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- A strategy primer for IT leaders
- The word "strategy" has been so overused lately that its meaning has been diluted and often rendered pointless. Ilya Bogorad takes up the case for strategy and its importance in the organization and your career. by Ilya Bogorad
- Tags: Information Technology, Goal, Leader, Organization, Ilya Bogorad, Strategy, Management
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- A look at ambition: Why do you want to move up in your organization?
- After you've worked in a corporate environment for as long as I have, you start to get the impression that there aren't very many people out here who like doing their actual jobs. There are lots of people who like what they're doing, temporarily, because they're keeping their eyes trained...
- Tags: Goal, Person, Leadership, Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Cutting costs in IT the creative way
- It's has been a long time since the heady days of the year 2000 when funding for IT projects seemed to magically appear from nowhere. In fact, after the bust that followed long after, most CIOs and IT managers and directors I know will tell you that their budgets...
- Tags: Revenue, Data Center, Collaboration, Partnership, Information Technology, Goal, Data Centers, Business Structures, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Management, Ramon Padilla
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- The $6 million home theater
- I know this blog is supposed to be about practical gadgetry; however, this one is just too amazing and ridiculous to pass up. Audio Video Interiors has a feature on Jeremy Kipnis in its February issue. Jeremy is a record producer and sound engineer who has built...
- Tags: Home Theater, HDMI, Projector, Goal, Video, Jeremy, Home Entertainment, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Marketing, Shawn Morton
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- Visual Studio 2008 offers developers more testing options
- Unit testing has evolved from a fringe activity to an industry-accepted way to develop software. This change in attitude was aided by the introduction of numerous freely available testing frameworks -- most notably, NUnit. Microsoft's testing options have drawn the ire of the development community for years...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Framework, Tool, NUnit, xUnit.net, TestDriven.NET, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- 10 tips for creating a job-winning IT consultant resume
- Most everyone's skeptical. Too many organizations -- promised the world but ultimately recipients of substandard service, flaky technologies, incompatible systems or worse -- have been burnt by IT consultants. Consequently, organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises, are suspicious of claims and promises IT...
- Tags: Job, Accomplishment, Consultant, Information Technology, Goal, Client, Strategy, Management, Erik Eckel
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- Keep up with the World Series of Linux
- There's an interesting competition over at crn.com. Proceeding from the premise that Linux is ready for small and midsize enterprises, their editors are testing the best distros (out of the roughly 176) for jumping into the business world: "Put to the test of usability in a standard office environment, which...
- Tags: Goal, Debian, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Microsoft attempts to streamline .NET development with Volta
- In the ads for Visual Studio and for .NET, Microsoft promised to revolutionize and streamline daily development tasks. While .NET is a vast improvement over past Microsoft development platforms, it still requires a certain level of expertise. Microsoft continues its push to simplify Web development with Volta. Is it...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Application, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Tier, Volta, Volta Remodulation, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Create database maintenance plans in SQL Server 2005 using SSIS
- In SQL Server 2005, database maintenance plans are almost entirely created using SQL Server 2005 Integration Services SSIS. Microsoft provides a useful wizard to guide you through the creation process, but you are not required to use the wizard. This article shows you how to create a...
- Tags: Task, Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Goal, Backup, Index, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Maintenance Plan, User Database, SQL Server Profiler, Tim, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tim Chapman
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Google, the energy company?
- Google is taking its funds and innovation to back research in renewable energy sources, announcing an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars into projects that they hope will generate electricity at a cheaper price than coal. An excerpt from TechNewsWorld: Google's initiative, which it has...
- Tags: Google Inc., Renewable Energy, Goal, Telecom & Utilities, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- World of Warcraft's spykit goes polymorphic
- Blizzard's latest patch to The Warden spykit comes with an important change -- by incorporating a random cryptographic hash in every copy of The Warden, the application is effectively rendered polymorphic. For the less initiated, The Warden was designed by Blizzard as an anti-hacking sentry against cheating...
- Tags: Application, Goal, Monitoring, Blizzard, Register, Intrusion Detection, Construction, Security, Network Security, Networking, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- A special account: Just for you
- How would like to have a special bank account where the sum of $86,400 is placed in it every day? The only stipulation is that any amount you do not use by the end of the day is lost. That's right; anything not used is completely wiped out....
- Tags: Stipulation, Goal, E-mail, Time Management, Online Communications, Productivity, Wayne L. Anderson
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Motorola roped in for Taiwan's ambitious WiMAX project
- Motorola will be working on two WiMAX infrastructure contracts that it has clinched as part of Taiwan's national M-Taiwan project. The goal is to cover Taipei County's two largest cities, Jhonghe and Banciao, with a combination of WiMAX, Wi-Fi, and 3G technologies, building over FET's Far EasTone Telecom existing mobile...
- Tags: Mobile, Taiwan, Goal, Motorola Inc., FET, WiMAX, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Remember, this project is not the last, best hope for peace or profit
- In the video game Knights of the Old Republic there comes a point where the crusty old advisory turns on our idealistic young hero and shouts, in effect, "Yes, this is the greatest threat to the galaxy since the LAST greatest threat! There's always some greatest threat!" ...
- Tags: Panic, Goal, Shannon Kalvar
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Lock down the BIOS to defend against rogue users
- Sometimes the devil you know is worse than the one you don't know. How do you handle rogue users who inadvertently put your organization's network at risk? Take away the temptation. Mike Mullins tells you how to lock down the BIOS on company machines. While writing this column over...
- Tags: BIOS, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, bot, security, Security Solutions Newsletter, Network, Goal, Admin Password, Mike Mullins, Hardware, Components, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2007-05-24
- Look at your network through a hacker's eyes
- Most administrators know a great deal of information about the networks they secure—that's part of the job. But to really ensure security, you need to look at your network through the eyes of a determined attacker. In this edition of Security Solutions, Mike Mullins tells you how. Hackers want...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Domain names, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, network, security, Security Solutions Newsletter, Goal, Information, Hacker, Mike Mullins, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"
- Technical articles 2006-03-16
- Logging via the Microsoft Enterprise Library
- The Logging and Instrumentation Application Block contained in Microsoft's Enterprise Library makes it easy to integrate logging in your project. Learn how to utilize the library's application blocks to enhance your project. The Microsoft Enterprise Library was introduced in last week's column. It provides a collection of seven...
- Tags: Tony Patton, .NET, Microsoft development tools, Middleware, Databases, Microsoft Corp., application block, .NET Newsletter, Application, Console, Goal, Web Application, Entry, Documentation, Sink, Formatter, C#, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2005-11-09
- Four steps for reducing project risk
- Risks in a project are inevitable. However, carefully collecting, evaluating, prioritizing, and controlling risks can increase the chances of success for your next project. Whether it's small or large, complex or simple, every project has risk. It's our job as managers to do our best to not only...
- Tags: Strategy, Robert L. Bogue, SECURITY, risk, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Project, TechRepublic Inc., Goal, Management
- Technical articles 2005-07-18
- Sell the strategy before selling the tactics
- You need to sell the strategy of technological innovations both to your group and to the organization as a whole. From there, each tactical battle is easier. The organization will already know the expected result and can visualize the success of each tactic resulting in the goal or goals they...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue, strategy, vision, SMB Strategies Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Goal, Management
- Technical articles 2005-06-30
- An IT manager speaks out: I work long hours, but I'm not a chump
- Quit complaining! That's the message from an IT manager who explains why there's a difference between working hard because you want to and working long hours because your boss demands it. By Cheryl CaponigroWorking bizarre hours keeps my job from becoming ordinary and boring. In fact, the stress and...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Job, Hour, Information Technology, Goal, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Technical articles 2001-02-22
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