If you’re a CIO or an IT Admin, or a help desk agent for the matter, you might know how much of a time-consuming task it is for an employee to report an IT issue like getting locked out of their desktop/laptop, or not being able to apply for leave on your HRM system.
Workativ released a bunch of new process automations this month. When we say a bunch, we’re talking about 60+ Automations that are brand new. Workativ Assistant now has a plethora of application integrations with pre-built downloadable IT & HR process automation workflows. If you haven’t been in the know, Workativ Assistant Automations Marketplace enables you to pick and use automations straightaway, to construct workflows to automate IT processes and HR processes.
Chances are, you have found yourself on this blog because you’re a Business Owner, a CIO, or an IT Manager, who’s looking toward digital transformation to stay relevant with changing times. Can’t blame you though. According to this survey, market pressures are the leading drivers of digital transformation as most efforts are spurred by growth opportunities (51%) and increased competitive pressure (41%).
Last month, we introduced features like Automation Error Handling, Automation Marketplace, Custom Authentication, and Action Versioning. We also made it easier for you to debug failed actions as well as added New Actions for various applications. This month is no exception. This March, in the newest version of Workativ Assistant, based on our consensus of most used IT help desk apps, we’ve added new applications and actions for them. Let’s check them out now.
A pandemic is identified as a rapidly spreading infectious disease that poses a global threat. The result? Decelerated economic growth and social chaos. The COVID-19 outbreak is taking the world by storm. On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization declared it as a pandemic due to more than 20,000 confirmed cases back then. The count has only surged now!
Your account is locked. Please use the link to reset your password. It happens one day or the other. Every IT professional has experienced it sometimes. An employee tries to access her corporate e-mail account or business portal. She must present a report in a meeting starting in a few minutes. But her account is locked. She enters and reenters the password several times, tries all the numbers, combinations, and special characters, but still, the account is inaccessible.
A report by Forrester Research concluded that about 20% of all support tickets are related to passwords and unlocking an account. Another study concluded that the cost of a help desk call today averages around 30 Euro, which, undeniably is, quite high in terms of customer serviceability cost. Combining these two studies, it is not difficult to estimate the expenditure IT service desks would bear just to solve tickets related to account unlocking issues.
Image Source Before we go on to what features distinguish Teams from Slack and which collaboration hub you should use for your business’ internal/external communications, consider this: Microsoft is a Behemoth. Slack Technologies — Not so much. Though Microsoft Teams is the new kid on the block, things are already looking like David and Goliath between the two. Why? Because Microsoft Teams already has around 20 million daily active users whereas Slack has only 12 million.
Every time the Help Desk phone rings, it costs your organization, money. One of the best methods for businesses to save money is to automate time-consuming tasks, which, of course, takes the cake when it comes to delivering support. It is important to invest in quality support for your employees, especially as it helps them be more productive. Let’s look at some of the cost metrics that workplace support incurs.
Why is it essential to meet the demands of Gen Z employees who are the latest entrants in the workplace? By 2020, an estimated 50 percent of the world’s workforce will be millennials, which means that by now, most organizations are already seeing an influx of Gen Z workers. The new generation of office-goers co-exist with several generations of co-workers, but the difference between older and new generations are in their priorities, complexities, and challenges.
