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Q&A: Separate Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) instance for AP ticketing?

If needed are we able to create a separate instance for AP Ticketing? So by "Ticketing" the Service Desk Manager is referring to incident management and service requests that Accounts Payable is currently handling with eMail and want to replace with Ivanti Service Manager which is already used by their IT Service Desk.

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What makes a great Ivanti HEAT Administrator/Developer?

One of the most common Ivanti HEAT Implementation challenges identified by clients is "Admin Training". What seems like an easy quick fix is actually more complicated. It takes more than just Ivanti Training Academy access, Ivanti Business Partner training, and guidance from a seasoned professional. The root cause is...

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The SLA’s red headed step child

You've likely seen me post Holiday message on Instagram. Make no mistake about it, Holidays are important. Your SLA clock is likely ticking away when Incident, Service Request, and Task SLAs should be paused!

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Former Kifinti Solutions Consultant launches ITSMPodcast

ITSM Podcast by former Kifinti Solutions consultant, covering popular SDLC, ITSM, ITAM, and ESM Topics thanks to Gregor's extensive product experience with ITSM/CRM products such as Ivanti Neurons, Ivanti Service Manager, Saleslogix CRM, Remedy, HEAT

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Email Summaries

Why would you opt out of one-off emails and implement email summaries? Email notifications become counter productive when there is a flood of email notifications for just 1 incident, service request, or task.

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Trust the Process

Over 2 decades with HEAT Consulting, Business Analysis, and Project Management have taught me and reinforced, is that the customer isn't always right and neither is the consultant. Looking at who is right is wrong! Instead of building a law case and looking to disprove one another, everyone needs to TRUST THE PROCESS.

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What is the difference between an Incident, Problem, and Service Request?

Incidents are Break/Fixes for issues where something was working but stopped working, a single unplanned event that causes a service disruption. Service Requests are for requesting new Services or changes to existing Services

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Software Asset Management 101

Software asset management (SAM) is a business practice that involves managing and optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within an organization. Ivanti Asset Manager Ivanti Asset Manager (IAM) is a much talked about “new” product that was released with ITxM 2018.3 and actively promoted with ITxM 2019.1. ITxM 2019 in fact consists of Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) … Continue reading Software Asset Management 101