What is Preventative Maintenance? Preventative maintenance, often called PM, is the process of keeping equipment and systems in good condition through regular tasks like inspections, cleaning, and repairs. It aims to stop failures before they happen, playing a key role in asset management by ensuring resources work reliably and last longer. This helps cut downtime by preventing unexpected breakdowns, […] Written by Soumya Nandhakumar June 5, 2025June 5, 2025
AI-Helpdesk: Beyond Tech Glitches to Customer Delight and Happiness The average helpdesk is no longer just a place to report technical issues. It’s becoming the front line in enhancing customer experiences holistically. AI helpdesk software now plays a significant role in shaping a customer’s perception of a brand. The modern AI helpdesk agent resolves issues and builds relationships, ensuring customers feel valued and heard. […] Written by Deepak Kumar S September 25, 2023July 15, 2026
What is Problem Management and Other Key ITIL Processes? A robust IT service should include the ITIL problem management process since it is crucial for the long-term supply of services. Understanding the ITIL problem management process flow is vital to any organization when numerous events coincide or the same incident occurs multiple times. When incidents occur, productivity is hampered, and prompt solutions are offered, […] Written by Mohitakshi Agrawal February 20, 2023July 9, 2025
Editor's choice Featured Infraon Story How I went from a UX designer to starting two companies that solve the biggest ITOps challenges In 2005, I started my career as a UX designer. A few years in, I was fiercely passionate about the little things that made a piece of software friendly and usable. Before working on the designs, I wanted to understand how the product works and what it could potentially do for the customer. I felt […] Written by Arun Prasath R July 11, 2022June 24, 2026
Helpdesk Software A Close Look Into Helpdesk Metrics & Service Desk KPIs How can you deliver quality support, retain existing customers, and expand your customer reach without measuring customer support performance and identifying areas for improvement? You can’t, at least not to the optimal level that today’s customers expect. Helpdesk metrics are essential tools that measure the performance of a support team. By analyzing these metrics, businesses […] Written by Deepak Gupta September 2, 2022July 14, 2025
Customer Support SaaS Customer Support Best Practices in 2025 No matter how well-developed your product is, it’s likely that a customer will have questions at some point during the process. When they do, it’s helpful in many ways for them to be greeted by an efficient and effective customer support team. Understanding what makes for exceptional SaaS customer support and how to implement it […] Written by Harshvardhan Thakur September 2, 2022July 14, 2025
Customer Success What Is Customer Retention in 2025? Definition and Guide Did you know that according to the book Marketing Metrics, the probability of selling to an existing customer is between 60- 70%, compared to only 5 – 20% for a new prospect? And according to InMoment, 77% of customers have lasting relationships with particular companies that last up to 10 years. Yet, in marketing, customer acquisition has long […] Written by Mohitakshi Agrawal August 24, 2022July 7, 2025
Customer Success Customers Are Not Always Right: How And Why (2025) We’ve all heard the phrase “the customer is always right.” Or, its variation like “customer is king.” But is this really true? Is it always in the best interest of businesses to give customers what they want? The answer is no. There are times when it’s actually better for companies to stand their ground and […] Written by Deepak Gupta August 24, 2022July 7, 2025
Customer Success How to Turn an Angry Customer into a Happy Customer in 2025 Many factors—some justified, some not—cause customers to become rude or angry. As a customer service representative, you will probably encounter irritated or angry customers from time to time because you are in business to serve your customers. 95% of dissatisfied customers share their negative experiences with others personally or through social media/review sites. So, knowing how […] Written by Harshvardhan Thakur August 24, 2022December 30, 2024
Customer Success A Guide to Handling Unhappy Customers in 2026 As the adage goes, “A happy customer tells a friend; an unhappy customer tells the world”- the negative impact of an unhappy customer is far more significant than the positive impact of a happy customer. No matter how amazing your products or services are, some customers will inevitably experience issues. That is an inescapable fact […] Written by Harshvardhan Thakur August 24, 2022March 6, 2026
Customer Success What are the Must-Have Customer Service Skills in 2025? Have you ever heard of a customer with their queries unanswered and concerns unaddressed, talking about how good the product/service of a business is? Probably not, right? No matter how excellent a company’s product/service is, it will lose out on business if its customer service is not up to the mark. However, even businesses with […] Written by Mohitakshi Agrawal August 24, 2022May 29, 2026
Helpdesk Software How to Measure IT Helpdesk Performance with Metrics in 2025 Being the immediate point of contact for customers and employees, the IT helpdesk has evolved into the essential face for many businesses. A helpdesk performs a number of crucial tasks, including improving business process efficiency, ensuring prompt and effective client relations, and helping in improved information management and improved IT Helpdesk Performance. Therefore, you need […] Written by Deepak Gupta August 24, 2022July 15, 2026
Customer Success Contact Center vs. Call Center in 2025: Explained The Contact Center vs Call Center distinction hinges on channels: a contact center is a centralized office offering customer support across phone, email, web, and chat, whereas a call center is a specialized contact center focused primarily on phone calls. The main difference lies in the variety of channels each uses to deliver customer support. […] Written by Harshvardhan Thakur August 24, 2022July 14, 2025
Asset Management What are the Best Asset Management Strategies in 2025? Whether you’re working with remote teams or in a hybrid environment, proper asset management is a critical practice in order to manage your company’s assets and accomplish your organizational goals. It is difficult to track and monitor all of your hardware, software, virtual, and non-IT assets from a single location without a solid plan and […] Written by Ganesh N Kumar August 24, 2022July 7, 2025
Infraon Assets Why Choose Cloud-Based Asset Management Software in 2025? It is always essential to make sure all your assets and inventory records are accurate and up-to-date. But, the rapid increase of technology such as mobile devices and assets-on-the-go used both within and outside of the office made the asset management process complex. However, with the help of spreadsheets and on-premise solutions, you can manually […] Written by Mohitakshi Agrawal August 23, 2022July 14, 2025
ITOps Remote Asset Monitoring Why is Remote Monitoring & Maintenance Important for Companies? Many business operations and tasks are carried out in a distributed manner in this remote/hybrid and mobile era. From locations throughout the world, managed service providers (MSPs) and their clients are attempting to accomplish more with fewer resources. Any MSP expansion needs a remote monitoring management (RMM) platform to assist efficient techs, happy customers, and […] Written by Mohitakshi Agrawal August 19, 2022December 30, 2024
