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By Kedar Zavar, Chief Solutions Architect, Cloudaction Salesforce IT Service Center (ITSC) unquestionably has enjoyed phenomenal success since its launch in March 2021. As a brand new ITSM solution built on the Work.com platform, whatever ITSC might have lacked in product maturity at its inception, when compared to long-established ITSM software vendors, Salesforce product managers…

By Kedar Zavar, Architect, Cloudaction The Summer ’20 release brings some great features to BMC Helix Remedyforce. Here are my top 10 favorites. 1) My Workday This new metric option is available on Remedyforce Console based on different objects such as incidents, tasks, problem, change, and release broadcast. Makes for easy prioritization of work. Offers…

By Kedar Zavar, Architect, Cloudaction BMC Helix Remedyforce brings some great features with the Winter 19 release. Here are my top 10. 1. New HighCharts for QuickViews Benefits No more Adobe Flash needed 2D-3D options Available “donut chart” option 2. Ability to Find Records Using Multiple Column Filters on Console Benefits Agents can easily sort…

By Kedar Zavar, Architect, Cloudaction The release of Remedyforce Summer 18 brings some great enhancements for Remedyforce administrators and clients. Here are my “summertime” favorites. 1. Enhanced Search Options with “Superbox” Self-Service Portal Benefits: Clients can use Self-Service easily search service requests, templates, knowledge articles and broadcasts. Search results are displayed with count if matching…

By Samir Kumar, Co-Founder and President, Cloudaction Any HR professional will tell you that onboarding of new hires is a resource- and cost-intensive process. A Deloitte study pegs the average cost-per-hire at more than $4000. What’s more, that number does not include hidden post-hiring costs such as paperwork and administration by HR and hiring managers,…

By Harendra Thatola, Global Delivery Director, Cloudaction A comprehensive business service management solution created by Cloudaction for a global managed services provider (MSP) provides the perfect use case for Remedyforce’s extraordinary value for both IT and non-IT deployments. Our client is a MSP specializing in  high-speed internet, on-demand media, and voice/phone systems solutions for the…

By Kedar Zavar, Architect, Cloudaction Remedyforce Winter 18 is now generally available, but I’ve had the privilege of getting to play in the BMC Early Access sandbox. This release offers some great new features for Remedyforce admins/users, so let’s have a look at some of most noteworthy. Page Layout Types on Console Winter 18’s new…

By Kedar Zavar, Architect, Cloudaction Among the greater BMC Remedyforce community – to include admins, support staff, clients, and consultants like me – it is generally understood that with every release the Remedyforce team adds some amazing new features. Summer 17, now generally available, carries on the tradition of excellence. As a member of the BMC…

By Kedar Zavar, Senior Architect, Cloudaction As a member of the BMC Early Access Program, I am always excited when it’s time for a new Remedyforce release. I get to take a pre-release deep dive into the new Remedyforce features and capabilities that will provide measurable benefits to my customers, and which in turn will…

By Collin Parker, Software Architect, Cloudaction Virtual reality (VR) is one of the most promising technologies for the ongoing evolution of service management. Here at Cloudaction, we’re looking out five to 10 years to imagine how VR can be a game changer for Remedyforce users. The area where VR could have the most immediate impact…

By Kedar Zavar, Senior Consultant, Cloudaction As a member of BMC’s Early Access Program, I have the privilege to test-drive new Remedyforce releases before they’re generally available and provide feedback to the development team. It’s always exciting for me to see new enhancements because I know how new features and functionality can have a positive…

By Kedar Zavar, Senior Consultant, Cloudaction Salesforce has announced that the API endpoint https://www.salesforce.com will be retired Jan. 1, 2016. Because Remedyforce runs on the Salesforce platform, this means that Remedyforce integrations using https://www.salesforce.com as a step—including all Pentaho transformations—must be updated to Salesforce’s new official endpoint, https://login.salesforce.com, before the end of the year. What…

By Kedar Zavar, Senior Consultant, Cloudaction  As a Sandbox customer, I was privileged to get early access to Remedyforce Summer 15. While every Remedyforce release adds some wonderful enhancements, Summer 15 is particularly robust. And with so many new features and customizations to offer, it took some effort to squeeze everything great about this release…

By Ron Hill, Principal Solution Consultant, Cloudaction     I am big fan of a service-oriented service management implementation. And you’re no doubt thinking, so what does service-oriented service management implementation mean? A service-oriented service management implementation is when all decisions regarding support and changes take into account the service affected and the value that each service…

By Kedar Zavar, Senior Consultant, Cloudaction     Chatter is a Salesforce “enterprise social” tool that brings the power of social networking to the business world. The idea is simple: Harness the power of Facebook- and Twitter-like communications – for sharing information and communicating – then turn it loose within the organization to empower employees, enable teams…

By Mark Hodge, Senior Remedyforce Consultant, Cloudaction     I love working with new Remedyforce customers. A new Remedyforce implementation is like the proverbial clean slate. But taking advantage of a clean slate requires a structured approach and preparation in order to turn your clean slate into a practical Remedyforce ITSM success. Remedyforce’s greatest benefit is its…

By Aslam Sayed, Senior Consultant, Cloudaction     Remedyforce Help Desk is the most robust “ITSM in the cloud” solution on the market today. And while it is designed for easy use for business users and IT, there are a number of “hidden” features – i.e., not visible in Remedyforce’s out-of-the-box default settings – that can make…