<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title></title>
	<atom:link href="http://smasystems.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Discussion on IT Service Management</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:59:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='smasystems.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title></title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://smasystems.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>IT Survey: Key Findings on Reporting Needs</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/it-survey-key-findings-on-reporting-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/it-survey-key-findings-on-reporting-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help Desk Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report distribution and creation practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  How are IT business professionals managing their reporting needs? According to a recent survey conducted by the SMA Research Team, here are some key findings: Key Finding #1: As an organization&#8217;s size grows, there was an increase in the amount of reporting noted as being needed daily and quarterly. Key Finding #2: Flexible Management [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=517&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/it-survey-key-findings-on-reporting-needs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>IT Survey: Ad-hoc and Summarized Dashboards &#8211; Very Important</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/it-survey-ad-hoc-and-summarized-dashboards-very-important/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/it-survey-ad-hoc-and-summarized-dashboards-very-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ad-hoc Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help Desk Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Dashboards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Results from our survey show that IT professionals ranked Ad-hoc and Summarized Dashboards very high in importance for their reporting needs. When respondents were asked to rank a set of features in order of importance to them and their associate report users, ad-hoc reporting was highest, followed by dashboards to summarize key metrics. Over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=503&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/it-survey-ad-hoc-and-summarized-dashboards-very-important/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What&#8217;s the #1 Question on HEAT 9.5?</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/whats-the-1-question-on-heat-9-5/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/whats-the-1-question-on-heat-9-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HEAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HEAT Self Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  The #1 question we are getting from our clients about HEAT 9.5 and HEAT Self Service 9.5 is: &#8220;Can you please help me understand the new features of HSS and Call Logging?&#8221; SMA offers a &#8220;What&#8217;s New in HEAT 9.5 &#38; HSS 9.5&#8243; free webinar during which we explain and demo these enhancements. (Check out the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=488&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/whats-the-1-question-on-heat-9-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What&#8217;s on the Minds of IT Professionals?               Reporting Preferences</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/whats-on-the-minds-of-it-professionals-reporting-preferences/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/whats-on-the-minds-of-it-professionals-reporting-preferences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HEAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Desk Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email report delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help Desk Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Reporting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  The SMA Research Team wanted to know what IT professionals were thinking about their current reporting capabilities.  Since we&#8217;re not psychics, we asked them! Our survey of small, medium and large companies showed that most users are already and continue to prefer viewing reports through Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe PDF. Nearly 100% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=466&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/whats-on-the-minds-of-it-professionals-reporting-preferences/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wikipedia and Dashboards?</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/wikipedia-and-dashboards/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/wikipedia-and-dashboards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Desk Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dashboards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reporting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  I was curious, what does Wikipedia have to say about Dashboards? Actually, a lot.  Here&#8217;s just a bit of it: &#8220;In management information systems, a dashboard is an executive information system user interface that (similar to an automobile&#8217;s dashboard) is designed to be easy to read&#8230;&#8230;. Specialized dashboards may track all corporate functions.&#8221; So [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=443&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/wikipedia-and-dashboards/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>IT Higher Education &#8211; How Do Your Issues Compare?</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/it-higher-education-how-do-your-issues-compare/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/it-higher-education-how-do-your-issues-compare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help Desk Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Gap Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPIs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Educause 2009 Survey, these were the Top 10 IT Issues for Higher Education:  Funding IT Administrative/ERP Information Systems Security Infrastructure/Cyber Infrastructure Teaching and Learning with Technology Identity/Access Management Governance, Organization, and Leadership Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Agility, Adaptability, and Responsiveness Learning Management Systems How do the issues at your college or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=430&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/it-higher-education-how-do-your-issues-compare/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What You Don&#8217;t Know Can&#8217;t Hurt You, Right?</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/what-you-dont-know-cant-hurt-you-right/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/what-you-dont-know-cant-hurt-you-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 18:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Desk Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Asset Inventory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software Asset Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  What do you know about the software your end-users have installed? One of the most hidden and unexpected costs in your organization can come from NOT KNOWING enough about the thousands of already installed software applications. Have you checked your software lately? Many of our clients use Discovery to help them monitor and enforce [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=424&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/what-you-dont-know-cant-hurt-you-right/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>HEAT Software Tip: Hiding the Call Logging Dashboard</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/heat-software-tip-hiding-the-call-logging-dashboard/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/heat-software-tip-hiding-the-call-logging-dashboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HEAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Desk Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[     In the later versions of HEAT, Call Logging shows a dashboard upon startup.  This dashboard gives the HEAT User valuable tools to jump to personal call groups, as well as the ability to see ticket count by priority or calltype.  However, you may not want the dashboard to appear at all.  There are two ways to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=415&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/heat-software-tip-hiding-the-call-logging-dashboard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/cae03eac052cbe990e4da90125211154?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Jen at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.smasystems.com/products/HEAT%20Tips/ShowDashboardatStartup.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>HEAT Software Tip: Customized Unified Login ID</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/heat-software-tip-customized-unified-login-id/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/heat-software-tip-customized-unified-login-id/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HEAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Desk Software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[     Unified Login is a neat function of HEAT.  Along with making HEAT easier to use, it also makes it more secure.  Most of our customers use it, however some don&#8217;t.  There could be many reasons why, but one rationale is because their HEAT ID is different from their Active Directory ID.  So, if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=395&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/heat-software-tip-customized-unified-login-id/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/cae03eac052cbe990e4da90125211154?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Jen at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://www.smasystems.com/products/HEAT%20Tips/HEAT%20Tip%20Images/Unified%20Login.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Knowledge Management &#8220;No-Brainers&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/knowledge-management-no-brainers/</link>
		<comments>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/knowledge-management-no-brainers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet at SMA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knowledge Management Best Practices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smasystems.wordpress.com/?p=384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Knowledge Management best practices are not rocket science, they&#8217;re largely common sense. Basic Truths of Knowledge Management: Truth 1: Customer access to knowledge reduces call volume Truth 2: More accurate answers reduces call length and increases customer satisfaction Truth 3: Access to a knowledge base will help first level support to have more resolutions without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smasystems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8231001&amp;post=384&amp;subd=smasystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://smasystems.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/knowledge-management-no-brainers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/14093eab0f6a20d9134070617bf4cbab?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Janet at SMA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
