At its most basic, a help-desk application letsusers create tickets that describe their problems.Technicians use this information tobegin to diagnose the problems, fix them andclose the tickets.

Whether or not you subscribe to the butterfly effect, the idea holds true for IT operations. Even the tiniest of initial changes can determine the path of your IT ticket. So, tread carefully. Without ...

Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users through social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Desk.com, which ...

When it comes to the allocation of hardware resources, one thing that usually gets the short shrift is the help desk. After all, it’s not like the help desk is tied to an application that a business ...

Seeking to enhance your customer support experience? Mobile apps for help desks empower support teams with the capability to handle tickets and address problems on the go. Explore our top mobile ...

Salesforce spent approximately $50 million in cash, net of cash acquired, to buy Assistly, Salesforce said Wednesday. Assistly offers cloud-based "instant customer service help desk applications" that ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

When the City of Des Moines, IA, decided to create a help desk from the foundation up, CIO Michael Armstrong learned quickly the importance of having an IT service management tool. "We were simply ...

Since its launch, the Apple iPad has defied criticism and claims that it is a mere consumer toy unsuited for legitimate business. Companies of all sizes are embracing–or at least considering embracing ...

SunTrust Banks Inc. is launching an enterprisewide help desk application that it expects to allow its 27,500 employees to reset their own network passwords over the Internet. The effort should pay for ...

Last September, Salesforce bought social customer service SaaS startup Assistly for $50 million-plus to help expand its service cloud offerings to small businesses. Today, Salesforce is debuting a ...