A help desk professional is someone that balances customer service skills with technical competency to assistant internal employees or external clients with computer or technological issues. Internal ...

Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled a new SaaS (software as a service) help-desk application called Desk.com that can reach end users through social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Desk.com, which ...

Microsoft commenced a new help desk service today, called "Answer Desk," that appears to be aimed at consumer users. Answer Desk is described as "new service" in a Microsoft blog that was posted today ...

Like a modern-day cavalry, the IT help desk comes to the rescue of frustrated computer users when a cursor freezes or an error message appears. The service ...

When an employee or customer needs virtual technical assistance, an agent from a remote help desk can resolve the issue quickly and conveniently. As many businesses around the U.S. have permanently ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. It’s still the information technology (IT) dark ages despite portal, help desk toll-free ...

Whether you’re on the IT team at a company or work for a managed service provider (MSP), a help desk ticketing tool is a must for providing solid tech support. These applications give IT staff and end ...

The rise of social media should horrify any company with crappy customer service. Right now, with minimal effort, any disgruntled customer can use a service like Twitter to voice their complaints to ...