Friday, August 10, 2012

List of Top 100 IT Help Desk Softwares

I just want to make a single post where you can see the list of 100 popular help desk softwares to consider for your business. Its just a random list, not specifically in any order. I have listed all these It help desk softwares along with the words for the corresponding service provider.

(I have splitted this post in 10 parts). Here is the part 1 list.

Here we go...


1. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus :




"ServiceDesk Plus integrates your help desk requests and assets to help you manage your IT effectively. It helps you implement ITIL best practices and troubleshoot IT service requests faster. ServiceDesk Plus is a highly customizable, easy-to-implement help desk software. More than 10,000 IT managers worldwide use ServiceDesk Plus to manage their IT help desk and assets. ServiceDesk Plus is available in 23 different languages."


2. Zendesk :


"Help Desk Software and Support Ticket Software by Zendesk. Web-based customer support software used by thousands of companies worldwide."


3. Kayako Fusion :





"Kayako Fusion is the world's leading multi-channel helpdesk solution that enables organizations to deliver a better customer experience and work more effectively as a team, whatever their size."


4. Helpdesk Pilot :



"Helpdesk Pilot allows you to manage your support services more efficiently, treating each and every incoming request as a unique, traceable ticket.
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5. Perldesk :



"PerlDesk is trusted by over 7,000 companies worldwide to efficiently manage customer support services. This web-based help desk solution and email management software streamlines web- and email-based requests, improving customer support quality, efficiency, and response time."

Free Help Desk Software

From many IT service management providers, you can get free help desk software for effective business management at relatively no cost of service. When a product is given free, you can easily find some lack of trust and feature limitations. However, you can go for some 30 day free trial period as given by ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, before buying any help desk software for your business to achieve real profitability and efficiency.

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus helped them save $86,000

Online Help Desk

Online help desk softwares are said to be in On-demand model, ie with no software or hardware to buy, install, maintain, or upgrade, it prevents you from burdening into hardware and software maintenance processes. There is no need to download the product, rather it can be used with a single sign up to get instant access to the software.

However, there are some criterias, we need to check before buying any online help desk softwares. The three factors which is the must for any online help desk software are

Security Policy - To manage your help desk and assets without any data hacking or losing, check out security policy in any online help desk software whether it follows all the secured processes to keep your data and assets secured.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Asset management

Asset management can be defined as managing infrastructure capital assets to minimize the total cost of owning and operating them, while delivering the service levels customer's desire. It is successfully practiced in urban centers, and large and small sewer collection systems to improve operational, environmental, and financial performance. 
 
Each utility is responsible for making sure that its system stays in good working order-regardless of the age of components or the availability of additional funds. Asset management programs with long-range planning, life-cycle costing, proactive operations and maintenance, and capital replacement plans based on cost-benefit analyses can be the most efficient method of meeting this challenge. 
 
As part of the EPA's Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative, the Office of Water works in collaboration with partner organizations to hosts and co-sponsor training sessions and facilitate discussions on best practice in Advanced Asset Management.
Check Up Program for Small Systems (CUPSS) Software CUPSS is a free, easy-to-use, asset management tool for small drinking water and wastewater utilities. It provides a simple, comprehensive approach to implementing an asset management program and developing effective asset management plans. CUPSS is a computer-based program that allows users to baby-step their way into asset management and comes loaded with example data and tutorials. EPA has established a growing network of trainers to help new users get started.
Fact Sheets
 
Asset Management: A Best Practice asset management means, the benefits of asset management, best practices in asset management and how to implement an asset management plan. It is intended for owners, managers and operators of public water systems; local officials; technical assistance providers; and state personnel. 
 
 
Asset Management for Local Officials asset management for local officials and local officials’ vital role in successfully implementing an asset management program. It is intended for local officials who are directly or indirectly involved in decisions affecting public water systems. 
 
 
Building an Asset Management Team can help your system successfully implement asset management and the components of a successful asset management team. It is intended for local officials, owners and operators of public water systems, technical assistance providers, and state personnel.Asset Management
 
Asset Management is a leading asset manager for institutions, individuals and financial intermediaries, worldwide. Our investment professionals are located around the world providing strategies that span the full spectrum of asset classes including equity, fixed income, cash liquidity, currency, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and private equity.
Software Asset Management applies to the business practices specific to software management, including software license management, configuration management, standardization of images and compliance to regulatory and legal restrictions—such as copyright law, Sarbanes Oxley and software publisher contractual compliance. Legal software use in an organization is enforced by such compliance companies as Business Software Alliance, SIIA and FAST.
 
Software is referred to as entitlements so that SAM programs confirm the right to use, or entitlement to that software by the user. Automation is used to facilitate this management. Microsoft maintains a list of SAM providers to help customers manage their software.
 
Hardware asset management
 
Hardware asset management entails the management of the physical components of computers and computer networks, from acquisition through disposal. Common business practices include request and approval process, procurement management, life cycle management, redeployment and disposal management. A key component is capturing the financial information about the hardware life cycle which aids the organization in making business decisions based on meaningful and measurable financial objectives.

FREE SOFTWARE

Description
Hesk is a PHP help desk software that runs with a MySQL database. It allows you to setup a ticket based support system (helpdesk) for your website.
Your customers are able to submit support tickets and the staff has a nice web based interface to reply to and manage tickets. Features include multiple staff logins, categories, powerful ticket search functions, easy-to-use web interface and more.
You can completely customize the look of the Hesk by editing header, footer and style files! Hesk can also be easily translated to any language!
Many users say they like this script because it is an easy to use, simple, secure and FREE alternative to commercial (read $200+) helpdesks. It also comes with a simple install script that takes care of database setup to help you get your helpdesk up and running with very little effort.
Hesk has been tested on servers under Linux, Windows and FreeBSD operating systems. It should work on any other server as long as it has a working PHP and MySQL installation with common functions.
Requirements
UNIX, Windows, FreeBSD server (or other with working PHP/MySQL)