Mattermost is well-known as a flexible, open source messaging platform. But what makes it even more useful is its ability to automate connections with bots and webhooks and to link up to external applications. These automations and connections are known as integrations. Many integrations are available off-the-shelf through the Integrations Directory. But there are lots of ways to create your own.

In OneDesk, you can have conversations by adding messages to tickets and tasks. When you do this, the followers of those items will get your messages via an omni-channel messaging service: by email, inside the ‘messenger app’ inside OneDesk, on the live-chat widget, and by mobile push notification (coming very soon). However you can also use the OneDesk messaging system to have conversations with users outside of the context of a task, ticket or project.

The growth of Artificial Intelligence has had an enormous spurt in the last few years. The use of AI in Helpdesk Automation is reducing the burden on professionals. Chatbots integrates with IT Service Management(ITSM) and acts as a virtual support agent.

Does your team love tests? Unit tests, functional tests, systems tests, acceptance tests. They can seem like a lot of extra work, but they’re crucial to creating valuable, stable products. It’s never fun, though, when a test run breaks right before release and the scramble starts to fix the code and get release back on schedule. I can’t tell you how to not commit breaking code.

“What is team communication?” is a million-dollar question as it has various definitions based on the business preferences and requirements. Healthy and unhindered team communication plays a vital role in boosting the productivity and efficiency of any organization. Working in isolation and a silo-type environment will break down the equations between working staff and harm their productivity. Team communication helps in achieving goals in a unified and targeted way.

The role of software in management cannot be overlooked. Software has found application in diverse management areas beyond naming, and the roles continue to expand with more recent development in software. The market for software products has also witnessed immense growth in response to demands, and most software providers are adopting specialization and outsourcing as coping mechanisms to focus and better serve their target customers. Our new-found client, a software company is no different.

This year, the holiday season reminded us we have a healthy appetite, not just for food, but also for additions to the Zendesk Apps Marketplace. This month we added 14 new apps and integrations to the general marketplace and we hope you saved room for them.

With just a few hours left for the decade to end, you might be pondering over some of the biggest decisions you’ve had to make in the past 10 years. Whether you nailed those decisions or not, the following 10 Marketplace apps will surely set you on the path to success with your customers and agents alike.

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized customer support all over the world. Thanks to artificial intelligence, businesses have reaped the benefits of smart voice agents, instant call routing, automated email responses, and more. But with the continued popularity of social media as a channel of customer support, it only makes sense to use AI to optimize your support strategy. Here are three ways to reap the benefits of AI and automation in your social customer support –

Every business has to serve its customers – that is the basis on which a successful business runs. But it is also true that businesses have to serve their employees. If a company takes from their employees and gives nothing back, it’s going to leave behind a staff of embittered angry individuals with a sky-high turnover rate.