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- Video: Five tips to help new IT Managers
- Making the move from a technical job to managing an IT department requires a variety of new skills. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives provides five tips for IT executives to help their techies make the transition to becoming managers. For more, you can read...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Information Technology, Article, IT Manager, Video, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- TechRepublic Pro's IT Hiring Kit: IT Manager
- All new version! The IT Hiring Kit for IT Managers has been updated with new questions, answers, and a revised candidate assessment spreadsheet! The IT Hiring Kit for IT Managers will help you interview, evaluate, and select suitable candidates for a new IT Manager...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Manager, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2008-04-11
- Microsoft Webcast: Get a Head Start on Windows Vista
- IT managers must constantly assess the value of new or next generation technologies and how they might leverage them to benefit their organizations. This webcast focuses on specific challenges that IT managers face and explains how Windows Vista meets them. By the end of this webcast, the viewer will have...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Head Start, IT manager, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Software, Webcast
- Webcasts
- Microsoft Webcast: Windows Vista Security Guide for IT Managers
- The Windows Vista Security Guide is a solution accelerator that provides IT managers with specific recommendations and tools to harden the Windows Vista operating system beyond its default security level. Based on the Windows XP Security Guide, this new guide includes recommended Group Policy settings specific to two types of...
- Tags: IT manager, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Security, Software, Webcast, Windows Vista Security Guide
- Webcasts
- New IT Manager: How to hit the ground running
- Your performance during the first month as a new IT manager is critical to your success. Whether you are taking your first job as an IT manager or moving to a management role in another company, the first 30 days on the job will set the stage for either success...
- Tags: Team, Information Technology, IT Manager, Plan, Manager, Tendency, Team Management, Strategy, Management, Mike Sisco
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Selecting strategic technologies in 2008
- Analyst Gartner suggests that a strategic technology has the potential to significantly impact the business during the next three years - something that is likely to be particularly pertinent in 2008, as IT managers aim to implement crucial technologies under restrictive economic conditions.Read this white paper to see which strategic...
- Tags: IT Manager, Technology, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-03-03
- The flawed process of getting a job offer
- At least three times in my career I have gone through the long interview process for a tech job, got an offer and then turned it down. Each case would have been a step up in either income or responsibility. One was turned down because it required a move of about 150...
- Tags: Tim Malone, Offer, Job, Recruitment & Selection, IT manager, Problem, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Poll: IT Managers and IT executives, do you play golf?
- One of the most prevalent stereotypes about executives and managers is that they spend their time playing golf while their teams toil away doing the real work. Lots of executives do play golf and many of them use it as a creative way to conduct meetings with partners and clients....
- Tags: Jason Hiner, Executive, Business Structures, IT manager, Stereotype, Information Technology, Strategy, Finance, Management
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- 3Com Solutions: Prescription for a Vital Network Health Check
- IT managers build, maintain, and in many cases stake their reputations on the networks they support. No one knows their network better than they do, or has a bigger stake in the network's performance. However, a network health check, performed by a third party with specialized equipment, can augment the...
- Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., Health Care, IT Manager, Networking, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-03-01
- IT Manager's Tool Kit, Third Edition
- Make better use of your time. Leverage the grassroots advice and proven time-saving tools collected in TechRepublic's IT Manager's Tool Kit, Third Edition. Proven peer-authored advice and over 30 templates cover a variety of management topics to help you overcome staffing, financial, disaster planning, and other technology challenges. ...
- Tags: IT Manager, Tool, Productivity, Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Download resources 2007-08-03
- The computer doctor is in
- I have noticed an interesting phenomenon among my co-workers. As the IT Manager, it is my job to maintain the servers, the computers and the network. I am responsible for security and for the continual availability of the data on our servers to all those who need it. I think...
- Tags: Tim Malone, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, IT manager, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- 10+ tips for new IT Managers
- Moving from a purely technical net admin role to a managerial position can be a long and winding road full of pitfalls. IT pro Steven Crane has become quite familiar with that road during his many years in the industry. He offers these tips to help newly appointed IT managers...
- Tags: IT manager, Road, TechRepublic Inc., Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Download resources 2008-01-14
- Enterprise Mobile Device Platforms
- IT managers are increasingly being asked to provide mobile access to corporate email, business applications and other critical network resources. The cost of providing and supporting access to these resources is significant and IT managers should give careful consideration to the associated costs and capabilities before deploying an enterprise mobile...
- Tags: Mobile, IT Manager, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Most IT Managers are at risk
- Most of today's managers in the IT sector do not have the training or the aptitude to properly do their jobs. I know that's a contentious statement - especially for readers of this blog. But I am convinced that the majority of managers in...
- Tags: John McKee, Job, IT manager, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, E-mail, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Career, Human Resources, It Operations, Online Communications, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Survey finds IT Managers wary of remote workers
- The Internet is a boon for mobility in the workplace. But a recent survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne and TNS, shows that nearly nine in 10 IT managers fear the security risks caused by remote working practices. A quote from the article at Computer World | PC...
- Tags: Arun Radhakrishnan, IT manager, Worker, Home PC, Survey, Desktops, Security, Internet, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- The 10 most dangerous species of IT Manager
- From the wilds of the IT jungles, TechRepublic columnist Jeff Dray takes an offbeat look at the 10 most dangerous species of IT manager. Find out if your manager or you fit into the species he describes.This download is also available as an article.
- Tags: Species, IT manager, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2007-08-02
- Linux Sockets Acceleration: Maximizing Efficiency and Performance in the Data Center
- The datacenter is undergoing a major paradigm shift driven by a need to scale up performance efficiently. Raw scale-out architectures are giving way to new scale-up architectures driven by blade servers, and multi-core host processors. Virtualization is driving server consolidation on these new platforms. In this paper, efficient networking for...
- Tags: Data Centers, Data Center, Efficiency, Linux, IT manager, Performance, Storage, Server Consolidation, UNIX, Operating Systems, Virtualization, Open Source, Data Management, Hardware, Linux Sockets Acceleration, Servers, Software
- White papers 2007-03-01
- 9 things IT Managers should think about in 2007
- The new year represents an opportunity for IT managers to evaluate their accomplishments and sift through their less successful projects and relationships in an effort to get things moving in the right direction. IT consultant Shannon Kalvar offers some advice that will help you keep things on track in...
- Tags: IT manager, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2006-12-20
- 10 IT Manager resolutions for 2006: A look back
- Last December, IT consultant Shannon Kalvar prepared to kick off the new year with a list of ambitious improvement goals and best practices for becoming a more effective IT manager. Now, as the year winds down, he revisits his resolutions and assesses how well he and his peers were...
- Tags: IT manager, Resolution, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2006-12-14
- Emerging Security Threats Demand Comprehensive Infrastructure Monitoring
- Leading IT operations must demonstrate their impact to the company's bottom line. While protecting intellectual property and customer confidence is paramount in terms of dollars and future growth, new threats to corporate data appear every day, adapting quickly as profit drives ingenuity. To stay ahead of the rise in targeted...
- Tags: Monitoring, Threat, IT manager, Security, Productivity, FireScope
- White papers 2006-11-06
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