DATASETI BLOG

Make the change from Live Chat to Messaging with Zendesk Messaging

Whether or not you're a Zendesk owner, Zendesk Messaging is one of the best options to connect with your customers from different channels. If you have Zendesk and haven't made the free change to Messaging, read on!

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Bump Bump Solve with Zendesk

Got too many tickets in a pending status, waiting to hear back from your customer? Zendesk's powerful out of the box automations keep those numbers to a virtual zero, ultimately improving your numbers, and customer service.

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Dataseti’s Asset Manager for Zendesk is Amazing

Our multi-entity Asset Manager cloud platform is a hit, and now available as a Zendesk Marketplace app, you can track your assets and CMDB items against your tickets!

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Introducing Asset Manager by Dataseti

After years of thought and design, Dataseti has created a scalable platform to help you track your assets and sleep better at night! See what it's all about!

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Are you getting the most out of Zendesk?

Want more out of your Zendesk Support Suite? We have a few tips that can get you going in the best direction. Want even more? Give us a shout!

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Do You Need to Update you Incident Classification?

Do you ever look at your incident classification and wonder if it is even serving its purpose anymore? We got you covered!

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Designing Workflow Tasks in Ivanti Service Manager.

When it comes to automating your IT, or any other department in your organization, it's hard to beat Ivanti's Enterprise Service Manager (Neurons for ITSM) product. Check out this extremely powerful tip when it comes to designing your workflows.

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Segmented Self Service Portals now in Ivanti Service Manager!

You asked and they delivered. Ivanti has released the ability to create multiple Self Service Portals using the current Self Service Mobile design. What does this mean?

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Escalate the Situation in Ivanti Service Manager

Is your service management system able to perform proper and best-practice escalations? Take a look at how Ivanti Service Manager does it!

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Why Omni-Channel? Why Now?

Is your customer service omni-channelled? If not, why?

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Make your Management Reports valuable

Here are five best practices on how you can build better management reports!

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PIRs are the real MVPs of Change Management

Properly using PIRs can help you measure the success of your changes, see the discrepancies between the expected and actual outcome, as well as serve as a repository of all lessons learned to help improve your Change Implementation processes. After all, we always want to improve right?

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How do you handle Data Duplication in IT?

What's the best way to curb data duplication?

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Custom Applications from Dataseti

Looking for a specific application, but can't find one that truly fits? Dataseti can help with that.

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Testing plans, you need them!

When it comes to performing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) always have a plan beforehand.

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Finally! New feature: Record In Use – ISM 2021.4

Ivanti Service Manager customers recently got a nice new feature. Check it out!

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Ever Been Audited by Big Software?

Under-licensed? If you're ever audited by a software company, you may put your organization at risk. Let us help you today to be more ready for your next audit.

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Human Resources in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM

The HR module for Ivanti's ITSM solution doesn't get enough love... So here's Chris on a glimpse of what to expect!

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Control user credentials and avoid audit issues

Auditors are tough especially when your identity processes are manual. How well do you measure up and would you pass with flying colors?

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Gather Requirements and Reduce Risk

The biggest mistake we see when finding a solution is that the admin just plans out what they think is the correct solution and goes for it.

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FAQ: Service Request or Incident, what’s the difference?

IT Service maturity matters, but only if you care about customer service. Do you know the difference between an incident and service request?

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Epic Systems Integration with Ivanti Neurons for ITSM

Integrating platforms is our specialty here at Dataseti and we've done it again. Introducing our Epic/Ivanti connector by Dataseti! Have any type of Ivanti record created upon an event in Epic, or visa/versa!

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Customer Success

How is your Customer Success game, and how are your vendors helping you achieve higher levels of customer service?

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Do you know when your Certs are about to expire?

Managing certificates can be a hassle, but not with Ivanti Service Manager. Let us show you how we do it!

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Need a little Sunshine?

As humans we need to sun not only to exist, but to thrive. We use it to grow food, but we also use sunshine to alter existing ways of thinking, mainly energy generation. That is exactly what Zendesk is doing with Sunshine Conversations, altering the ways we previously handled customer experience.

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What makes a good CRM?

If you are using a CRM for sales, both you and your manager need full visibility over not only your current customers, but also prospects. As the saying goes "Knowledge is power" and not being able to properly show what you know about an opportunity can only hurt you in the long run. So how can we change that?

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More Pieces, More Problems?

How do you prioritize, categorize and and group the pieces in your life, and how can you make those pieces fit?

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Spreadsheets are Bad at Relationships, and Keeping Track of Things.

If your relationship with spreadsheets aren't were they should be because they're bad at tracking things, then maybe it's time to dump 'em and try a database by Dataseti.

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Work From Home – The New Norm and Avoiding Burnout

Working from home has its perks, but one of the downfalls is burn out. Why do we seem to get more burnt out when working from home vs. working in office?

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ITSM for Facilities Management?

We always think about making sure users desktop technology is operable, but do you ever stop to worry about your work environment?

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IoT Assets in 2020.2 – CI Table Update

IoT Assets in 2020.2 - CI Table Update in Ivanti Service Manager

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Ivanti Service Manager 2021.2 is Here!

Ivanti is at it again, making updates left and right to Service Manager!

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Reduce Inventory Management Costs

Are you still keeping inventory with Excel? Let's talk about a better, affordable way to manage your inventory!

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All new Webinar from Dataseti

Got some big questions on your mind about your business? We can help answer those!

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Tech is Still the Place to Be!

Technology is a great field to be in, and with hard work, you'll find yourself doing amazing things in no time!

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Are you attending Ivanti’s Solution Summit?

We hope to see you at Ivanti's virtual Solution Summit June 7th & 8th! Come by and experience amazing opportunities from the comfort of your desk!

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Cybersecurity Alert: Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerability Exploitation

Got a Pulse Connect Secure appliance? Listen up!

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Enterprise Self Service Welcome Page for ISM

Ivanti Service Manager is always getting better, and 2020.4 doesn't disappoint if you're an Enterprise IT shop! Check out the new Self Service landing feature!

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Getting a Grip in IT Service Management

The only way to succeed in IT Service Management is to get a grip on things. Here's a quick thought on how to start.

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Get Ready for ISM Premise 2020.4!

As 2020 comes to a close, let's remind you that Ivanti Service Manager has finished with some great enhancement with version 2020.4.

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Don’t Call Shenanigans on Surveys

CSAT is truly one of the best ways to be a successful IT organization. Rely on their feedback and improve your organization. This is the way.

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Three things my Customers did during 2020 to improve their Ivanti Service Manager

I consulted on many different areas with my customers regarding ISM this year. Everyone had different priorities because of the pandemic. These three stood out the most to me.

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What’s new in Ivanti Asset Manager 2020.4

With the new year right around the corner take a look at want Ivanti has in store for current ITxM customers.

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Measure Twice, Cut Once

When you plan a project, experience might tempt you to jump right in and 'just do it'. Instead, putting deeper thought into it first, will always pay dividends.

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Where Are You When Solving Problems?

Can you solve a problem if you're down in the weeds, stuck in the mud or too far away?

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My Take on the Turkey Goodness

Need a recipe for success? Check out how I throw down a smoked turkey and throw back a few while we enjoy Thanksgiving!

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Looking for new ITSM systems in your 2021 plans?

This year tested our ability to deliver IT service to our organization like never before. Maybe we should spend next year improving that ability.

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Thinking about moving from Ivanti Server Manager to the Ivanti Cloud? Here are some things to keep in mind.

Everyone today to is doing everything in the cloud and we see more customers express interest in moving their On-Prem setup to the Cloud. Here are some things to keep in mind.

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What’s New in Ivanti Service Manager 2020.3

Ivanti Service Manager 2020.3 is here!

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Workarounds for Ivanti Service Manager 2020.2 Release

With 2020.3 right around the corner, Ivanti has released a list of known issues with their 2020.2 release and some supported workarounds.

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Why you need standalone microphone when working from home

Working from home is a new concept for a lot of people out there. Make sure you have the tools to make it successful.

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What’s New in Ivanti Service Manager 2020.2?

There is a lot of new and exciting features available with the newest version, make sure you’re taking advantage of them!

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The New Norm and Your Self-Service Portal

If your company's Self Service portal might suck. Here's a few quick ways to make it not.

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Project Closeouts Done Right

We have all done it, gone through our project list and cannot remember for the life of us remember if it’s officially been closed out… We are all just so relieved that the project is over that we forget the final step: The Project Closeout

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Now’s the time to improve your Service Desk!

While the world sits and waits for this pandemic to be over, what are you doing to be ready?

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Do you know where your IT assets are?

We all have experienced changes in our asset landscape more than ever, and when the work environment returns to normal, they will move again.

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Assisting our customers and others during unusual times

Accommodating the novel corona virus at work is a necessity, rather than a luxury.

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Is Working from Home the new Normal?

IT departments scrambled to enable and support workers being at home. Now that processes and tools in place, will it last? Are there benefits to working at home versus going into an office?

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Fast Paced Tech

Striving to keep up with the ever changing world of technology is hard!

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Working from home for first timers Pt.2 by Chris Revelia

While working from home can be awesome, it really does require a different mind set. Here are some tips I've learned along the way!

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Working from home for first timers Pt.1 by Chris Revelia

While working from home can be awesome, it really does require a different mind set. Here are some tips I've learned along the way!

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Ivanti Service Manager and Asset Manager 2020.1 is on it’s way!

The long awaited 2020.1 upgrade to both Ivanti Service Manager and Asset Manager is started to get rolled out to the Cloud STG environments!

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Are all your doors locked before you go to bed?

Now that more employees work from home, how safe is your business?

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Quarantine your Service Catalog!

When your customers are using the ISM Self Service Portal, make sure they are seeing only what they need to see!

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Working in Ivanti Service Manager remotely is easier than ever!

With the workforce being asked to work from home due to the COVID-19, trivial tasks are now much harder to accomplish, at least for the short term. Let Ivanti Service Manager take care of some of the burden.

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Interchange 2020 Las Vegas Cancelled

Ivanti Interchange 2020 Cancellation FAQ and Options

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The Three Phases of Collecting Stakeholder Requirements

Believe it or not, the hardest part of getting a project really moving is sometimes collecting the Stakeholder’s requirements.

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Tips for Successfully Hosting Conference Calls…

Conference calls... am I right? Typically, a meeting or conference call could've easily been a well worded email, but there are times when it's necessary. For those times, we owe it to ourselves to make sure that they are successful.

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How effective are your IT Service Desk emails?

Do your customers send follow-up emails or call when they receive an email from your ITSM system? Eliminate these inquires and put a smile on their faces!

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Use Advanced Search to display hidden fields in Ivanti Service Manager!

Don't modify that form! If you need to see data from records, the advanced search function will show those fields in the list view temporarily in Ivanti Service manager!

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Microsoft Intune Integration with Ivanti Service Manager

Looking for a way to integrate Ivanti Service Manager with Microsoft Intune? Dataseti can do it!

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How Do You Solve Problems?

Solving problems can be difficult if you don't have a strategy, or time!

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Authentication vs. Authorization

The words may sound alike, but they have two totally different meaning in the language of IT

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Customize vs. Configure?

There's a world of difference between configuring and customizing a system. It is always best to know what you're asking for, and what is needed.

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Dataseti can patch your endpoints, not just your insecurities!

In IT, when we think of patching, we think of the literal holes found in our software, with the intent to prevent attacks, including mistakes.

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Things Consultants HATE – Conference Call Edition

This week we'll dive into one of the things consultants despise most when connecting with clients, crappy conference room phones.

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Ensuring Your Service Desk Provides a Great Experience!

Do you want to know a trick for how you can have your Service Desk deliver a great experience to its customers? It's quite simple, deliver a great experience to your Service Desk.

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Sometimes You Just Need to Stop & Think

Most of the time, everything is rush rush rush, hurry up and go. Sometimes, we are so caught up in hurrying up, that we never realize that it may actually wind up taking less time/stress if we took a few seconds to just stop and think.

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Wasting Time in the Big League…

When you're playing to win, when money is on the line, how much time do you have to waste?

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The Last Person I’d Call…

Perhaps, what is meant as a derogatory comment should be looked at as the ultimate compliment.

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ITSM Customization Calamity!

Will your service desk platform break if you upgrade? Not with Ivanti Service Manager!

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Houston Roundup has been canceled due to weather!

Texas weather... You know what they say, "if you don't like the weather, just wait a minute!"

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I want to see YOU at the Ivanti Houston Roundup

Come and enjoy the day off with us at Ivanti's Houston Roundup on September 19!

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Remembering Dag

Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, spoke a simple truth. It is worth revisiting it now.

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Hotel Safety is Serious Business

Hotels are a great place to crash, especially if a 60" TV is furnished. But what about that TV remote?

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Gathering Meaningful Feedback

How well are services being provided from my Service Desk? Asking yourself that question is the easy part, finding out the answer is a lot more work.

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Loving Your Customer Is Most Important

Jesse Cole, the owner of the Savannah Bananas, has the right idea. How does your consulting partner treat you?

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We’ll Make It Fit!

In this high-tech world, sometimes you need to put down the sledge hammer and pick up a small bottle of finesse...

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I Will Be Of Service

Favors and fealty play just as much a role in a consultant's life as in John Wick's. Just be sure that you're ready to cash that check when it comes due...

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Improving the Customer Experience

Customer experience is integral to the success of any product, service, or outcome.

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When Little Words Matter

It pays to think carefully about wording when you document systems. It is too easy to give the opposite impression if you use the wrong word.

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Room to Grow with Your Son

Spending an evening with your son is great and all, but have you ever dedicated a whole week to him, one on one?

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Mature your IT Service Desk with Ivanti Service Manager

Do you feel like your service desk has "a ways to go"? Ask the end users you support and serve - perhaps you do!

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Get to the Task at Hand!

A lot of customers with Ivanti Service Manager seem to always skip over one of the most valuable modules offered. Task! Truly the unsung hero.

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Embrace Workflows

Workflows in ISM can be your best friend, why aren’t you letting them be?

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Can proper UAT prevent the “Bad Tattoo Regrets”?

A second set of eyes can be crucial in making sure that you don't make a mistake that's hard to take back.

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Is your IT department ignoring you?

Feeling left alone in your organization can downright suck, especially when IT is slow or seems non-existent.

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Perfecting Your Incident Management Process

Are you really managing your incidents as well as you think you are?

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Less is More when Categorizing

Everyone is so data driven these days, for good reason. However, having too many categories in which to choose, can be problematic.

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Excel for Asset Management? Really?

If you're using Excel to maintain a complex list of assets, you're wasting your time. Let Dataseti help you move to a true asset management tool.