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Major IncidentManagementThe definitive guide to resolving critical IT incidents fast

Best Practices in

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45%of IT professionals reported their business

down just 15 minutes or lessis impacted if IT is

of those surveyed said poor incident

communication increases downtime91%

DID YOU GET IT?

NO I’MON PTO!

WHOHAS IT?

IT’S NOTMY JOB

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NEEDS AN UPDATE LIKE

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of the IT pros said they have ignored IT

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said issue resolution would be accelerated by a response system that initiates steps with a single clickon a mobile device

85%WILL JOIN

UNAVAILABLE

WE NEED YOU ON THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE RIGHT NOW FOR A MAJOR ISSUE INVOLVING ACME CORP.

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What Is a Major Incident?

With so much riding on IT, it is no longer good enough to say, “I know it when I see it.” And yet, each company will have its own exact definition based on three criteria:

• Urgency: effect on deadlines

• Impact: impact to the business

• Severity: impact to end users

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Intelligent Communication – Reduce Mean Time to Restore

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20 ENGAGE 20 TRIAGE 45 FIND & ASSEMBLE 30 RESOLVE 35 RESTORE

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SLAMANUALCOMMUNICATION

MANUALCOMMUNICATION

Before

After35 RESTORE30 RESOLVE520 TRIAGE5

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NUMBEROF CALLS

NUMBEROF CALLS

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Steps to Restoration:

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Identify: A support rep spots a major incident.Engage: The rep alerts the major incident managers on duty.Triage: A major incident manager verifies the incident.

Assemble: The incident resolution team gathers.Resolve: The team restores service.Post Mortem: The MIM team reviews the process.

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The Need for Better Communication

ITIL, DevOps and ITSM processes have created great efficiency gains

Most organizations have absorbed that efficiency – looking for more

Communication is the next opportunity for innovation

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Our Customers’ Experience

Reduce Mean Time to Respond by 70%

Reduce Resource Engagement times by 95%

Reduce Service Desk Call Volumes by 75%

Improve Alert Acknowledgement to 97%

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A Cautionary Tale:

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A major U.S. retailer announced that it had suffered a data breach. Its security software had detected the attack and sent an alert months earlier, but IT employees missed them. “They are bombarded with alerts,” said Shane Shook, an executive with Cylance Inc. “They get so many that they just don’t respond to everything. It is completely understandable how this happened.”