Case Study from Opnext

Case Study from Opnext

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  “ My technicians arehappy now, which makes me even happier. It has helped me change the culture of the users in using the self-service rather than walking up the desk ”
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  Complaints about thehelpdesk were making Robert’s life tougher day by day. On one side his technicians were complaining about their troubles in managing their daily requests and on the other side it was the users who did not have a formal process for raising new tickets. Robert was unable to solve these problems with the existing help desk. Robert Kolowitz is the Director, Information Systems for OpNext, a leading designer and manufacturer of ber optic components. He is the person responsible for overall balance in Opnext’s IT service, from de ning an e ective process for the technicians to maintaining user satisfaction. In all these, having an e ective help desk software was a key factor for his success. About OpNext: Initially, OpNext were using Spiceworks, a free IT Helpdesk application. “It wasn’t robust enough and a proper request categorizing was missing. We were also not able Opnext is a leading designer to track asset inventory and software licensing”, commented Robert. Opnext wanted and manufacturer of ber a category-subcategory-item model to classify all the requests, which would make it easy to identify and manage requests e ectively. e rst call resolution rate for the optic components for use in requests was low and the complaints from the users and technicians were high. telecom and data communi- Robert decided to search for a new help desk application in order to raise IT service cations and industrial and levels. He evaluated a list of help desk solutions including Symantec Altiris, commercial. OpNext has ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, BridgeTrack(ScriptLogic), Service-Now, Numara Foot Prints, BMC Magic etc. Price was a major factor for selecting the help desk as purchased ServiceDesk Plus Spiceworks involved no cost. A decision made on pricing alone wouldn’t have solved Enterprise Edition with 25 the existing problem. By changing the help desk, he had to make sure that he technicians & 1000 Nodes. addressed all these problems and give his technicians a tool that was easy and e ective to work with. Industry: During the nal stage of the evaluation, the choice of help desk came down to two; Electronics Numara and ManageEngine. He decided to go with ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus as it o ered 90% of all the features of the big 4 at just 10% of the price. It provided him with all those which he was missing in his old help desk. He was quite impressed with the request approvals and noti cations. “ e pre-de ned request templates in ServiceDesk Plus make my life whole lot easier now. It gives me a clear picture of what the users have and don’t have”, he says. Now it’s almost a year-and-a-half since Robert moved to ServiceDesk Plus as his IT help desk and managing the IT service is no longer a headache for him. “My technicians are happy now, which makes me even happier. It has helped me change the culture of the users in using the self-service rather than walking up to the desk”, says Robert with enthusiasm. Robert is using ServiceDesk Plus now to manage the IT services in OpNext’s other locations like East Coast, New Jersey & Fremont. With ServiceDesk Plus and the process that he has de ned, meeting the Service Level Agreements is a not a tough task. Getting the right help desk is always a de ning factor in managing your IT. Are you managing your IT well?
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  About ServiceDesk Plus ServiceDesk Plus is web-based helpdesk software that helps you manage all your communications from a single point. It o ers an integrated Request management (Trouble Ticketing), Asset management, Purchase order management, Contract Management, Self-Service Portal, and Knowledge Base. ServiceDesk Plus packs all the modules at an a ordable price. About ManageEngine ManageEngine o ers simple, easy-to-use IT and Facilities Management products at a price that every business can a ord. It is thoughtfully built with SMBs in mind and eventually scales for large businesses. e ManageEngine 90-10 promise gets you 90% of the features of the Big 4 at 10% of the price. Industry: A division of ZOHO Corp. 4900 Hopyard Rd., Suite 310 Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA Toll free : 1-877-481-4838 Website : http://www.manageengine.com/servicedeskplus Product Queries : [email protected] Tech Support : http://support.servicedeskplus.com