IT Support Managers and staff face increasing demand as enterprises and service providers stress lower time to resolution, higher service availability, and increased end-user satisfaction — all while controlling costs.
To perform the IT infrastructure support function effectively, it’s important to understand and proactively monitor and quantify IT support activities that include event and incident management, processing of service requests, maintenance of documentation, and periodic review of the service performance.
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This guide explains how utilization of IT support capacity and resources can be optimized by measuring and classifying support activities into Tier 1, 2, and 3 activities.
By utilizing a skilled internal or outsourced 24x7 Tier 1 NOC service that consistently monitors, records, and manages events and incidents, IT Support Managers can ensure that 60% or more of their support issues are resolved at the front line.
For escalated cases, the IT specialist engineers of an organization are able to respond to and resolve issues in a systematic and timely manner. This results in significant cost savings from improved staff efficiency, reduced mean time to resolution, and a much better end-user experience.