Precision Bridge Newsletter:
Kickstarting new opportunities...
As February rolls in, we're looking ahead to brighter days and the start of spring! With new opportunities on the horizon, we are is excited for what’s to come.
Customer Success Story: CGI
Success Story: CGI migrates over 150 managed services customers to a new Service Management platform leveraging Precision Bridge Data Migration Automation.
This project involved migrating an extensive Remedy ITSM system used by multiple teams for supporting over 150 outsourced customers. The Remedy platform had been deeply embedded in business processes for many years, with its retirement marking a significant shift to ServiceNow.
“The Precision Bridge tool saved us an immense amount of time, particularly in managing our complex catalogs and CMDB migration. Every time we encountered an issue, the team resolved it the same day, keeping us on track. The solution was invaluable and saved us a huge amount of manual effort. We’re very pleased with the outcome and the support we received throughout the project.” - Tony Kavanagh, Director of Business Consulting - CGI
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Tech Talk: Claude Plays Pokemon
Some things come to us nearly instantly: “what day is it today?” Others take much more mental stamina, like solving a cryptic crossword or debugging a complex piece of code. We can choose to apply more or less cognitive effort depending on the task at hand.
Now, Claude has that same flexibility. With the new Claude 3.7 Sonnet, users can toggle “extended thinking mode” on or off, directing the model to think more deeply about trickier questions1. And developers can even set a “thinking budget” to control precisely how long Claude spends on a problem.
Playing Pokémon—specifically, the Game Boy classic Pokémon Red—is just such a task. We equipped Claude with basic memory, screen pixel input, and function calls to press buttons and navigate around the screen, allowing it to play Pokémon continuously beyond its usual context limits, sustaining gameplay through tens of thousands of interactions.
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Upcoming Webinars
We will continue our popular webinar series with the following:
March 5th at 11 AM EST: Gen AI: How does it actually work? Webinar
March 19th at 11 AM EST: Live Service Management Data Synchronization Demonstration
See our webinars page for more information and to register or visit On Demand Webinars for a list of on-demand webinars.
If you would like more information about Data Migration, Archiving, Replication automation or Precision Bridge then contact us here.
Final Thoughts
We round off this Newsletter with one of our Service Management Migration Guide Hints and Tips. You can get a copy of the full guide by attending one of our Data Migration Webinars.
Source and Target System Expertise
Another key consideration is moving to new data structures and processes in the new system. This can be true even when moving to a new instance with the same ITSM vendor. Many times the existing system has been customized or may be on a previous release. There can also be a desire to move from bespoke applications to out of the box applications for processes such as Incident Management or Change Management. Of course when moving to a new vendor there will most likely be significant changes to be reviewed. One problem is finding expertise that spans different releases, versions or vendor solutions.
TIP 4: If there are potential changes in data structures and processes in the new instance then be sure to involve experts in both the “from” and “to” instances early in the planning process. If you do not have these in house then engage an external ITSM services provider, integrator or consultant with the relevant skills and experience.