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School District Virtualizes Aging Servers, Saves $200,000

Based in Louisville, Jefferson County Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Kentucky. Operating in an economic downturn, the district felt pressure to reduce costs without affecting classroom learning. The IT department responded by looking for a solution to contain server sprawl, standardize a disparate server...

Tags: Information Technology, School District, IT Staff, Data Centers, Strategy, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-10-16

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI'm sorry, don't you mean..."Microsoft Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities?"RE: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI am sure that all these patches, after all the patches last month, the month before, etc. are for XP only.We have been assured repeatedly on this forum that...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patch Tuesday heads-up, heads-up, Patch Tuesday, critical vulnerability, OSX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, window, Microsoft Corp., patch management

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

ERP forms flow: coexistense for the short term?

ERP forms flow: coexistense for the short term?What is your question/position?I know that Apollo Consulting in San Francisco TRAINS buyers/users of SAP Business One to edit/create/update forms and documents. That is part of the payment these companies make including research and identification. It certainly is NOT...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Windows, Apollo Consulting, Windows Folk, IT Staff, ERP

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Auditing SQL Server for Change Tracking and Compliance

IT staff has to deal with regulations compliance. SOX, HIPAA, GLBA, and FISMA compliance measures are not dictated by internal needs but still have to be considered so the enterprise can function smoothly. This white paper describes approaches to change auditing for the most widespread database management technology used by...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Auditing, Compliance, Server, Database Management, NetWrix, IT Staff, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-07-02

Healthcare Provider Replaces Vignette to Simplify Information Sharing, Cut Costs

Intermountain Healthcare of Salt Lake City, Utah, provides a broad range of healthcare services to residents of Utah and southeastern Idaho, through its network of 21 hospitals and 100 clinics. To encourage more information sharing among its far-flung staff and reduce IT costs, Intermountain moved its intranet from Vignette software...

Tags: Information Technology, Vignette Corp., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Utah, Intranet, IT Staff, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Records Management, Benefits, Human Resources

Case studies 2009-04-01

Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?

Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?HealthcareBut, be careful about not acquiring excessive debt while getting the education. The more I think I about it, as long as there's money, accountancy.So, competitive advantage, driven by innovation and not price or service or proximity, has never been more...

Tags: Strategy, Benefits, Personal finance, BLS, information technology, smart major, IS COMPUTER, IT Staff, recession, IT People, offshoring

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Ice Cream Maker Puts the Freeze on Server Sprawl, Saves More Than $500,000

In Le Mars, Iowa, Wells' Dairy produces ice cream and frozen desserts under the BLUE BUNNY brand. As the company faces a challenging market, the IT department aims to provide cost-effective services and promote business continuity and agility. It turned to virtualization, but its original solution from Microsoft couldn't virtualize...

Tags: Information Technology, Wells, IT Staff, Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Case studies 2009-03-01

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture

The Unix culture is that of the graduate student in a research function, not that of the bureaucrat in a data processing role. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Open Source, IT Staff, UNIX, Mainframes, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Construction Firm Increases Productivity With New Server Solution

Lee Company provides mechanical and maintenance services to businesses and homeowners across the United States. Eager to upgrade its technology to add new capabilities, Lee implemented Windows Essential Business Server 2008 on Dell PowerEdge servers. The company can now deploy business-enhancing applications and streamline technology management. IT staff are more...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Staff, Servers, Strategy, Hardware, Management

Case studies 2008-10-01

Construction Firm Improves Productivity, Capability With New Server Solution

Lee Company provides mechanical and maintenance services to businesses and homeowners across the United States. Eager to upgrade its technology to add new capabilities, Lee implemented Windows Essential Business Server 2008. The company can now deploy business-enhancing applications and streamline technology management. IT staff are more productive and remote workers...

Tags: Information Technology, Server, Microsoft Corp., Capability, IT Staff, Construction, Strategy, Management

Case studies 2008-10-01

Using ITIL to Drive Business Innovation

While Information Technology has become increasingly essential to continuing business operations, IT environments have simultaneously increased in both size and complexity. Individual hardware and software solutions to specific problems have, over time, created heterogeneous environments that require tremendous effort to manage. IT staff are resistant to changes, fearing unforeseen consequences....

Tags: Innovation, Information Technology, ITIL, Creative Enterprise Solutions, IT Staff, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-05-07

New ways emerge to head off datacenter problems while improving IT operations

Read a full transcript. Sponsor: Integrien. Complexity in today's IT systems makes previous error prevention approaches for operators inefficient and costly. IT staffs are expensive to retain, and are increasingly hard to find. There is also insufficient information about what’s going on in the context of an...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Problem, Operator, IT Staff, IT Executive, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Engineering Firm Improves Branch-Office Backup Consistency With New Solution

Grontmij is a European engineering consulting firm based in the Netherlands, with 130 branch offices, more than 7,000 employees, and 15,000 projects each year. The firm wanted to strengthen the protection of its branch-office data, which was backed up nightly to tape media by local operators. However, approximately 20 percent...

Tags: Grontmij, IT Staff, Backups

Case studies 2007-11-13

Shipping Company Halves Data Backup Time, Lowers Costs, Boosts Dependability

Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC USA is a subsidiary of a Geneva, Switzerland - based shipping company that operates 352 container vessels worldwide. The 10-person MSC USA IT infrastructure staff manages the data, computers, and network for 1,200 staff in 26 U.S. offices, and there is never enough time in their...

Tags: Shipping Company, Data Backup, IT Staff, Backups

Case studies 2007-11-01

Russian Conglomerate Handles Deluge of Spam While Automating E-Mail Management

One of the largest privately held organizations in Russia, SOK Group encompasses more than 40 companies. It had a highly complex IT infrastructure and was using many manual processes to monitor traffic on its e-mail servers and to deploy new domains. The company decided to upgrade to Microsoft Exchange Server...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Information Technology, Microsoft Exchange Server, E-mail Management, Microsoft Corp., IT Staff, E-mail Servers, Groupware, E-mail, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Management

Case studies 2007-10-04

63% of financial companies and 62% of government organizations plan to hire IT staff

According to Gartner, 63% of companies in the financial services industry plan to add IT staff over the next 12 months. The runner-up is the government sector, with 62% of US public, nonprofit organizations planning to grow their tech headcount.

Tags: IT Staff

Blog posts 2005-07-26

Additional Resources

Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting sic to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Event, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Why electronic health records have far to go

Look at Kaiser's ExperienceI agree. It took Kaiser a tightly integrated delivery system 10 years and $4 billion to get to their current state with health IT. It is unlikely to expect other delivery systems to do much better.I can tell you why it is taking so long.The...

Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Tools & Techniques, HEALTHCARE, electronic health record, e-health, Learning, training

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?

Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...

Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!

RE: Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!I for one am proud to see Microsoft employees that love their job. They are really enjoying themselves which not only makes for a better environment but also makes for better customer service. This is exactly the kind of thing the Microsoft store should...

Tags: Corporate communications, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Store, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-17