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- Best places to work in IT
- Soooo Glad companies like IBM not on listI am glad to see that companies like IBM are not on the list. These are companies that complaint that they can not find talent, but cut the pay of those who are there, and then outsource that work to china.Dumb companies...
- Tags: Strategy, Workforce management, The Admiral, University of Miami, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Census Bureau celebrates 300 millionth
- We have a Winner or Ganador depends if that person was born at the exact moment #300 million was estimated or if the person is an illegal immigrant.Unfortunately, we will know only in 10 years when we will not afford to work in the US because of having to support...
- Tags: Census Bureau, off-topic, The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Credit Worthiness & Ethics - The battle Begins
- It's funny - the financial people say that they need to have a credit report in order to appropriately determine worthiness, the insurance people say they need it to determine the risk of a person in the industry, and employers need it to determine the worthiness of their potential employees,...
- Tags: credit, employees, employers, ethics, it management, The Admiral, worst practices, worthiness
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- Why negative confirmation is a BAD idea.
- Did you ever have an employee that just hung around? You might see a co worker’s name pop up in distribution lists or you may get return messages back from an invalid email address. But when you do a directory search on the employee you find that while...
- Tags: HUMAN RESOURCES, Web technology, The Admiral, negative confirmation, confirmation
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- How due diligence can get you in trouble.
- Well, I finally did it. I got mad. Not mad at the world, mad at the security representatives, and I told them what stop they get off. Why? Why would someone like me tell someone who is well versed in security where to go? Four...
- Tags: Storage, Databases, The Admiral, database
- Discussion threads 2006-08-27
- The Admiral's Breifing Room
- The Admiral's Breifing Roomblog rootThe Outsourcing of SanityI look all around and see people like Bill Gates talk about not having enough people to fill positions in Information Technology, then I remember the experience working for a contracting company, and then I see in the news that almost no college...
- Tags: Professional development, Strategy, Outsourcing, The Admiral, information technology, career
- Discussion threads 2005-07-19
- Tis the season for layoffs because of execs mismanagement....
- I was crusing the web and of course, many companies are going to whack people because of mismanagement from their Veeps & other executives and found this fantastic article. It is was posted March 7, Buffalo, NY by Steven C. Martinere. It is definately an eye opener FOR...
- Tags: layoff, Use, wacka... wacka... wacka..., your fired!, layoffs, The Admiral, it management
- Discussion threads 2006-08-07
- The functional impact of a server admin
- I had been notified that our server administrator may be on the chopping block in a random act of stupidity.Now - since he is the one who knows multiple systems that do different things - what impact would there be on the enterprise as a whole if the person was...
- Tags: Human Resources, windows, unix, system admin, layoffs., The Admiral, server
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
- I'm not dancing on anyone's grave
- I'm not dancing on anyone's graveI'd never celebrate the death of another human. With that being said, Sarbox compliance has been my life for over a year now. However, with every argument I've had with an auditor, every stupid, useless control I've had to put in place, I've wanted...
- Tags: Enron Corp., Lay, ceo's, enron, The Admiral, it management, bankruptcy
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
- Create a slipstream copy of Windows 2000 Professional with Service Packs
- Great Idea... But...This is a good thing to do, but there still is not a solution to include those little poopheaded hotfixes that are needed as well.Not only are the service packs needed, but a way to integrate the firewall (which this also works with XP and SP2), and antiviral...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OEM, service pack, windows, oh my!, slipstream, The Admiral, hardware, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Discussion threads 2006-06-20
- The All Important Buying Guide
- The All Important Buying GuideThe All Important Computer Buying GuideWhether you are a standard every day business person or a hard hitting gamer, there are a few things that you want to take into account when purchasing a computer. Many of these things are not covered in a standard...
- Tags: Games, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- Certifications don't work for you - new study says.
- Study Shows Downside of IT CertificationBy Deborah Rothberg - eweek.comApril 26, 2006 Long seen as a method to maximize employment opportunities and salaries in the post-dot-com-bust era, a study released today finds that pay for certified IT skills falls short of the pay for non-certified skills.The Q1 2006 Hot Technical...
- Tags: certification, windows, cisco, oh my!, certifications, The Admiral, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Is Technology making people stupid?
- From my Blog:The question just raced across my desk that got me thinking. The question was: Is technology making us stupid.I had to go back to my cave and seriously go over all of the past 10 years and in retrospect, the conclusion that I drew was that...
- Tags: The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2005-11-21
- From my Blog: Poor Customer Service is the new black.
- From my Blog: Poor Customer Service is the new black.In the world of fast communications & information technology, customer service is out the window. Whether you are an internal employee or a customer who is asking for service on a product line, you have probably hit the brick wall...
- Tags: blog, customer service, help, pits, The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2005-08-24
- Time for a new desktop OS
- Time for a new desktop OSOver the past 10 years, I have seen a certain disdain for any desktop operating system other than Microsoft. Windows 95 kicked it off with making the user interface more “intuitive” than many of the other operating systems. At the time, many of...
- Tags: desktop, desktop OS, hardware, operating system, re-done os's not helping in virus fight, The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2005-08-22
- Companies seeking ROI on SarbOx missing point
- Companies seeking return on Investment with Sarbanes Oxley missing the point.In the last few weeks there has been news story on top of news story about companies that are seeking a way to gain a return on investment with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. In fact, some say they are seeking ways...
- Tags: accounting, compliance, ROI, sarbanes-oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, tco, The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2005-08-19
- Reducing Support Times & Options
- Many technicians have problems when it comes to supporting systems that are different or have quirks that, if you look at them overall differ from machine to machine. In some cases it can cause application incompatibility. A good example of this is when the video drivers of a...
- Tags: The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2005-08-08
- Complaints on IT Answered
- Complaints on IT Answeredhave a slightly different take on the 11 complaints, and when employees, potential customers, executives, and my support team are level set, I get ZERO complaints about it, and they also know that it is not a policy that can be escalated or whined about in order...
- Tags: and admins, Fred, information technology, Internet, network, oh my!, password, techies, The Admiral, users
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
- Are you in compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley storage requirements?
- I have always pushed for a consolidationI have always pushed for a consolidation of companies in what they call themselves.You can sue a company that is a financial institution, only to find that they are a credit facility, and if you sue based on that, they are not that either.If...
- Tags: compliance, government intervention, plethora, software, storage, The Admiral
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
- Tech Worker Shortage Versus Sanity - You Decide!
- Tech Worker Shortage Versus Sanity - You Decide!I look all around and see people like Bill Gates talk about not having enough people to fill positions in Information Technology, then I remember the experience working for a contracting company, and then I see in the news that almost no college...
- Tags: career, Corporate America, information technology, outsourcing, sanity, The Admiral, windows, worker
- Discussion threads 2005-07-19
