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IT service management

The software category and practice covering how organisations log, route, approve and resolve IT requests, incidents and changes.

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buildOne report1 publisher

Atlassian MCP is the lone clear GA item on a partner's 11-row Team '26 Europe board

Atlassian MCP is the only one of 11 Team '26 Europe announcements on LeanZero's status board with a clear generally available label. Most of the rest carry beta, early access or rollout labels, so admins should plan from each feature's status.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption20
Hype gap−15
Incentives40
Confidence45
productOne report1 publisher

ServiceNow adds its Slack-and-Teams service desk Flow to AI-SKU contracts at no extra cost

ServiceNow launched Flow, a Slack and Teams service desk it says deploys in one day, at no additional cost for existing AI-SKU customers on consumption terms. Futurum calls it a land-and-expand defence against AI-native rivals in SMB and mid-market accounts.

Publishers:futurumgroup.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
productOne report1 publisher

Risotto bets its IT agent can turn each Tier-2 fix into a reusable runbook

Risotto launched an agent for ambiguous Tier-2 IT tickets that saves each new fix as a runbook, and says its customers auto-solve 40% to 90% of tickets. Its bet is that the knowledge from a hard fix, usually lost in a closed ticket, can be kept and run again.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence25
Adoption30
Hype gap+45
Incentives70
Confidence35
productConfirmed2 publishers

ServiceNow handed a small in-house team a startup mandate to answer Serval and Slack

ServiceNow says a small team with a founder-like mandate built Flow, its AI service desk for Slack and Teams, in three months. For IT teams whose staff already work in chat, the question is whether a desk with no setup project will still fit once request volume and complexity grow.

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption12
Hype gap+35
Incentives75
Confidence55
leadershipOne report1 publisher

ServiceNow's own analyst day puts seats at half of new contract value

A 30% share price fall has been read as the market pricing an agent-driven collapse in seat licences, but the company's June presentation already sourced half its new revenue from consumption, and the $7.75 billion Armis deal is priced for that world.

Publishers:csoonline.com

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption55
Hype gap+15
Incentives62
Confidence52