Category Archives: Business Management

Connect to Your Customers in a Whole New Way

By Dick Stark Last week, I attended a salesforce seminar in Washington DC, Connect to Your Customers in a Whole New Way.  The keynote speaker was  Mark Benioff, Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com. It was a standing room only affair– think … Continue reading

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Why Knowledge Management is Important to the Success of your Service Desk

By Dick Stark Last Thursday I hosted a joint webinar with RightAnswers.  The topic: “Knowledge is Power, IT Knowledge Management for your BMC Service Desk.”  Surprisingly, Knowledge Management (KM) gets less than expected mindshare with most of the service desks … Continue reading

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Unreasonable Customer Service

By Dick Stark “I believe that the level of priority and the amount of passion and emphasis that must be put towards the customer experience must be, in a word, unreasonable.  It must be excessive.  It must go beyond the … Continue reading

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To Sell is Human

By Dick Stark I finished Daniel Pink’s new book, To Sell is Hunan, right before our annual sales kick-off, as I was eager to report on any new information and to help jump start our sales team for 2013.  I’ve … Continue reading

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Your Top 10 Priorities for 2013

By Dick Stark I’ve borrowed ten quotes from CIO Magazine’s President and CEO, Michael Friedenberg and applied them to the business service management and RightStar.  Let’s use them to think about your top ten priorities for 2013. 10. “The medium … Continue reading

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RightStar’s Social Network Map

By Dick Stark Who is RightStar, anyway? The below Social Network Map tells the story.  Thanks to the survey we all completed for the American University study conducted several months ago, RightStar is on the map, at least the social … Continue reading

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Actionable Analytics and xMatters

By Dick Stark xMatters, formerly AlarmPoint offers alarm/communication management through a relevance engine to capture and provide alerts to what really matters to an organization– whether in supply chain, IT management, or  business continuity.  RightStar has several new xMatters prospects … Continue reading

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BSM’s Value Proposition

By Dick Stark RightStar’s mission is to be our client’s expert advisor in the Business Service Management (BSM) space.  Additionally, it’s to return value back to our clients in terms of the investment they make in BSM products and services.  … Continue reading

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RightStar Ethics Award: 1 Year Later

By Dick Stark RightStar applied for the National Capital Business Ethics Award (NCBEA) more than two years ago.  This is an annual award presented by the National Capital Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. The winners are companies … Continue reading

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BMC’s ITSM Launch Event

By Dick Stark Are you ready for a revolution? This is an opportunity for solutions that will revitalize the ITSM space, help IT be more relevant, and get people excited again about what’s possible. So proclaimed Paul Avenant, President of … Continue reading

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