Leveraging AIOps in ServiceNow for Achieving Operational Efficiency: A Framework for Intelligent IT Operations
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AIOps, ServiceNow, ITSM, ITOM, Machine Learning, Event Correlation, Anomaly Detection, Operational Efficiency, IT Operations ManagementAbstract
Enterprise IT environments now generate operational event volumes that far exceed the capacity of human-mediated monitoring and response models. AIOps, the application of machine learning, predictive analytics, and automation to IT operational workflows, has emerged as the structural response to this challenge. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the ServiceNow AIOps framework, examining its layered architecture, core capability domains, and a structured five-stage implementation roadmap for enterprise adoption. Based on current literature and documented platform capabilities, the paper shows that deploying AIOps within ServiceNow leads to measurable operational efficiency gains: event noise reductions of 50–90%, mean time to resolution (MTTR) reductions of approximately 30%, and a fundamentally altered operational model in which anomaly detection and predictive analytics shift the operations function from reactive incident response to proactive service management. The findings position the ServiceNow AIOps framework as a practitioner-validated architecture applicable across enterprise IT environments of varying scale and infrastructure composition.
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