8 01, 2018

Customer Support for Manufacturer of Industrial Computers CASE STUDY

2021-07-08T07:40:33-07:00January 8th, 2018|

Recently, a manufacturer of "industrial computers" approached us with a need for a system that provides support and service of the computers it builds and send out to its customers. The company’s specialized industrial computers are a breed of their own in terms of maintenance, customized equipment, repair, operation, and upgrades. These computers differ [...]

31 10, 2017

“ITIL Lite”: The Benefits of ITIL without the Overhead

2021-01-20T12:07:07-08:00October 31st, 2017|

In our whitepaper, ITIL Lite: Service Management for SMBs, we introduced the concept of “ITIL Lite”: an SMB-friendly version of the ITIL service management framework that provides the benefits of ITIL without the overhead of adhering to the complete set of ITIL standards. As you may know, ITIL, short for “Information Technology Infrastructure Library”, [...]

30 01, 2017

Supporting Your Remote Employees with Crow Canyon’s Help Desk for SharePoint

2021-05-05T14:17:47-07:00January 30th, 2017|

In a recent blog article, we discussed how the rise of technology has enabled companies to manage and support remote workers — and consequently increase productivity while lowering costs. Indeed, the benefits of remote working are now well-documented, with workplace research firm Global Workplace Analytics reporting that: A poll of 1,500 technology professionals revealed that [...]

2 11, 2016

NITRO™ In-Depth: Reporting & Analytics

2023-07-13T13:24:33-07:00November 2nd, 2016|

How is your Service Desk performing? What are the bottlenecks? What can be improved? In our last blog article, Continual Service Improvement, we described how Reporting & Analytics, the “Third Pillar” of our NITRO™ application layer, can help you understand "where you're at, where you’ve been, and where you need to go" in terms [...]

26 10, 2016

Reporting & Analytics Drive Continual Service Improvement in Crow Canyon Applications

2023-07-13T13:23:43-07:00October 26th, 2016|

In a previous blog post, we discussed how workflows within Crow Canyon's NITRO™ system are used to move tickets and requests towards resolution. NITRO™-powered SharePoint and Office 365 applications from Crow Canyon put the workflow configuration into your hands. You can easily define and implement workflows that are relevant & meet your unique business [...]

21 09, 2016

NITRO™ In-Depth: UI/UX

2023-05-25T07:33:15-07:00September 21st, 2016|

Crow Canyon’s NITRO™ is a back-end technological layer that forms the foundation of our SharePoint and Office 365-integrated solutions. With our NITRO-powered applications, you no longer have to settle for run-of-the-mill, standardized SharePoint or Office 365 environments that do not meet your business needs. Instead, you can turn SharePoint and Office 365 into "Digital [...]

31 08, 2016

Choosing Resilience Over Reliability

2021-01-21T09:57:31-08:00August 31st, 2016|

In our Southwest’s Summer Screwup article, we wrote about how a router failure at Southwest Airlines resulted in at least $10 million in lost revenue and millions more in associated costs throughout the travel industry. While doing research for that article, we came across a presentation by Richard Cook, MD, who studied complex systems [...]

22 08, 2016

ITSM: Adding Structure When It’s Needed

2023-05-18T07:40:49-07:00August 22nd, 2016|

IT Service Management (ITSM) is all about helping organizations align their IT services with their business needs. It is an approach to IT Management that seeks to make the delivery of IT services efficient, process-driven, and proactive. Key ITSM concepts Increasing Efficiency in IT organizations The driving mission of ITSM is to increase efficiency. [...]

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