Archive for the ‘IT Management’ Category
MBA Bookshelf
Below is the list of books I have needed for my MBA. Principles of Corporate Finance - Brealey, Meyers, & Allen Organizational Theory, Design, and Change - Jones Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage - Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright Business, Government, and Society: A Managerial Perspective - Steiner & Steiner Managerial Accounting: Creating […]
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Career Advice: Becoming a System Administrator
Recently, I got an email that went something like this: I have completed a BTech in Electronics and Communication. Now, I am working as a desktop engineer. How can I move my career to the network / server side? Career moves are hard for everyone. Personally, I've been thinking about making a change in my […]
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LinkedIn: What is the Cloud?
A really interesting discussion has been going on in the LinkedIn IT Architect group. If you aren't a member of the group, I highly recommend you join. The question that fired off the discussion was, "Is 'the cloud' just another name for a hosted / out-sourced (web application) service? If not, what sets it apart? How is it different?"
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Spicing Up Your Next Meeting
Although Tom Donnelly's Inc article is really targeted at sales meetings, I think it has some points that are relevant for all managers. Keeping team members engaged in a meeting is a surefire way to help them retain the information you are trying to pass along.
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Value of a Virtualized Storage Infrastructure
'…when things ‘just happen,’ they often are not designed for ease or efficiency.'
Although ESG's white paper 'The Context and Value of a Fully Virtualized Storage Infrastructure' is a bit outdated (Nov 2009), many of the concepts are still relevant. These are exactly the sorts of things I have to think about in my work for a cloud provider. The following are some notes I took during my reading.
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