Milano Serravalle - Milano Tangenziali S.p.A. Centre

Solution

After evaluating several applications from leading IT vendors, Milano Serravalle decided to implement Service Desk.

“We were already using ZENworks, and when we learned that also offered a help-desk solution, we saw that this would create a good synergy. Having another product in support of ZENworks would mean increased integration, ease-of-use, standardization and, of course, more satisfactory results,” said Zangarini.

Service Desk is highly scalable and easy to deploy, and the solution’s seamless integration with Milano Serravalle’s existing applications helps the company to gain centralized management of all IT resources.

Following a rapid implementation – which included full on-the-job training for the company’s IT staff – Milano Serravalle started to test the product right away to check its potential and become more familiar with its functionalities.

Pedrotti said, “We were able to take advantage of the product’s integration with our existing infrastructure, thanks to the easy customization of the tool, as well as the native interface with ZENworks. We were so positively impressed that we decided to extend the suite to benefit from a more centralized way of managing our environment. It was easy to connect Service Desk to our Lotus Domino email system, and to set up a mail gateway between the old ticketing system and the new one.”

Stefano Zangarini said, “What happens now when we receive a request for technical assistance is exactly what we wanted. Service Desk automatically escalates calls and directs them to the appropriate person, removing nearly all need for manual intervention.”

With Service Desk, Milano Serravalle monitors its performance and its users’ IT requirements from an all-round perspective. Pedrotti said, “Service Desk has enabled us to improve our service to the users, to keep a close eye on all aspects of service delivery, and to ensure adherence to our SLAs.

Results

Service Desk has allowed Milano Serravalle to create a centralized, up-to-date and comprehensive view of all its support and maintenance operations, eliminating manual tasks which previously made it difficult to provide a fast and reliable service to users. The solution has also enabled Milano Serravalle to create a hierarchy of priorities in order to fully comply with its strict SLAs.

Pedrotti said, “We noticed that a large proportion of support requests are not about real ‘incidents’, but are requests for technical help, which often turn into bespoke mini-training sessions. We are very confident in the analytic potential of the product to provide feedback to the training department, in order to organize targeted courses for groups of users.”

Zangarini said, “With Service Desk, every single request for assistance is now monitored, registered and directed to the department of reference, which helps us to provide faster, more reliable and targeted support.

With Service Desk and ZENworks, we can do almost everything from a central point of control, which has translated into a huge time savings of about 80 percent. Service Desk has proven to be the ideal solution for us.