Bobcares, the largest outsourced web hosting support & service provider, has rolled out their “Remote Infrastructure Management Services”.
Oh dear, you knew him, just that you think of him only when you are in trouble… He mends, he fixes, he gets things put straight all the while..
Oh God! You got it wrong, its not God! It’s “The System Administrator” Read the rest of this entry »
Now that you have your phone support team in place, it’s time to determine how they are performing. Are they meeting the mark? What mark? Hopefully you create a QA Guideline along with the Work Instruction. Remember: What’s to be expected of each phone agent? You will use this as your benchmark. Read the rest of this entry »
You call tech support and you are put on hold, listening to awful hold music for what seems like forever. When you finally get connected to an agent, you are asked unrelated questions, and instructed to go to a web form and submit a ticket. Or worse, you only got an answering machine. Let’s face it, we’ve all probably been there. We got the run around or simply no phone support at all, when you needed it the most.
What about your business? Do you offer phone support? If not, why? And if you do, do you have a performing team? Is it setting you apart from the competition? How are you managing calls and measuring your phone team’s performance? Below are some ideas to ‘grease the bearings’ on your thinking wheel: Read the rest of this entry »
Selecting a service, or infrastructure provider isn’t a big deal, as long as you know “what your exact needs are”; and as to who can offer them. Though there are many points to consider before picking up a provider, a trade-off between cost and quality is what drives the decision making. In cases where both cost and quality meet, you look for other aspects.
Involving multiple providers to render services and facilities, can invariably be challenging. The sheer overhead of liaising with multiple providers, along with the overhead of getting desired results in an efficient and timely manner can be deterrent in itself.
Product differentiation is the edge in a competitive market. That being said, businesses still revolve around customer relationships. Long term success of a business relates to how quickly your customer moves up your loyalty ladder. This article is about converting your customers to die hard fans of your products and services. Watch your prospective customer climb up the loyalty ladder, becoming an advocate of your products and offerings.
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Suppose you are designing a new product or service. Read the rest of this entry »
Support plays an important role in the hosting industry. So if you are a web host, it is important that you ensure quality in the support provided to your customers. Nowadays, a variety of communication media are provided to customers to interact with their web hosts like, Email/HelpDesk support, Chat support, Phone support etc. This article covers a few points that web hosts should focus on to ensure quality in their email/helpdesk support.
With the “Cloud” rapidly becoming an integral part of the internet now, I am sure that most of us have at one point or the other used a cloud application. To make the hosting of software products in cloud easier, options are being explored to implement them in the SaaS model. Providing software products in the SaaS model is how the internet will be, in the future.
Software as a Service model is now playing a major role in defining the hosting industry too. The APS standard from Parallels is a perfect platform for delivering software in the SaaS model. As a web host, what will set you apart in today’s competitive hosting market is not the hardware or the bandwidth, but the applications you provide your customers.
“I need a Dedicated Tech”, the client went on describing his requirements, along with pricing and a long list of preferred skill sets. One of the most important aspects that clients tend to forget in the above mentioned process is what they are looking for when they hire a dedicated tech. Is it only the technical or soft skills that matter or does the pricing too?
Working with servers is not rocket science! Not even half of these requested skills come into play often. May be once in a while, a kernel recompilation becomes essential. But does this mean, we need to hire only experts? Wouldn’t it be nice to hire individuals who have a true passion towards satisfying your customers? A person with such an attitude will be ready to go above and beyond the call of duty to see your customers, smile always.
Every organization goes through what is known as ‘the comfort zone’. Everyday, we are in a rush to achieve goals and set targets accordingly. And what happens when we reach this target? We hit a plateau of relaxation. The state where nothing gives results inspite of the fact that we are doing everything perfectly.
The end result is usually frustration, which is followed by an inner voice that tells you that you have reached your limits and that it’s time to slow down now. “Why take additional headaches?” is what you will start thinking, and sooner or later, a negative spiral begins. In the end, the result will be disappointment.
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