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Five Clues Your Service Organization is Not Ready for the Recovery

On Demand Webinar

Broadcast September 2010
Presenter: Lisa Nirell, EnergizeGrowth LLC
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Join us for this Complimentary Best Practice Webinar and find out if your service organization is truly prepared for the coming economic recovery? We’ll discuss the five clues that every service executive should recognize and the biggest planning mistakes you can make.

Fueling the Customer Loyalty Engine

On Demand Webinar

Broadcast: September 2010
Presenter: John Laino - Senior Director, NetApp
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Hosted by Service Strategies, this complimentary Best Practice Webinar will feature John Laino – Senior Director, NetApp Field Support & TGA Services. Learn why NetApp expanded their Field Support team at a time when many companies were shrinking their workforce and here about the results of this bold move.

Product to Service Sales: Is it Really Possible…

Q. At a recent services industry conference, one of the speakers indicated that only 1 to 2% of product salespeople can successfully make the transition to selling professional services. Is this true? A. Baloney! Unless you are trying to sell rocket science using anvil salespeople, this is completely false! Yes, it is true that successfully selling services is dramatically different from selling products, but the gap can be closed. It is our experience that 7 out of 10 product salespeople can successfully make the transition to selling professional services if the appropriate time is allocated (plan on a year) and the following systematic approach is followed:

Chinese Cities to Adopt Call Center Standards

Nanchang First Chinese City to Fund Adoption of Internationally Recognized Service Quality Standards Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China (May 20, 2010) – Service Strategies Corporation, a leading provider of service improvement programs, and its Chinese partner SEE-CMM, today announced that the internationally recognized Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards are to be adopted by Chinese cities [...]

Websense Achieves Certification Under Prestigious SCP Standards

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBSN – News), a global leader in unified Web, data and email security solutions, today announced the TRITON™ solution Customer First initiative, a three-pronged program that includes: enhanced support, training and tools and education to help customers achieve the best security at the lowest total cost of ownership using the Websense TRITON solution. Further validating this initiative, Websense also announced today that Websense Technical Support Services organization has achieved certification under the prestigious Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards.

Measuring Service Deflection

There are a wide array of opinions about measuring Service Deflection out there in the industry today, and as many methods to do so. In a study we did several years ago, we found that out of over 90 survey respondents there were almost 80 different measures of deflection being used.

Advent Earns Certification under Service Capability & Performance Standards for Fifth Year

Advent is the Only Financial Services Software Firm to Achieve Certification in Both Client Support and Professional Services SAN FRANCISCO – March 30, 2010 – Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced that its Investment Management Group (IMG) Client Support and Professional [...]

Service Quality Standards Enter Second Decade

Standards Improving Service Quality Worldwide San Diego, CA (March 9, 2010) – Service Strategies Corporation, a leading provider of service improvement programs, today announced the release of the 2010 Edition of the Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards. Now entering its second decade of adoption by leading technology service providers, the SCP Standards have helped hundreds [...]

Spotlight on EMC

Widely regarded as the benchmark for service and support excellence in the IT industry, EMC Customer Service has a direct service presence in 75 countries and service partners in 28 countries, representing every major region of the world. To incorporate the fundamentals of the Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards into the daily practices of every support center, EMC implemented various programs and procedures, including the creation of an SCP Program Management Office (PMO).

CompuCom Systems Earns Certification for 12th Consecutive Year

CompuCom Systems, Inc., the leading IT outsourcing specialist, today announced that its award-winning Service Desk offering has achieved certification under the prestigious Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards for the twelfth consecutive year. CompuCom achieved certification after an extensive audit of its global Service Desk operations in 2009. Representing best practices in the industry, SCP Standards quantify the effectiveness of client services based upon a stringent set of performance standards.