IT & DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH,
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS & CONSULTING

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Collaborative IT:

A Pragmatic Approach for Bringing the

Service Desk and Operations Together

An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) White Paper

Prepared for Hewlett-Packard

June 2010

IT & DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH,

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS & CONSULTING

IT & DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH,

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS & CONSULTING

Table of Contents

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................1

Market Background .............................................................................................................................................1

The Service Desk vis-vis Operations............................................................................................................1

The Growing Role of the Service Desk....................................................................................................2

Automation as a Way of Bridging the Service Desk/Operations Divide...........................................3

Key Automation Benefits and Technologies .................................................................................................5

Some Best Practices in Adopting Automation Technologies................................................................5

IT Process Automation or Run Book Automation (RBA) ...................................................................6

A Service Modeling System that Bridges Real-Time and Non-Real-Time Requirements ..............6

HPs Approach to Automated Operations......................................................................................................7

Two Key HP Technologies: .........................................................................................................................7

HP Software Services....................................................................................................................................8

Two Process Examples .................................................................................................................................8

Closed Loop Incident and Problem Management.........................................................................8

Integrated Change Management........................................................................................................9

EMA Perspective............................................................................................................................................... 10

About Hewlett Packard ................................................................................................................................... 10

Collaborative IT: A Pragmatic Approach for Bringing the Service Desk and Operations Together

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