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Preserving ServiceNow Performance for Reporting and Analytics

Date: August 18, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

Imagine that you are a ServiceNow platform owner at a company where reporting slows down the ServiceNow instance. You have offered guidance to users on reporting best practices. Data from several years ago likely has less value for reporting purposes than data from the last few years. You could delete the old data – but,…

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Perspectium Newsletter – The Message Bus (August 2021)

Date: August 16, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

In This Newsletter . . . After we sent our last newsletter, Perspectium joined the BitTitan family! The last seven years have been an incredible journey for me – it all started with an idea inspired by challenges I heard from ServiceNow customers. Since then, our team at Perspectium has helped data-reliant customers like you…

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Video: Hidden Costs of DIY ServiceNow Integrations

Date: August 4, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

The custom integration built by John’s team went over budget and beyond the deadline. Learn some hidden costs of do-it-yourself (DIY) integrations in this 1-minute video. See even more details on the hidden costs of DIY ServiceNow integrations.

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Enabling Live Dashboards That Report ServiceNow Data

Date: July 28, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

For current insights, executives switch from static reports, turning to live dashboards. The dynamic reporting there gives up-to-date intelligence on key metrics.  Static reports still have value. They capture performance at a point in time. And a collection of them can reveal trends, which might be shared in the latest static report. But leadership now…

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For Resilience, Make ServiceNow Data and Workflow Available

Date: July 21, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

To ensure operational resilience, companies have a strong interest in making their data available for when they need it. And it is never needed as urgently as it is during a crisis.  In a recent Forbes article, Vasant Balasubramanian, general manager of the risk management business unit at ServiceNow, discusses organizational resilience and data-driven monitoring….

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6 Hidden Costs of DIY ServiceNow Integrations

Date: July 15, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

When a company builds their own integration, it is natural and obvious to consider the building cost. But there are other less obvious costs to DIY ServiceNow integrations. In general, companies incur these costs after they build the integration. A previous post discussed how rising turnover of personnel increases the cost of custom-built integrations. Let’s…

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Rising Turnover Threats Custom ServiceNow Integrations

Rising Turnover Threatens Custom ServiceNow Integrations

Date: July 7, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

Companies often use in-house development efforts for their first ServiceNow integration. This custom standalone integration can initially work well as a one-off integration. The tools and APIs provided by ServiceNow make it fairly easy to build simple, point-to-point integrations. The company may have ServiceNow-certified engineers and developers with extensive experience. Through this experience, they gain…

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Unsilo ServiceNow Data and Workflow for Digital Transformation

Date: June 24, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

Silos are undeniable obstacles to digital transformation. A Google search for “digital transformation and silos” yields 5 million results – and they’re not looking good for silos. It makes sense. If a business wants to adapt to secure the value of the latest technology revolution (that is, achieve digital transformation), it must operate at velocity…

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What ServiceNow’s Success Means for Your ServiceNow Data Volumes

Date: June 10, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

ServiceNow has been on a roll.  They more than doubled their revenue from $1.9 billion in 2017 to $4.5 billion in 2020. And there are no signs of slowing down. Between now and 2026, ServiceNow aims to triple their revenue to $15 billion. Some project that, for a variety of reasons, ServiceNow could very well…

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MSPs Automate to Overcome Barriers to Growth

Date: May 20, 2021
Author: Zak Cole

Service providers face a staggering landscape. The industry, the customers, and the work itself are changing in ways that bring new pressures. From our own service provider customers, we hear about the many challenges they are facing in their markets today. The Fierce Level of Competition Competition is strong. Changes happen rapidly within the market,…

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