Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Remote Troubleshooting: Save Time, Save Money

Troubles are quite a common in our hasty modern world where everything depends so much on automated systems where computers play the lead role. And machines, whatever purpose they are built and programmed for, are indeed susceptible to failure. The more complex machines are being created, the more risks are there of breakdown. But in business you cannot let your customers sit idly in front of their screens calling the Christ for help! There must be a way-out to handle a machinery failure quickly and efficiently. In this context, we recall the vast use of the internet. Now there are thousands of remote troubleshooting techniques available outside. If someone can be contacted online and he/she can detect and solve the problem in a remote fashion, it would something of a pleasant surprise for the organization concerned.

Almost every operating system these days offers some built-in features allowing the users to connect more than one computer using RDP protocol. To troubleshoot a computer from remote location, such a remote session needs to be established first. Once the troubleshooter gets access to the host system, he can determine the actual problem behind the catastrophe. This process can also be done with the help of preventive maintenance software.

Preventive maintenance schedules on the other hand: Repair tasks can now be made easier with preventive maintenance software also known as work-order software. It follows a different approach, which is to check a system in schedule and look for possible conditions of a breakdown gathering within. When it is placed on a network or even a stand-alone computer, it works as a powerful tool to manage repairs and problems coming up on a daily basis. Reducing the time in data-entry phase of a system is the primary target of typical preventive maintenance software. The producers of this type of products emphasize on making the software close to fun as possible with the use of simple ‘point and click’ mechanism.
Role of device management software in this context:  Device management software is an essential part of a system that enables the users as well as the troubleshooters to access, manipulate, activate, control and secure a specific device.

So whatever policy you choose to take as a maintenance measure, be it remote troubleshooting or using preventive maintenance software, you must have a thorough idea of what kind of devices are currently being used and the required device management software.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Support Automation System

Support automation or the proactive support automation system and one of the remote diagnostic tools, which is useful for self healing and problem avoidance. It helps the common problems in the remote service such as the slow movement of the system or problem in the print queue, which are generally addressed by the customers.
The best feature of the support automation system is that it increases the value of the consumers while decreasing the business cost. In today’s era, this system is necessary in every field including the Call centers, multi channel consumer service, and many more. This system offers various information, tools, products and services to support the resource.
The common features of a support automation system are mentioned below:

  • It helps to eliminate exposed security troubles through aimed software updates
  • This system uses automate trouble resolution for printing problems, connectivity issues, system clock and many more
  • This support system also helps in mechanize remediation of cleaning up the temporary files, disk space, and automatic system maintenance
  • he hold up calls through trouble avoidance by mechanizing the support process
  • Escalates channels of support for those issues, which can be healed by one.
  • The support automation system also resolves the customer’s problem mechanically by creating some rules which join the recurring issues without any intervention

The benefits of using the support automation system are:
  • It is reliable and automatic- The support automation system is unobtrusive as well as very easy to install. The agent of this remote service runs automatically and very silently and it is difficult to deliberately or accidentally delete this system.
  • Determine the problem locally- The remote service system moves from place to place onto the devices which are being supported
  • The user can get support all the time- The support automation service always provide support to the users regardless whether they are connected or not with any network.
  • Low bandwidth and small footprint- The agent of the support automation system supports the devices automatically and locally and also engages a lesser memory
  • Network support- The network supported devices through the remote diagnostic tools of this system communicate with one another to increase the device availability as well as to resolve the complex symptoms related to the networks.
So, with the help of the support automation system, you can sustain and improve the customer retention and loyalty while diminishing the business expenditures.