Let’s say you’re shopping in a retail store. You have everything on your shopping list except for one item. You’ve browsed through each of the aisles (twice), and you still can’t find what you’re looking for. What do you do? You’ll most likely go to the service desk. There, an associate can direct you to the aisle and shelf of where the item is. This is exactly how the IT service desk works for internal employees throughout an organization.

It’s the witching hour and the night is cold. Something feels eerie—it seems calm, but you’re not sold. You turn your computer on and to your despair, Through the garishness of the screen It was sitting there. That service desk ticket. The one you thought was finally resolved But it’s back, and with a vengeance Ready to wreak havoc on all involved. This is just the beginning of your nightmare And the scariest part, you haven’t even read.

At ServiceNow, we define analytics as using data to make better, faster decisions to run the company. We use analytics to not only spotlight every corner of our operations, but we also to spark growth, by giving our employees data-driven decision-making capabilities. That means they can take action every single day by using data and digital workflows. In order to drive data-driven decisions, we created a user-centric analytics program based on five major elements, which are listed below. 1.

Automation has evolved from being a management consultant’s go-to-advice to being a central part of every organization’s strategic plan. The biggest misconception about automation is that it is exercised in areas where the company wants to reduce human capital. Contradictorily, automation standardizes mundane processes and frees employees to focus on more value-producing activities that require their unique skills and knowledge.

Accenture and ServiceNow’s new partnership accelerates digital transformation and time to value for customers. Today’s business environment demands digitization. Specifically, digital workflows that transform how employees work, how customers receive service, and how work, well, flows. That’s because in the COVID-19 era, organizations are under pressure to innovate faster, reduce costs, improve productivity, and meet their customers’ needs.

Our customers often stress the phenomenal power that comes from the integration of Nexthink and ServiceNow. Bernardo Ramos, for example, former Director of IT for Arkema, saw their integration as a way of getting real-time information on all their workstations automatically and without effort. “With ServiceNow I had the feeling of having something the best of its class,” he told us, shortly before his retirement earlier this year.