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Exceeded ServiceNow Storage Limit - How to calculate and reduce ServiceNow database size

Exceeded ServiceNow Storage Limit? Here’s How to Calculate and Reduce ServiceNow Database Size

As per ServiceNow’s data retention policy, organizations that have exceeded the ServiceNow storage limit can be charged for additional storage.  As such, understanding how to monitor and reduce ServiceNow database size is becoming increasingly necessary. Table of contents: Check Whether You’re Exceeding the ServiceNow Storage Limit: Calculate ServiceNow Database Size The contractual ServiceNow storage limit is far lower than the technical limit, so many organizations reach the contractual limit without realising. Often, the only indication…

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Video: Hidden Costs of DIY ServiceNow Integrations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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For MA&D, Automate the Consolidation or Divestiture of Service Management

At Perspectium, we recently announced plans to join BitTitan. We are just one of many organizations being acquired as the economy gains steam. As a provider of packaged integration processes for service management, we have also helped several companies with their own mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D). BitTitan CEO Geeman Yip pointed to an 88%…

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BitTitan Accelerates Growth with Acquisition of Perspectium

Today, I’m thrilled to share some exciting news: BitTitan has entered into an agreement to acquire Perspectium, the global innovator in data synchronization and workflow as a service. The deal is expected to close in 30 days. Perspectium will become an important addition to the BitTitan family and portfolio of products which allows today’s solutions…

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The Rise of Packaged Integration Processes

When a vendor bundles an as-a-service integration for a specific purpose, that vendor creates a packaged integration process. Packaged integration processes (PIP) certainly differ from homegrown integrations. But PIPs also differ from iPaaS (integration platform as a service), even as many iPaaS providers also offer PIPs. With iPaaS, the customer gets a platform. With a…

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Infographic: 10 Benefits of a Native Application for ServiceNow Integrations

It takes ServiceNow customers an average of 370 hours to build their own integration. Enterprises opt for a native application to bypass the additional months of development time. But accelerating time to value is just one benefit of a native application for ServiceNow integrations. Download high-quality image from this link

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