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kristi
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Posted - 10/23/2007 :  05:08:02 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello, I am a businessman looking for a helpdesk software that is user friendly, easily deployable and custom fields and has complete email integration. Can anyone suggest a software that helps our firm on the matter?

stumpy123
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Posted - 10/23/2007 :  07:33:43 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You should take a look at HelpSpot ([url]http://www.userscape.com/products/helpspot/[/url)] . It does everything you list and a new version is now available that even supports HTML email.
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jaxdave
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Posted - 10/23/2007 :  07:49:32 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I don't know your budget but Helpstar is a pretty nice product.

http://www.helpstar.com/
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mitachu
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Posted - 10/23/2007 :  08:29:28 AM  Show Profile  Click to see mitachu's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
The company I work for uses Oxygen. Can't vouch for the cost though, but it works quite nicely.

http://www.e-warehouse.com/oxygen.htm

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MrEclipseguy
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Posted - 10/23/2007 :  6:02:48 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Our company uses ServiceDesk Plus. It has all of the capabilities that I think any helpdesk would need.

Mike

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kopman
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Posted - 10/24/2007 :  08:13:57 AM  Show Profile  Click to see kopman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
There are some application templates for WSS 3.0 which might do the job. There is a Help Desk one and an IT Team Workspace. I had a look at the IT Team Workspace but it wasn't really doing what I was looking for. Licensing for WSS 3.0 is included with W2003 so price should not be a problem.

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Endaar
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Posted - 10/24/2007 :  3:33:36 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Our company uses ServiceDesk Plus.


We've been pleased with SDP as well, and it offers a ton of features for a pretty low price.
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Indigo
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Posted - 11/03/2007 :  3:56:31 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Kristi,

My Company uses Serio Service Desk which is geared towards ITILs Best Practice and is great. They also do helpdesk software that covers everything you have listed.
Check out their website for feature tours of their software.

http://www.seriosoft.com

For anyone thats interested they also have IT Service Management blogs and white papers where experiences / solutions can be shared.
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ukinahan
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Posted - 11/05/2007 :  3:25:19 PM  Show Profile  Visit ukinahan's Homepage  Send ukinahan an AOL message  Click to see ukinahan's MSN Messenger address  Look at the Skype address for ukinahan  Reply with Quote
Hi Kristi;

I have being using Smarterticket for some time now & it is very inexpensive but very operational. It has all of the attributes you were asking about also;
http://www.smartertools.com/Products/SmarterTicket/Overview.aspx


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anthony
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Posted - 11/06/2007 :  9:06:09 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Service Desk Plus here too !

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Morris
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Posted - 01/08/2008 :  02:20:46 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Kristi, maybe you could try Pathworks software. It is a Free web based helpdesk service. It is also easy to use and has customizable fields. Pathworks also has a guided self service portal. It can also be scaled according to your company’s requirements.It has automatic updates. For more information, you could visit their site at www.pathworkssoftware.com

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joe_elway
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quote:
Originally posted by ukinahan

Hi Kristi;

I have being using Smarterticket for some time now & it is very inexpensive but very operational. It has all of the attributes you were asking about also;
http://www.smartertools.com/Products/SmarterTicket/Overview.aspx





I know I'm digging up an old one here. I needed something and remembered this thread. I tried the free version of this product today. It's very powerful and appears pretty economic. The support I got from their LiveChat was good too.

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Posted - 02/06/2009 :  4:58:01 PM  Show Profile  Visit Xenophane's Homepage  Send Xenophane an ICQ Message  Reply with Quote
We have just started using sysaidcss, which is quite nice as well....

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itechsolutions
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Another vote for Service Desk Plus pretty good software and great tracking features regarding software compliance.

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RobertB
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Posted - 01/20/2011 :  10:52:19 AM  Show Profile  Visit RobertB's Homepage  Reply with Quote
We use Numara Footprints. Not sure what it would cost a business as we are education, but integrates well with email, SCCM, SQL based (if you want), has its own asset management system and change management, again if you want.
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