The penetration of AI in IT service management is inevitable. As per our ‘State of AI in IT 2024’ report, only 11% of IT support leaders say they have no plans of adopting AI in 2024. Close to 80% of IT leaders are still in the early stages of AI adoption.
In this guide, we’ve curated resources that’ll help IT leaders navigate the AI transformation in IT support and see immense business benefits.
Generative AI allows IT teams to address support queries faster, provide more accurate, context-aware responses, and resolve incidents swiftly. AI-powered assistants can handle basic end-user queries with 24/7 availability, reducing human agent workload.
Generative AI also helps IT agents maintain an up-to-date IT knowledge base by aiding in solution article generation and updating existing documentation and FAQs. Gen AI is also good at identifying patterns to detect incidents and conduct root cause analysis for IT problems.
By integrating generative AI into ITSM, organizations get to improve service quality, reduce service downtime, and enhance the overall end-user experience.
AI helps IT service teams save time, cost, and resources by automating repetitive tasks and optimizing common support workflows. The common benefits of AI in ITSM include,
Addressing the security risks of AI as the adoption rises and more LLMs are used requires a strategic approach to safeguard data and systems. While using LLM-based generative AI to craft answers for end-user queries, you can implement AI guardrails to ensure that both the input and output generated don’t expose sensitive information. This reduces the chances of breaches or unauthorized access while staying within ethical guidelines and mitigating bias.
Making your AI explainable also ensures transparency so that your agents understand why AI makes certain decisions and audit how AI models work. This also helps identify potential vulnerabilities and biases early on.
Regular security audits are important for spotting flaws in the AI algorithm and preventing vulnerabilities from skewed AI decisions. Monitoring how helpful AI responses are can also help IT teams find out if AI-powered self-service is working to reliant , enabling teams to quickly respond to potential threats.
You need the right ITSM platform to bring your AI in IT service management strategy to life. Look for an ITSM vendor with a healthy appetite for product innovation as the AI landscape quickly keeps evolving. From generative AI to bringing AI workflows and AI agents into your IT service management, the ITSM platform that you choose needs to be constantly innovating to boost your IT team productivity.
Having an integrated crew of AI agents and an employee-facing AI assistant like Atom built within your ITSM platform can help you drive smarter incident, request, change or asset processes without having to look for bolt-on AI tools. We’ve covered more details on how you can evaluate the right ITSM software for your business in our buyer’s guide.