motivate employees with a positive reinforcement model.
There is also multi-department support, and integration for asset management with InvGate Assets.As with some other ITSMs, unfortunately the pricing is opaque, but the firm does offer a 30-day trial.kTd4a6YY8G4kLHdpEbQN6o.jpg#