Switching to the cloud has lowered wait times, increased visibility and freed up resources at Stockport Council

Tom Allen
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The SMBC service desk gets about 5,000 tickets a month, and going online has saved time for customers and agents

Like many local government bodies across the UK, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) has a significant installed base of legacy technology. In the past, that also translated into legacy t...

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