What I've Learned About Open Source Software
One thing about open source software is that it invites tinkering - an adjustment here, a little tweak there and, presto!, you've got the perfect implementation for your particular needs. Problem is,...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Cloud Computing
While many IT executives mull over the notion of buying infrastructure as a service under the new cloud computing model, Chad Swartz, Senior Manager of IT Operations at Preferred Hotel Group, is...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Being A Good Project Manager
Bob Pate, Network Operations Manager at New Orleans-based law firm McGlinchey Stafford, and Joe Moore, Applications Support Manager reflect on ways to make projects runs well, and how to best keep the...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Server Virtualization
Bryan Sastokas, CIO of the city of Coral Springs, Fla. advises that anyone looking to get into virtualization should invest in a management tool for figuring out capacities available on the virtual...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Running a Massive Data Center Operation
Overseeing the IT operation for a massive financial operation isn't for the faint of heart. Overseeing the merger between two such organizations -- well, that takes a special breed. Scott Dillon, head...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Being An Effective IT Leader
Rick King, CTO at Thomson Reuters, Legal, in Eagan, Minn., is a consummate people person. Ask him what he's most proud of in his 10 years at this Thomson Reuters division and King will tell you "the...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Desktop Virtualization
Two years ago, Kane Edupuganti came to Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, a healthcare system that sprawls across New York City's five boroughs, to fix some woeful technology problems.read more
View ArticleWhat I've Learned about Thin Client Computing
In Pasco County, Fla., thin clients have been a fixture in the user environment for a decade. IT initially bought into the thin-client computing model as it addressed security and management challenges...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned about Backing up Data, the Virtual Way
Don't throw caution to the wind, but putting data protection in the server-to-storage path and using disk virtualization makes a good alternative to legacy tape backups.read more
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Implementing EHR as a Service
Like many healthcare operations, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston has been grappling with how best to handle the federal electronic health record (EHR) mandate. Three years ago,...
View ArticleWhat I've Learned About Evaluating New Hardware. Try Before You Buy.
Bill Fife, director of technology at Wholesale Electric Supply, in Houston, was recently reminded of the nebulous nature of vendor documentation during what should have been a routine enterprise...
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