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The High Cost and Low Benefit of Unused Index Advice
April 26, 2018
Baron Schwartz
You have to be careful what you wish for. The signal:noise ratio of finding out which indexes are “unused” is low. This isn’t obvious at first glance, but upon deeper…
Modern ITSM Practices: CMDB and Asset Management
April 26, 2018
Chris McManus
Faster, smarter service begins with collecting the data within your organization. To date, the CMDB is the most effective way to collect, store, and organize that data.
20 Employee Services to Automate: Finance
April 24, 2018
Chris McManus
As any business grows, these processes become more complicated and more frequent. The good news is, you can build streamlined workflows for financial requests, complete with automated tasks and approvals.
20 Employee Services to Automate: Marketing
April 19, 2018
Chris McManus
Marketing is an important service provider to all employees. They create a variety of customer-facing resources. The service catalog can help create efficient processes for these projects to help ensure…
How to Select the Right Queries to Optimize
April 18, 2018
SolarWinds
Why is selecting the right queries to optimize so important? There are several reasons. Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish  Look at the forest, not just the trees, and optimize globally, not locally. If…
Using Data to Improve Employee Services (Part 2)
April 17, 2018
Chris McManus
As an internal service provider, your job is to give them everything they need to perform at the highest level, with as little friction as possible. This is employee service,…
Using Data to Improve Employee Services (Part 1)
April 12, 2018
Chris McManus
There are a seemingly infinite number of ways to use data in service delivery, and people think of new ones every day. Here are two methods you can use to…
Make Reporting a Part of Your IT Service Catalog
April 11, 2018
Tim Lawes
With an effective employee service management strategy, you can ensure that internal resources are aligned across departments. The service catalog lets you create a menu of services for employees to…
20 Employee Services to Automate: Facilities
April 10, 2018
Chris McManus
Though it’s a bit cliché to “expect the unexpected,” that’s what we ask of the facilities department. The service catalog will help them do just that, building out workflows with…
20 Employee Services to Automate: Human Resources
April 5, 2018
Chris McManus
Typically, internal service is associated with the IT department, but it’s easy to make a case for human resources as the greatest provider of employee service. From the moment an…
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