Local Technical Support Provider II in Information Technology at University of Memphis (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
Remedyforce had the most features of any ITSM we reviewed and was the most cost effective. This was the driving force in deciding to purchase the product.
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Support Services Technician in Information Technology at Catalina Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
I previously worked with tools like Service Manager which were difficult to configure, administer and maintain. The support options were very limited. Remedyforce has local US support, dedicated reps, and a more developed infrastructure to work from to support an organization. …
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VP Enterprise Business Technology in Information Technology at Mitchell International (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
Because of the common platform with Salesforce, from a staffing standpoint, it was much more cost effective to go with Remedyforce vs a separate and new platform from ServiceNow. If I selected Servicenow, I would have needed to hire a new set of folks to support, develop and …
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Remedyforce System Analyst-Administrator at Dex Media in Information Technology at Dex Media LLC (Marketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
We chose Remedyforce primarily because of what it had to offer (even in its infant stage) and because it was leveraging a platform that we were very familiar with (Salesforce). We had evaluated similar products AFTER the purchase and it made us realize that we definitely made a …
Salesforce.com Administrator in Information Technology at Appirio (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
I preferred Remedyforce over Footprints because I liked the UI more and found it just easier to navigate in the SFDC platform. I preferred JIRA because of the Confluence plugin which made linking issues and change requests to content much more efficient.
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Ventyx Global Monitoring Architect in Information Technology at Mincom (Utilities, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
Remedy had proven unstable inside Mincom and the other proprietary solution KBox had proven to be rigid ... so RemedyForce was better at uptime and having global access than our previous solutions.
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Director of Salesforce Engineering in Information Technology at Selas Technologies, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Chose BMC Helix Remedyforce
As a cloud-based company, having the ability to work remotely is a must. Remedyforce sits on the Salesforce.com Platform and integrates with all of their core Force.com functionality. With Salesforce, you could go with their Service Cloud route, which would require 10x the …
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Features
BMC Helix Remedyforce
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of BMC Helix Remedyforce
Feature
BMC Helix Remedyforce
7.7
7 Ratings
6% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets
9.07 Ratings
Expert directory
6.05 Ratings
Service restoration
9.07 Ratings
Self-service tools
7.95 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications
6.06 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation
8.07 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards
8.07 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of BMC Helix Remedyforce
Feature
BMC Helix Remedyforce
8.0
7 Ratings
1% below category average
Configuration mangement
9.07 Ratings
Asset management dashboard
9.05 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement
6.03 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of BMC Helix Remedyforce
[BMC Helix Remedyforce] is probably best suited for an MSP who needs to keep multiple clients separated. If you were an internal IT department I think the additional features it has would be lost. When dealing with an MSP who needs to know what software and what issues have effected specific clients it is very well suited to do that.
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An admin user is able to quickly create a request definition with all of its components from one screen. We use to have to go to the 7 or 8 different screens to create each piece of the request definition.
Ability to update multiple Incidents/Service Requests at once with the update button. This allows essentially an inline edit functionality within Remedyforce.
Change management schedule is a great feature as well to be able to see how changes align and what there expected start dates/times are.
The ability to monitor/regulate the volume of tickets when you integrate with your monitoring software. We have so many items that trigger alerts, creating a ticket for each is somewhat overwhelming. Would like to be able to better control when an incident should be created.
Being able to report on Service requests and tasks together would be nice. Right now I have to do it separately as they are in different buckets, so to speak.
Remedy console is an improvement from where it started but can still be a cleaner interface for a tech to be able to work out of for their day to day work.
The total amount of time spent from installation to configuration for a minimal ticketing system was 2 hours. Maintenance and customization for the application can be completed with a great amount of ease. In addition having a customer portal is an added benefit that pays for itself
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Learning industry best practices or gaining insight on them from either BMC or an implementation partner would have saved some headaches we faced after roll-out.
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I previously worked with tools like Service Manager which were difficult to configure, administer and maintain. The support options were very limited. Remedyforce has local US support, dedicated reps, and a more developed infrastructure to work from to support an organization. This runs on the Salesforce platform so worrying about server failures and unscheduled outages was no longer going to be an issue for us. Self service, knowledge base, and change control were just a few highly utilized features that helped employees support themselves and automate very manual processes.
Remedyforce has allowed us to eliminate other solutions that provided similar features. By now using one true ITSM we have been able to save money which in higher education is always a concern.
The reports and dashboards allow for a birds-eye view of our daily operations and provide managers and executives the information they need to make important cost saving decisions.