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Practical writing on service management — what works, what doesn't, and what we've learned delivering ServiceNow and Halo for teams like yours.
HALO IN 60: Configuring Reporting in HaloITSM
The HaloITSM Reporting general settings screen decides which dashboard the team opens on, which exports agents can take, and who can reach which reports. Ten settings, in order, from a live instance.
HALO IN 60: Configuring Appointments in HaloITSM
The HaloITSM Calendars and Appointments general settings screen decides when an appointment releases a ticket from SLA hold, how attendees are notified, and what closing a ticket does to the appointments hanging off it. Ten settings, in order, from a live instance.
The Other Side of ITSM. The One Your Users Actually See.
We talk a lot about the back end of ITSM. But the front end, the portal and the people using it, is where trust is won or lost. A look at ITSM from your end users' side.
The Other Side of ITSM. The One Your Users Actually See.
We talk a lot about the back end of ITSM. But the front end, the portal and the people using it, is where trust is won or lost. A look at ITSM from your end users' side.
Halo AI for Service Desk Agents
What Halo AI puts in front of the human service desk agent, what it takes to configure, and where it trips people up.
Time Tracking and Timesheets in Halo
How time tracking and timesheets work in HaloITSM and HaloPSA, what it takes to configure properly, and the places setups quietly go wrong.
Moving customer support from incident workaround to purpose-built CSM
A UK software company had outgrown using ServiceNow Incidents to manage external customer interactions. Hikon implemented Customer Service Management with proper accounts, contacts and cases — moving from an internal workaround to a purpose-built customer support model.
Migrating a legacy ITSM platform to ServiceNow at a global insurer
A global insurer needed to retire its legacy i3S platform and establish ServiceNow as its single ITSM and CMDB system. Hikon delivered automated discovery across fifteen global data centres, a CSDM-aligned CMDB, full data cleansing, and migration of core ITSM processes.
Connecting service desks across organisational boundaries: eBonding for a managed network provider
A UK managed network services provider needed automated ticket exchange with multiple partners. Hikon delivered a series of bi-directional eBonding integrations that removed manual re-keying and kept incidents synchronised across organisational boundaries.
HALO IN 60: Configuring Reporting in HaloITSM
The HaloITSM Reporting general settings screen decides which dashboard the team opens on, which exports agents can take, and who can reach which reports. Ten settings, in order, from a live instance.
HALO IN 60: Configuring Appointments in HaloITSM
The HaloITSM Calendars and Appointments general settings screen decides when an appointment releases a ticket from SLA hold, how attendees are notified, and what closing a ticket does to the appointments hanging off it. Ten settings, in order, from a live instance.
HALO IN 60: Configuring Notifications in HaloITSM
The ten settings on Configuration > Notifications > General Settings that decide who hears about a ticket: who is in scope, how followers and mentions reach people, and what survives long enough to audit.
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