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- Finding your niche in IT consulting
- Do you ever feel like your skills and talents are going to waste? It might be because you haven't found your niche within the IT consulting market. Contributing writer Edwin Smith explains how it's done.When family members and friends asked you as a child what you wanted to be when...
- Tags: Strategy, Edwin Smith, skill set, IT Consulting, specialty area
- Technical articles 2001-01-08
- Three steps to making an ethical decision
- For most consultants, our first instinct will tell us if we're about to make an unethical decision. But what if you're in a situation where the choice isn't so cut-and-dried? Follow these rules to determine whether or not you're doing the right thing.In my last article, Ethical consulting: The Lone...
- Tags: Business ethics, Edwin Smith, Josephson Institute, Golden Rule
- Technical articles 2000-11-02
- Ethical consulting: The Lone Ranger provides guiding principles
- You might think the Lone Ranger is the last folk hero who could teach you how to do business. But the masked man can guide your conduct in your dealings with clients and keep you on the right side of ethical behavior.Lots of literature is available regarding ethics, moral issues,...
- Tags: Business ethics, consulting, Nothing, Edwin Smith, Lone Ranger, ethics
- Technical articles 2000-10-26
- Ten reasons to offer familiarization training to your clients
- When you've finished a technology implementation for a client, make sure the client's staff understands how to use it. Read why familiarization training is necessary for your clients, and some reasons why you should offer it.IT consultants generally provide two types of technical training. One is the type offered at...
- Tags: Workforce management, Edwin Smith, training, familiarization training
- Technical articles 2000-10-16
- Win the RFP game with a smart strategy
- When it comes time to respond to a request for proposal, you'll want to be ready. These tips will help you through every step of the process.For most consulting firms, systems integrators, and many independent IT consultants, a substantial part of new engagements is responding to a request for proposal—or...
- Tags: Edwin Smith, strategy, game, RFP
- Technical articles 2000-09-11
- Protect against these critical Internet security threats
- If you're worried about viruses and DoS attacks to your clients' systems, check out the SANS Institute's list of the most critical Internet security threats to the enterprise.As much concern and fear that computer viruses and denial of service DoS attacks have generated recently, most such incidents can be blamed...
- Tags: Edwin Smith, Internet, security, immediate root, critical Internet security threat, Internet security
- Technical articles 2000-08-08
- Aspiring consultants take heed: Here are some of the good and the bad sides about striking out on your own
- If you're thinking about taking the plunge and becoming an independent consultant, it helps to know what kinds of obstacles and rewards await you. This rundown of some of the ups and downs of self-employment will prepare you for what lies ahead.Watching the animated children’s movie The Land Before Time...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Strategy, Edwin Smith, consulting
- Technical articles 2000-07-25
Additional Resources
- Edwin (zip)
- Edwin is a wizard-based software application for creating Web-service based (Service Oriented Architecture - SOA) data layers from the structure of your underlying data source. All data-sources accessible via OLE-DB are supported, which includes the vast majority of popular databases. Edwin will automatically create a large set of Web methods...
- Tags: Web, Stored Procedure, Record, DreamState Software, Edwin, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Channel Management, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-06-20
- Unreal Tournament 2004 Agent Smith model (zip)
- This is a custom model of Agent Smith from the Matrix films. The skin goes well with the Agent Smith voice pack, which you can also find on DLX.
- Tags: Agent, Real Estate, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2004-06-30
- NoInk Communications Case Study With Smith & Nephew
- Smith & Nephew required solutions that were self-service, available 24-hours per day, easily accessible and ready on demand. The goal was to empower members of the sales force and to give them what they need, when they need it. Before working with NoInk, Smith & Nephew was using a Palm...
- Tags: Smith & Nephew Plc., Bluetooth, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sales
- Case studies
- Strohl Systems Group Case Study: Salomon Smith Barney
- With over $816 billion in client assets, Salomon Smith Barney, a firm distinguished by its strong work ethic and dedication to building solid customer/client relationships, recognizes and appreciates the value of continuity planning. For Salomon Smith Barney's business recovery coordinator, maintaining the Y2K-garnered momentum of continuing planning is an enduring...
- Tags: Salomon Smith Barney, Y2K, Disaster Recovery, Asset Management, Data Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Source code for file processing by Zack Smith
- Where is the source code?I musta slept through that class...who the heck is Zack Smith and what kinda files is he processing?
- Tags: jeff@...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-12
- SquidGuard Saves Local Government a Tidy Packet
- Justin Smith thinks in practical terms. As CTO of Guilford County Government in North Carolina, budgetary concerns were the driving force in his considering Open Source technologies. Smith saved an estimated $27,000 a year by replacing two servers on the edge of his network, and began to train his staff...
- Tags: SquidGuard, Justin Smith, Government, Linux, Vertical Industries, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- Case studies
- Growing Law Firm Improves Productivity With Standardized Desktop, Automated Processes
- Reed Smith is an international law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers representing large businesses and institutions. Because Reed Smith represents many companies with cutting-edge technology, it needed to upgrade its infrastructure to be compatible with its clients as well as competitive with other law firms. In addition, several acquisitions...
- Tags: Desktop, Reed Smith, Law Firm, Microsoft Corp., Litigation, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Improve Branch Office Admin with Flexible Server Solution
- Paul Smith, a global fashion designer, wanted to improve management of its remote infrastructure. A small IT team in England centrally managed the company's entire infrastructure, including distant branch offices. Without local IT support, branch offices could be difficult to manage. Further, local systems could place the whole network at...
- Tags: Administrator, Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-06-04
- Photographer Brings Entertainment Into Focus With New Windows XP-Based Digital Workflow
- Matthew Jordan Smith is the man behind the lens for some of the most popular entertainers today, including Halle Berry, Britney Spears, Oprah Winfrey, and Angela Bassett. Smith recognized the advantages that digital technology would bring to his photography early on, but had been hobbled by an out of date...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Workflow, Entertainment, Matthew Jordan Smith, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies
- International Fashion Brand Boosts Data Security and Productivity Among Workers
- Because Paul Smith wanted a client operating system that would support the brand's continued development, it chose a system that was easy to deploy and maintain. To achieve its IT goals, Paul Smith took advantage of the Microsoft Rapid Deployment Programme and rolled out Windows Vista with the support of...
- Tags: Brand, Microsoft Corp., Worker, Data Security, Branding, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2007-03-01
- The architecture of a flexible .NET file processing system -- Part 4
- The first three parts of this series concentrated on the overall architecture of the .NET file processing system and how the messages get created and routed. In this installment, Zach Smith explains the role of the task specific processes and describes how to set up the system so that it...
- Tags: Message, Process, Microsoft .NET, Router, File, Architecture, Zach Smith, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Servers, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- WHSmith Sets Up Shop on the Net
- WH Smith launched its first branded web site in January 1998. During that year a number of other UK booksellers including Heffers, Blackwells and Waterstone's also launched transactional web sites. WH Smith knew that it had to act quickly to take full advantage of the internet phenomenon. In April of...
- Tags: Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Portals
- Case studies
- How do I... Make C# or .NET Framework applications accessible in the system tray?
- Putting an icon for your application in the system tray is a great way to insure that your program is easily accessible to the user. Zach Smith explains how to use the system tray with C# and the .NET Framework. by Zach Smith
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Code, System Tray, Icon, Form, NotifyIcon, Context Menu, Figure D, C#, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Zach Smith
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
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