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Join Andy Whiteside and guests Mike Sabia and Fred Reynolds where we dive deep into the pivotal topic of multi-factor authentication (MFA). As ServiceNow gears up for its new Yokohama release, enforcing MFA becomes not just a recommendation but a necessity.

Our experts discuss the criticality of MFA in safeguarding your digital infrastructure, how ServiceNow users can seamlessly transition to enhanced security protocols, ...

At ServiceNow, we make the world work better for everyone. These aren’t just words—they demonstrate who we are through our actions every day. The extraordinary power of our people is at the core of every innovation, team achievement, and spark of creativity, as well as how we make the world work better for everyone.

That’s why we’re incredibly honored to have earned a spot on Fortune World’s Best Workplaces list for the second year ...

In this episode of Syncing with ServiceNow, hosts Eddie McDonald and Mike Sabia dive into ServiceNow's recent recognition as a leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms. 

For the fifth consecutive year, ServiceNow has been acknowledged for empowering organizations with low-code tools designed to meet today’s dynamic business needs. Eddie and Mike explore the significance o...

AI is changing everything, including IT leaders’ to-do lists. Nearly every team across the modern enterprise—from HR to public relations to customer service to engineering—is using AI to get work done, according to recent ServiceNow research on the changing role of IT leadership in the AI era.

As a result, IT leaders have been propelled to center stage. Chief information officers, chief technology officers, and other tech leaders ar...

IT experiences regular waves of innovation, most recently with generative AI. Meanwhile, IT’s core imperatives remain constant. Year after year, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) research consistently ranks reducing the frequency, duration, and impact of incidents and outages as the top operational objective for IT. That goal holds true for organizations of all sizes across industries globally.

The best-case scenario is to pred...

In Episode 38 of "Syncing with ServiceNow," your host Eddie McDonald, filling in for Andy Whiteside, dives into a crucial conversation on how HR leaders are at the forefront of business transformation. Joined by Mike Sabia, XenTegra's certified master architect, the duo explores a recent blog post titled "Survey Finds HR Leaders Will Drive Business Transformation."

In this episode, Eddie and Mike discuss the...

In a competitive market, delivering great customer service is critical to maintaining relevance and exceeding expectations. However, many organizations struggle to manage fragmented systems, front and back offices that don’t “talk” to each other, and clunky workflows that tap into far too many systems and applications.

In fact, according to the ServiceNow Customer Experience Trends report, “44% of agents say their biggest challenges...

Only 52% of workers felt satisfied with their latest employee onboarding experience, according to a Paychex survey. That means just under half of new hires are dissatisfied and feel unprepared to start their new jobs.

Nearly 40% of survey respondents found onboarding clear, 32% said it was confusing, and 22% said it was disorganized. Four out of five (80%) new hires who feel undertrained due to poor onboarding plan to quit.

Poor onbo...

In a competitive market, delivering great customer service is critical to maintaining relevance and exceeding expectations. However, many organizations struggle to manage fragmented systems, front and back offices that don’t “talk” to each other, and clunky workflows that tap into far too many systems and applications.

In fact, according to the ServiceNow Customer Experience Trends report, “44% of agents say their biggest challenges...

Knowledge 2024 was an incredible, action-packed three days of inspiring keynotes, exciting demos and breakout sessions, and plentiful networking opportunities for the 20,000 ServiceNow customers, partners, and developers in attendance.

In addition to announcements about expanded GenAI, workflow automation, and partner solutions, here are the key takeaways from Knowledge

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – March 19, 2024 – ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the leading digital workflow company making the world work better for everyone, has been named a Leader in two IDC MarketScape vendor assessments:

• Worldwide Value Stream Management (VSM) and Agile Project and Portfolio Management 2023‑2024
• Worldwide Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and IT Project and Portfolio Management 2023‑2024

According to the reports, “Se...

The demands of modern businesses continue to reshape IT asset management (ITAM) beyond traditional practices and tools.

ServiceNow commissioned Enterprise Management Associates to survey 450 global IT leaders on the state of ITAM. Our report, “A business view of ITAM,” sheds light on the most critical aspects leaders need to focus on to deliver ITAM success.

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Organizations are under more pressure than ever to maximize the benefits of their digital transformation technology investments. Those that use technology to ramp up productivity will leapfrog the competition.

At ServiceNow, we’re excited to support organizations in their digital transformation journeys. The Now Platform® Washington, D.C., release, available today, is designed to do exactly that. The innovations in this release deli...

At ServiceNow, we’re driven by our purpose to make the world work better for everyone. To that end, one of our top priorities is helping the global nonprofit sector digitally transform its operations.

That’s why we’re launching the ServiceNow.org Partnership for Good Grant: to provide nonprofits with technology that will allow them to do better business and more good.

In 2024, we’ll award four grants—up to $2 million in total value—t...

Continuous change and economic uncertainty are normal in today’s business environment. In fact, 88% of executives believe their customers are changing faster than their business can keep up, according to Accenture.

A unified and intelligent platform can help organizations focus on what matters most—Net Promoter Score, revenue growth, and margin expansion—and seamlessly adapt to change.

At ServiceNow, we use our solutions internally t...

If you're a ServiceNow Architect, aim to become one, or work with Architects, this article could be useful for you!

I wanted to share with you my experience of the excellent ServiceNow Certified Master Architect (CMA) program that I'm lucky to be a part of.

Wait… What is that Certified Master Architect program?

ServiceNow has created a new "elite" program, to train and certify specialists, way above the “Implementa...

ServiceNow is excited to peer into the future of customer experience (CX) to see what’s in store. Customer operations and service delivery have undergone significant disruptions in recent years. The year ahead promises to be no different.

The continuing need to deliver a frictionless customer journey, a renewed focus on improving the agent experience, and the meteoric rise of generative AI (GenAI) are some of the many reasons why CX...

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a customer-centric framework that promotes governance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. At a time when IT service management (ITSM) is changing with new technology, shifting regulatory requirements, and decentralized teams, this is vital.

We explored how the ITIL 4 service value system helps ITSM service providers generate business value through the creation, deli...