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    HaloITSM and HaloESM

    One platform for every department.

    ITIL-aligned service management for IT, extended to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal on one data model. Implemented in eight to twelve weeks by a Specialised Halo Partner that runs its own service desk on it.

    • 8–12weeks to go-live
    • 35+Halo implementations
    • 1data model across every department
    Implementation plan8 to 12 weeks
    1. 01

      Discovery and design

      Requirements, service catalogue and solution design, with the owners in the room.

      weeks 1–2
    2. 02

      Configuration and testing

      Platform built to the design, tested against your real request types.

      weeks 3–6
    3. 03

      Migration and training

      Data migrated, analysts and requesters trained on the system they'll actually use.

      weeks 7–9
    4. 04

      Go-live and support

      Production cut-over, stabilisation, and the hand-off to managed support if you want it.

      weeks 10–12
    Your input: a named owner per department, and a few hours a week from each of them across the project.

    Every department has a service desk. Most just don't call it that.

    HaloESM is HaloITSM's workflows, catalogue and portal extended to the teams that field requests by email today. One platform, one data model, one place to look.

    IT Services

    • Incident and request
    • Change and CMDB
    • Knowledge and self-service

    HR Services

    • Onboarding and offboarding
    • Policy and leave requests
    • Employee case management

    Facilities

    • Maintenance requests
    • Space and desk booking
    • Access and contractors

    Finance Ops

    • Invoice queries
    • Purchase approvals
    • Expense exceptions

    Legal

    • Contract review requests
    • Compliance queries
    • Policy approval workflows

    Operations

    • Supplier requests
    • Fleet and equipment
    • Cross-team handoffs

    Three stages. Start at any of them.

    You don't need a transformation programme. Each stage delivers on its own, and the integrations grow with it: just enough to start, then what cross-functional work needs, then what intelligent automation needs.

    Stage 1

    Onboard and digitise

    Build the foundation.

    Move from disparate systems and email to one coherent platform. Quick to establish for HR, Facilities, Finance or Legal, with low risk and value you can see.

    What you get

    • A single system of record and consistent ways of working
    • Less shadow IT and email overload
    • Visibility across every request
    • Faster onboarding for new team members

    Integrations: essential. Identity and SSO, email, optional asset data.

    Stage 2

    Modernise and orchestrate

    Connect and optimise.

    Break down silos so work flows across departments. The shift from one team's efficiency to the organisation's effectiveness.

    What you get

    • Fewer manual handoffs
    • Cross-team orchestration with OLAs and metrics that show it
    • Services that reflect real complexity
    • HR, finance and CMDB data in the flow of work

    Integrations: operational. HR systems, finance and ERP, CMDB and collaboration tools.

    Stage 3

    Innovate and automate

    Scale with intelligence.

    AI-assisted triage, routing and virtual agents handle routine work; the platform starts to predict demand rather than just record it.

    What you get

    • AI-assisted triage and intelligent routing
    • End-to-end automated workflows
    • Virtual agents for self-service
    • Demand and capacity forecasting

    Integrations: strategic. AI services, iPaaS layers, industry platforms and analytics. And when the agents multiply, AI Ninjas runs them as services.

    What we implement.

    ITIL-aligned, configured for adoption rather than for the audit, and measured on outcomes across every department that uses it.

    Incident management

    Rapid resolution with intelligent routing and escalation.

    • AI-assisted ticket routing
    • Automated priority assignment
    • SLA tracking and alerts
    • Major incident management

    Request fulfilment

    Streamlined requests with self-service options.

    • Service catalogue design
    • Approval workflows
    • Self-service portal
    • Request automation

    Change management

    Controlled change with risk assessment.

    • Change advisory board
    • Risk and impact analysis
    • Approval calendars
    • Rollback procedures

    CMDB and assets

    Asset tracking and relationship mapping.

    • Automated discovery
    • Relationship mapping
    • Licence management
    • Impact analysis

    Knowledge management

    Knowledge created where the work happens.

    • AI-assisted article creation
    • Smart search and suggestions
    • Community contributions
    • Usage analytics

    Self-service portal

    A portal people actually use.

    • Custom portal design
    • Mobile optimisation
    • Virtual agent integration
    • Request tracking

    Integrations

    Connected to what you already run.

    Identity and access

    Active Directory, Entra ID, LDAP, SAML SSO

    Productivity

    Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive

    Development

    Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Azure DevOps

    Monitoring

    PowerShell, SCOM, Nagios, Zabbix

    Halo's AI, configured so your teams own it.

    Triage, summaries, knowledge drafting and a virtual agent are built into Halo, at no extra licence cost. We set them up to fit how your desk works and hand them over with the controls to run them.

    Triage, routing and summaries

    Tickets classified, prioritised and routed on content; incidents summarised so the analyst starts at the resolution, not the history.

    Knowledge and the virtual agent

    Articles drafted from resolved cases, and a virtual agent that answers from your knowledge with the source attached.

    Once the agents are live, running them is a discipline of its own. That's AI Ninjas, our practice for AI as a managed service on Halo.

    Measured on outcomes.

    Every implementation is scoped against a number the department cares about: first-contact resolution, hours saved each week, SLA achievement. We agree it before we start and report on it after go-live.

    See it on your own tickets.

    A demo built around your service desk, not a slide deck. Bring an ugly process and we'll show you what it looks like on Halo.

    The trial is on haloitsm.com; it's Halo's own trial, registered to us as your partner.

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