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- Should consultants blog?
- So you're a consultant. Should you blog? What issues do you need to consider? Yes. The answer to the first question, that is. Blogging is one of the best ways to promote yourself, build contacts with others in your industry, and establish a personal connection with your potential clients. In just...
- Tags: Blog, Client, Blogging, Chip Camden
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- IT Consulting Software Management Suite
- I am looking for a management software that is designed for consultants, rather than IT personnell in enterprise or large companies. What I am seeking is an all-in-one solution that handles service reports, asset management, contact management, etc. Fo
- Tags: Binary Mind, IT Consulting
- Discussion threads 2006-12-03
- The essential guide to launching your own IT consulting company
- Tales from the IT consultant's schoolCan you think of pearls of wisdom you can share with aspiring IT consultants planning to launch their own business? What would you add to Erik's guidelines?Sales & Marketing...The single biggest challenge every consultant I've ever worked with - over the past 5 years I've...
- Tags: IT Consulting, IT-consultant, career, small business, it consultant, guidelines, erik eckel, Mark W. Kaelin, it management, marketing, sales
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
- Careers, Compensation and Your Responsibility
- Careers, Compensation and Your ResponsibilityFor the last 22 years I have worked in the field of Information Technology. I spent more than 5 years as Microsoft Certified Trainer and have taught classes in Network Engineering, Routing and Protocol Analysis. I can tell you that it has been a fun and...
- Tags: Responsibility, career, salary, exprience, certification, jscharbrough@..., Responsibility Number, compensation, job
- Discussion threads 2006-07-24
- The Content Wrangler
- The Content Wranglerblog rootExtreme Markup Languages Conference: August 1-5, 2005 Accoording to a post to the [xml-doc] Yahoo group, Extreme Markup Languages? 2005 is "a peer-reviewed technical conference; an unfettered festival of unconventional markup; pointy-brackets, pointed questions, and sharp ideas; nearly a week of geek speak."Call for Papers
- Tags: Web technology, Web site development, Quality, abelsp@..., external Website, content management, Web site, IT Consulting, standards, automation
- Discussion threads 2005-05-23
- Consultants
- Why is it that we will spend big money for consultants to come in and tell us what we already know.Recently we finished a really in-depth evaluation of one particular aspect of our data archiving technology and came up with a well supported plan for improvement. We then submitted...
- Tags: Regulatory compliance, information technology, second opinion
- Discussion threads 2005-12-30
- Service Agreements...HELP!!!
- I'm hoping for some advice and feedback. I'm new to IT and started a consulting business about a year ago in South Florida, after 25 years of insurance sales and the resultant burnout, and have managed to accumulate about 25 customers via word of mouth references. My best client is...
- Tags: agreement, career, customer service agreements, it consulting, psk@..., Service Agreements, workstation
- Discussion threads 2005-12-23
- Choosing IT consulting
- For a long time i've been wondering what path it should choose in the IT world, after goggling, job searching, and looking through career magz, website etc… and comparing with my goals i’ve found that IT consulting matches exactly what I need to be. Anyhow enough of the story line…...
- Tags: A+ Certified, career, certification, consulting, information technology, IT Consulting, junior@..., technical skill
- Discussion threads 2005-06-06
- Delayed upgrades to drive IT pay boost in 2005
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By Andy McCue ...
- Tags: Strategy, Outsourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley, Groupware, IT Services, information technology, IT Consulting, network
- Technical articles 2004-12-03
- IT Consulting Business Plan
- Does anyone have a solid IT Consulting company business plan for download?Try herehttp://www.allbusiness.com/Business_Advice/BusinessPlan.asp?ID=3055.xmlgood site about starting a businessQuestion?Did you ever find one? Grace
- Tags: IT Consulting
- Discussion threads 2005-03-31
- IT Consultants or do it yourself???
- IT Consultants or do it yourself???The company I am working for is trying to get caught up technically with the 21st Century. We are looking at a total upgrade of all hardware and software to include replacing all 20 workstations with XP Pro and adding 2 Windows 2003 servers....
- Tags: ROI/TCO, TCO
- Discussion threads 2004-11-22
- Landing a project with a reluctant client
- IT consulting has its share of bad apples. If you're trying to establish a relationship with a potential client who has been burned by an unscrupulous contractor, you might have to work as hard as this consultant did to win your client over.A prospective client called on me to determine...
- Tags: Programming languages, Evan Stein, dynamically linked library, SQL, IT Consulting
- Technical articles 2002-11-21
- Five reasons IT consultancies fail
- IT consulting firms continue to tread water in a challenging organization environment, and many are taking a "back to basics" approach when it comes to their business. Take advice from two consultants who have done just that.If it hasn’t already happened to you, then you know someone whose IT consultancy...
- Tags: Mary O'Doherty, information technology, Scott Testa, IT Consulting
- Technical articles 2002-10-24
- Use processes to create measurable results
- There are a lot of bad words in IT consulting and management. Process is one of them. Process improvement sounds even worse; just mentioning it around experienced IT people can cause them to blanch and run for the hills. I learned how these perfectly benign words earned their negative reputation...
- Tags: QA
- Technical articles 2003-09-22
- In IT consulting, the customer isn't always right
- It's a retail adage that the customer is always right, but consultants know that customers requiring IT services may not always be right. It takes good listening skills and a lot of diplomacy to convince a customer that you have a better solution to his problems. Let's look at what...
- Tags: Robert L. Bogue
- Technical articles 2003-08-22
- Talking Shop: Learn what hiring managers are looking for
- Know what to expect from hiring managers when looking for a job in IT Support.In a recent Laws of Technical Management column, Bob Artner predicted a decline in demand for entry-level tech support professionals, and he's right. In the past, you could get some entry-level jobs with only the ability...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Help desk, Development tools, Strategy, Jeff Davis, Becky Tinley, IT Consulting, hiring
- Technical articles 2002-07-02
- Weigh these factors before taking a full-time job
- Economic uncertainties have changed the face of IT consulting over the past 18 months or so. There was a time when consultants had their pick of good offers with strong companies, doing interesting, challenging, cutting-edge implementations. But today, many consultants take what’s available.Though such conditions may be stressing out any...
- Tags: Aaron, consulting, job, Scott Robinson, Tim
- Technical articles 2003-03-10
- Adopting PMI standards in an IT environment
- With the influence of the Project Management Institute growing, many IT-related organizations have begun to adopt PMI standards for their projects. Learn how you can apply these standards to your IT consulting work.The Project Management Institute PMI has recently enjoyed an extraordinary increase in credibility, becoming the standard bearer for...
- Tags: Strategy, Project management, Quality, Rick Freedman, IT environment, Project Management Institute, IT Consulting, information technology, PMBoK
- Technical articles 2002-05-20
- 2002 budgets may show slow increase
- We know that IT budgets are tight, but industry pundits are predicting an increase in IT spending in 2002. Here's what the experts are saying and some things you can do to weather the economic storm.IT managers facing a lean budget and staffing limitations shouldn’t expect relief in the near...
- Tags: Workforce management, Dana Norton, Giga Information Group Inc., IT Consulting, Sept. 11, information technology
- Technical articles 2002-02-15
- Best of 2001: The five fundamentals of IT consulting
- Although many IT consultants are quite comfortable with their technological skills, they're not as surefooted with their client-relations know-how. This mini white paper can help you fine-tune your approach and strengthen your client relationships.One of IT Consultant Republic’s most popular contributors is Rick Freedman, a seasoned professional and author of...
- Tags: Strategy, Paul Baldwin, IT Consulting, information technology, Republic, Rick Freedman
- Technical articles 2001-12-25
