Helpdesks serve as the initial line of defense for IT incidents, responsible for facilitating incident management, including logging, categorizing, and prioritizing incidents. In the event of a major incident, the helpdesk plays a crucial role in escalating the incident to the appropriate major incident management (MIM) team. The success of this process relies on the … Continued
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IT Response Time: Introduction In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses heavily rely on their IT departments to ensure smooth operations and deliver exceptional customer experiences. When it comes to IT support, one critical metric stands out: response time. A prompt and efficient response can be the difference between a satisfied customer and a frustrated one. … Continued
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The Need for Incident Management Several challenges impact customers and operations of utilities and energy companies, including aging infrastructure, cybersecurity threats, inclement weather, operational failures and transmission interruptions. These challenges can cause prolonged service disruptions, potentially leading to customer attrition and irreversible damage to businesses. Responding quickly and efficiently to incidents is critical to minimize … Continued
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Top 5 tools for SRE – Introduction Site reliability engineers (SREs) are involved in scaling systems and making them reliable and efficient for organizations. But SREs often fail to build system resiliency when they do not have the right tools at their disposal. In this post, we’ll uncover the top 5 tools for SRE that … Continued
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What is Kubernetes Lens? Kubernetes Lens is an integrated development environment (IDE) that allows users to connect and manage multiple Kubernetes clusters on Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms. It is an intuitive graphical interface that allows users to deploy and manage clusters directly from the console. It provides dashboards that display key metrics and insights … Continued
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Amazon recently concluded their five-day long conference, AWS re:Invent 2022. This year’s conference was hybrid with the company streaming a significant portion of their in-person conference for free. For ten years now, the event has seen attendees across the cloud continuum come together to learn, share and get inspired. This year was no different as … Continued
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Hospitals that adopt electronic health records (EHR) to optimize clinical workflows face the decision of how to integrate EHR alerts into their workflows. The rationale is to surface actionable data from EHR systems and present healthcare providers with this information to supplement their day-to-day clinical decisions. Though providers gain immense value from EHR alerts that … Continued
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Effective communication in nursing is central to providing top-quality patient care. Nurses communicate with patients to understand their health issues, and they provide them with the care and compassion needed for recovery. Accomplishing effective communication with patients directly impacts patient health outcomes, and it has far-fetched implications when carried out ineffectively. As such, effective communication … Continued
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Seconds count when mission-critical IT systems break down. Customers are accustomed to seamless experiences, and any impact on the end-user experience due to system breakdown can drive them away. In parallel, the digital estate continues to become complex, and organizations continue to grow their IT tool stack to bring efficiencies to business workflows. This builds … Continued
read moreAre you an IT Administrator staring at your phone’s screen all day waiting for an email or text? Have you ever missed a CRITICAL email or text because it didn’t grab your attention? Using email and SMS for network alerts has been a widely used practice since the early 90’s, but is not an effective … Continued
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