Latest ITSM Blog Entries

  • Scope of Work Priorities

    Scope of Work Priorities

    When you are gathering Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) and Ivanti Asset Manager (IAM) requirements to build your Solution Design Documentation and Scope of Work (SOW) there is one very important best practice. Set Implementation Priorities! Read more

  • Ivanti Asset Manager 101

    Ivanti Asset Manager 101

    Ivanti added their Asset Manager product (IAM) into Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) in late 2019 with the 2019.3 release. Before you waste time, energy, and resources, be sure to contact a19 Consulting for Ivanti Professional Services Read more

  • Ivanti Service Manager Upgrades

    Ivanti Service Manager Upgrades

    Before you consider upgrading your on premise Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) and/or Ivanti Asset Manager (IAM) you should consider the What’s New Releases, the Ivanti Release Schedule, Steps Involved, and Impact to your Service Desk Implementation. Read more

  • Security Sessions History

    Security Sessions History

    Security sessions are derived from the security history business object (Frs_ops_logon_history) and used the status value and logout time to determine “security session” by event type and login type. An advanced workaround would be to create a summarized table similar to the a19 Consulting Best Practice System’s implementation. Read more

  • Best Practice Tip – UAT Action Plan

    Best Practice Tip – UAT Action Plan

    One of the most crucial steps in System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is User Acceptance Testing (UAT), a type of system and business objective validation, performed by the end users, and business objective sign off by the project owner; not to be confused with System Testing which is performed by the Ivanti Developer and/or ISM… Read more

  • Knowledge Centered Services

    Knowledge Centered Services

    ISM, ITIL, Knowledge Management best practices explained by Ivanti Service Manager Developer and Consultant (former Kifinti Solutions Consultant) Read more

“Gregor was able to implement what everyone else said couldn’t be done! A booking and reservation system for our parking authority. Now citizens of the City are able to reserve daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly parking passes. Gregor delivered what other consultants said was impossible.

—City of Brampton, Municipal Services Manager

Everyone else said it couldn’t be done!

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“I worked with Gregor at DDS IT, an Ivanti Business Partner that engaged a19 Consulting to provide Ivanti Professional Services to our clients and in-house staff in New Zealand and Australia, with Ivanti Service Manager (formerly HEAT IT Service Management by Frontrange).  

Gregor, is without doubt a unique and distinctive authority in the Ivanti ITSM space with his consulting and development experience and extensive insight to Ivanti best practices going back over 24 years with the HEAT and now Ivanti ISM/IAM products.”

— Solutions Architect, DDS IT

Unique and Distinctive Ivanti HEAT ITSM Authority

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