Gratz Bank Adopts ITIL for Change Control

Gratz Bank Levels Up ITSM with Change Control and ESM

ITSM for Financial Services with automation
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ITIL Change Control

Full support of CMDB, change requests, projects and tickets.

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Easy ESM Expansion

Quickly spin up new apps with custom forms, fields and workflows.

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Self-Service Realized

The self-service portal is easy to customize for a better experience.

Industry: Financial Services
End-users: 350
Previous System: Outsourced

Change Control Vital for Success

Change control is vital for success, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mark Yerger notes โ€” especially in a banking environment. Introducing any change in hardware, software, or network configuration can create unforeseen problems, security holes, or outages. A well-designed change management strategy can reduce the chances of this occurring, and thatโ€™s what The Gratz Bank has created with the help of Velentix.ย  By tracking the steps involved within Velentix, Yerger, and others can see how the change might affect other systems and can easily troubleshoot if any problems should arise.

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Atย The Gratz Bank, they were initially outsourcing their IT services to a third-party provider. Yerger said they werenโ€™t getting the visibility they needed to plan effectively and meet the bankโ€™s current and future technology needs, โ€œWe wanted to own these processes ourselves,โ€ he said.

Outcomes

  • Better change control allows for easy track ing of configuration changes
  • Increased self-service by deploying a stellar client portal
  • Improved technician productivity with custom workflows and automation

Flexible ITSM Design

Timely and reliableย IT Service Management (ITSM)ย is critical for most organizations, but especially for those in the banking and financial industry. Systems need to run smoothly and securely, and any downtime or security issues can be very costly. To meet these challenges, IT staff need comprehensive visibility into technology operations, as well as sound change management processes.ย โ€œVelentix is flexible and has a very good price point,โ€ Yerger said.

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The Gratz Bank is using Velentix to automate and streamline workflows for delivering IT service, managing projects and change requests, and tracking technology assets. Hayes has set up forms within the Velentix platform for employees to request IT service tickets, projects, or changes. These forms collect the information needed to understand the nature of a request and then route it automatically to the appropriate team members for a response. Every action taken on a request is logged into the system so that everyone whoโ€™s authorized has full visibility into the status of each request.ย 

Better Change Control

An ITIL-aligned ITSM platform with true change management.

Automated Workflow

Improve technician productivity with automated workflow.

We have much more visibility and can plan for our IT needs more effectively."

Enterprise Service Expansion

Although The Gratz Bank because with just ITSM, theyโ€™ve expanded the tools use outside of IT for a trueย Enterprise Service Management (ESM)ย experience.

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For instance, the accounting departmentย saw there was an opportunity to help them create a better process around paying vendor invoices and expense reimbursements.ย Hayes was able to set up an application for the accounting department, so employees could track the statusย of their reimbursementย andย to know if vendor checks had gone out on time. This has made a positive impact on the department.ย ย 

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By using Velentix, The Gratz Bank has been able to automate and simplify complex, multiple-step processes throughout the bank, making it easy for the team to manage workflows. It has also improved visibility into IT operations. As a result, Yerger and his team can easily see how well theyโ€™re serving the needs of employees and customers, and where the most common technology-related problems are occurring.ย 

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โ€œBecauseย we now have a robustย help deskย application available, we have much more visibility and can plan for our IT needs more effectively,โ€ Hayes says. โ€œWithout this tool, we couldnโ€™t do that.โ€ย 

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Yerger agreed, โ€œVelentix has allowed us to take ownership of IT service management and create a foundation that we can expand on as our organization grows.โ€

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According to HDI, approximately 80% of ticket volume can be attributed to poor change management โ€“ gain control with an ITIL-aligned ITSM tool

Velentix has allowed us to take ownership of IT Service Management."

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