Cal has come a long way in 2 years – he has been observing everything going on around him. He has noticed that all us big folk make noises at each other. Then he figured out that there is meaning to these noises, they can help you get food, hugs, toys, get your nappy (diaper) changed – the important things in life.
Author Archives: Jason Keogh
Break the negative SAM loop
July 23, 2010 – 5:49 pm
Problems arise when implementation leads back to risk. This somewhat depressing endless loop does the company no good at all.
Is time running out for some of your routers and switches?
April 9, 2009 – 8:12 am
The clock is ticking, bringing some of your network infrastructure nearer to an end of life, or end of service precipice. But what will need to be replaced and when? More importantly, what will it cost?
Unfortunately, shortcomings in the network inventory information available to managers, mean that most managers don’t have all the answers. [...]
IT Service Management in an Era of Budget Cuts
March 21, 2009 – 10:37 am
IT Service Management Is Under Pressure
As a major cost driver, IT Support is under pressure from budget cut backs. Regrettably, so too are key IT initiatives (e.g. migrations, or desktop refreshes) that promised to ease the IT support burden.
Even More Cost Cuts are Required
This is not the first time IT support costs have been squeezed. That [...]
Software Migration Projects Require More Accurate IT Inventory Data
March 20, 2009 – 11:43 pm
Software migrations in large organisations are complex and costly. In particular, software roll-outs can meet with unexpected set-backs and delays.
The problem is that IT networks are host to a great diversity of PCs, Servers and other devices. There is no universal specification, with each machine having its own unique profile in terms of:
- Available disk [...]
Compliance with future environmental regulations will require higher levels of IT intelligence
March 4, 2009 – 5:40 pm
For years green has been a catchy marketing slogan and a vague aspiration in the corporate mission statement. However, rising energy costs and pending environmental regulations have repositioned ’green’ in terms of the bottom line.
As one analyst puts it the ‘green’ of concern to corporations is the ‘greenback’ (that is the dollar). In this [...]
Are Users Exposing Your Network To Threats?
March 4, 2009 – 2:25 pm
If all users followed the advice of IT network managers then the security threats faced by most organisations would minimal. Similarly, if anti-virus software, security patches and encryption software was fully installed and up-to-date most threats could be eliminated.
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