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Tackling the real costs of remote IT support

Thursday 24 September 2009 04:43

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Businesses and public sector organisations alike face increasingly complex IT operations, as they aim to do more with less, improve service levels, and drive up efficiency through initiatives such as mobility, flexible working and collaboration.

As a result, IT departments find themselves managing larger numbers of devices and applications. There are more hardware environments to support, and to add to the challenge, more devices are either mobile, or in use away from the organisation’s main site. The days when IT departments could keep users happy by walking over to their desk are long gone.

In addition, the increasing emphasis on security, compliance and data protection is forcing companies and public bodies to have rigorous strategies for maintaining security software and settings, as well as applications and operating systems patches, on devices that are not permanently connected to the corporate network.

To support these developments, remote support has become a key tool for IT departments. Yet device, OS or application-specific management applications have a number of shortcomings in reliability, ease of use, and security. Many IT organisations are forced to use general-purpose online meeting tools so that they can “walk through” problems with remote users. Legacy tools are not designed with help desk users in mind, and the result is an inefficient help desk, frustrated users, and higher costs.

The webinar will show:

• How IT helpdesks can improve efficiency and support levels, especially to remote and flexible workers
• The risks involved in using free. legacy remote access, or tools not designed for the helpdesk
• The advantages of using tools designed with the helpdesk in mind
• The benefits, in terms of a return on investment, lower support costs and above all, quicker fixes and more satisfied and productive users.

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