The IT Blog Top 10: Feb. 4, 2010
Here are the most popular blog posts on the ITKnowledgeExchange network this week. Read the rest of the top 10 on the Community Blog, or apply for your own blog by e-mailing me at Michael@ITKnowledgeExchange.com. 1. How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH David Davis’ how-to on [...]
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| February 4, 2010 4:49 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
Here are the most popular blog posts on the ITKnowledgeExchange network this week. Read the rest of the top 10 on the Community Blog, or apply for your own blog by e-mailing me at Michael@ITKnowledgeExchange.com. 1. How to allow the root user to log in to VMware ESX Server with SSH David Davis’ how-to on [...]
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| February 4, 2010 4:49 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
Is compliance preventing you from moving to the cloud?
Are compliance concerns (such as PCI DSS) or more general data security concerns preventing you from moving data to the cloud? What would be required for you to reconsider your position?
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| October 19, 2010 5:32 PM
Cloud compliance, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing in 2010, Cloud computing security, Compliance Assessment, IT Compliance, PCI DSS
Are compliance concerns (such as PCI DSS) or more general data security concerns preventing you from moving data to the cloud? What would be required for you to reconsider your position?
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| October 19, 2010 5:32 PM
Cloud compliance, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing in 2010, Cloud computing security, Compliance Assessment, IT Compliance, PCI DSS
The most-watched IT questions this week: Feb. 2, 2010
Tick tock, tick tock. What’s that sound? The countdown for the Nexus One Challenge. What? You’ve moved on? Well
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| February 2, 2010 3:36 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
Tick tock, tick tock. What’s that sound? The countdown for the Nexus One Challenge. What? You’ve moved on? Well
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| February 2, 2010 3:36 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
How to become a QA locatization tester or what should I learn to get more job offers?
Hi, I recently finished my contract job and now I’m looking for jobs again! I don’t have a lot experience in qa , only have 2.5 years. I only know manual testing. I don’t know any scripting language or automation. My question is : 1. I know portuguese from Brazil , is my native language, [...]
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| February 9, 2010 7:26 PM
career advice, Localization, Localization testing, Quality assurance
Hi, I recently finished my contract job and now I’m looking for jobs again! I don’t have a lot experience in qa , only have 2.5 years. I only know manual testing. I don’t know any scripting language or automation. My question is : 1. I know portuguese from Brazil , is my native language, [...]
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| February 9, 2010 7:26 PM
career advice, Localization, Localization testing, Quality assurance
IT Business Value Management
Could anyone help me out with a scientifically correct definition of IT business value management? Thanks a lot!
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| May 19, 2010 8:07 AM
business value management, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, IT value management
Could anyone help me out with a scientifically correct definition of IT business value management? Thanks a lot!
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| May 19, 2010 8:07 AM
business value management, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, IT value management
Sticker giveaway: Ask a great question, receive a free IT Knowledge Exchange sticker
We’ve recently received some spanking new IT Knowledge Exchange stickers and we’d like to send them to you, our steadfast question-askers. The rules are simple: Ask a question in the community, then send me an e-mail with: Link to the question Your preferred mailing address We’ll mail you a free IT Knowledge Exchange sticker. There [...]
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| December 24, 2010 6:34 PM
AS/400, CIO, CRM, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
We’ve recently received some spanking new IT Knowledge Exchange stickers and we’d like to send them to you, our steadfast question-askers. The rules are simple: Ask a question in the community, then send me an e-mail with: Link to the question Your preferred mailing address We’ll mail you a free IT Knowledge Exchange sticker. There [...]
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| December 24, 2010 6:34 PM
AS/400, CIO, CRM, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP
Microsoft System Center Live Chat TODAY, 11-2 PM EST (8-11 AM PST)
Join Microsoft System Center experts Kenon Owens and Sacha Dawes live today in a chat where they will answer your toughest questions relating to System Center, including physical and virtual environment management, data center issues, desktop solutions and more. Bookmark the chat page now and submit your questions ahead of time in the comments.
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| January 26, 2010 1:05 PM
DataCenter, Desktop, it management, Microsoft Windows, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Essentials, System Center Operations Manager, Virtualization
Join Microsoft System Center experts Kenon Owens and Sacha Dawes live today in a chat where they will answer your toughest questions relating to System Center, including physical and virtual environment management, data center issues, desktop solutions and more. Bookmark the chat page now and submit your questions ahead of time in the comments.
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| January 26, 2010 1:05 PM
DataCenter, Desktop, it management, Microsoft Windows, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Essentials, System Center Operations Manager, Virtualization
Process documentation
I need a tool (affordable!) for documenting complex processes. The processes are custom, customer-specific and may be both administrative and technical in nature. The idea is to have documentation that follows the incident process – showing questions to ask and actions to take (dependent upon the answers). The documentation should present the processes in a way that can be [...]
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| February 1, 2010 11:23 PM
Help Desk, Incident management, Knowledge Point Challenge, process documentation
I need a tool (affordable!) for documenting complex processes. The processes are custom, customer-specific and may be both administrative and technical in nature. The idea is to have documentation that follows the incident process – showing questions to ask and actions to take (dependent upon the answers). The documentation should present the processes in a way that can be [...]
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| February 1, 2010 11:23 PM
Help Desk, Incident management, Knowledge Point Challenge, process documentation
Reminder: Microsoft System Center Live Chat Tomorrow, 01/26/10, 11-2 pm EST (8-11am PST)
Post questions now and review the answers during the live chat on January 26th from 8am PST to 11am PST. Learn how System Center can benefit your IT environment with integrated solutions from the desktop to the data center, management of physical and virtual IT environments, knowledge-driven management, and rapid time to value. Join IT [...]
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| January 25, 2010 2:42 PM
DataCenter, Desktop, it management, Microsoft Windows, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Essentials, System Center Operations Manager, Virtualization
Post questions now and review the answers during the live chat on January 26th from 8am PST to 11am PST. Learn how System Center can benefit your IT environment with integrated solutions from the desktop to the data center, management of physical and virtual IT environments, knowledge-driven management, and rapid time to value. Join IT [...]
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| January 25, 2010 2:42 PM
DataCenter, Desktop, it management, Microsoft Windows, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Essentials, System Center Operations Manager, Virtualization
Open Source Checkbook Register
I’m looking to put up a checkbook register on my web server (yes I will be using ssl). I could write one, but I was wondering if anyone had tried any of the redily available ones and what they though about them.
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| January 25, 2010 5:06 AM
Apache, Java, Linux, Open source applications, Perl, PHP
I’m looking to put up a checkbook register on my web server (yes I will be using ssl). I could write one, but I was wondering if anyone had tried any of the redily available ones and what they though about them.
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| January 25, 2010 5:06 AM
Apache, Java, Linux, Open source applications, Perl, PHP
CIO 2010 budgets–any wiggle room?
CIOs, are you making any adjustments to your 2010 budgets, up or down? The reason for my question: Forrester is predicting a 6.6% increase in IT budgets, considerably higher than the flat to declining budgets indicated by CIOs in many surveys. When I probed, analyst Andy Bartels stood by his data and said he expects [...]
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| February 1, 2010 4:53 PM
CIO, CIO management
CIOs, are you making any adjustments to your 2010 budgets, up or down? The reason for my question: Forrester is predicting a 6.6% increase in IT budgets, considerably higher than the flat to declining budgets indicated by CIOs in many surveys. When I probed, analyst Andy Bartels stood by his data and said he expects [...]
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| February 1, 2010 4:53 PM
CIO, CIO management
What training and certification incentives are cost effective?
A few of my employees have occasionally brought up continuing certifications and education, wanting us to spend some of budget of course. I’m all for helping pay for a domain-specific certification or helping employees keep up their skills, but I’m trying to balance the high cost of both the training and the days lost. My main question [...]
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| February 2, 2010 2:47 PM
Careers and staffing, IT Business Alignment in 2010, Training and certifications, Training centers
A few of my employees have occasionally brought up continuing certifications and education, wanting us to spend some of budget of course. I’m all for helping pay for a domain-specific certification or helping employees keep up their skills, but I’m trying to balance the high cost of both the training and the days lost. My main question [...]
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| February 2, 2010 2:47 PM
Careers and staffing, IT Business Alignment in 2010, Training and certifications, Training centers
508 Compliance Testing Tool
I’ve already searched on the forums, and searched posts relating to 508 compliant testing. My question is, how reliable are the free websites that check your website? I’m looking for a simple tool that could be used to test web-based training for 508 compliance. Anybody have any recommendations?
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| January 24, 2010 8:43 PM
Compliance, PEN testing, Security compliance
I’ve already searched on the forums, and searched posts relating to 508 compliant testing. My question is, how reliable are the free websites that check your website? I’m looking for a simple tool that could be used to test web-based training for 508 compliance. Anybody have any recommendations?
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| January 24, 2010 8:43 PM
Compliance, PEN testing, Security compliance
Presenting data center reports in plain English?
Hi, I’ve been tasked with coming up with some kind of monthly reports on the state of our data center, and I was wondering if anyone had advice on what kind of information is relevent to non-IT people, or advice on writing reports up that don’t skimp too much on the technical data but get [...]
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| January 24, 2010 2:29 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data Center management, IT Business Alignment in 2010
Hi, I’ve been tasked with coming up with some kind of monthly reports on the state of our data center, and I was wondering if anyone had advice on what kind of information is relevent to non-IT people, or advice on writing reports up that don’t skimp too much on the technical data but get [...]
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| January 24, 2010 2:29 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data Center management, IT Business Alignment in 2010
How can I set reasonable expectations about IT performance?
I’m having trouble figuring out how to establish common guides on uptime, performance, etc. for our various business units. Should different units have different internal agreements? And any suggestions on how to set these baselines that make at least some units happy when everybody asks for things to “just work” “all the time.”
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| January 14, 2010 7:51 PM
Internal SLA, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, IT Performance, SLA
I’m having trouble figuring out how to establish common guides on uptime, performance, etc. for our various business units. Should different units have different internal agreements? And any suggestions on how to set these baselines that make at least some units happy when everybody asks for things to “just work” “all the time.”
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| January 14, 2010 7:51 PM
Internal SLA, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, IT Performance, SLA
managerial issue
what are contemporary issues in managing information technology in organizational perspective?
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| May 5, 2010 6:52 PM
CIO, it management
what are contemporary issues in managing information technology in organizational perspective?
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| May 5, 2010 6:52 PM
CIO, it management
Best Windows Server 2008 tips, tricks and underused features?
Hi, My boss is asking me to find out how to better automate some of our daily server administration tasks, but I’m kind of at rope’s end. Any tips, tricks, or underused features you would recommend to reduce the management workload and free up time for other stuff? I’ve feel like I’ve got a good [...]
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| October 26, 2010 6:49 PM
IT Business Alignment in 2010, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 configuration
Hi, My boss is asking me to find out how to better automate some of our daily server administration tasks, but I’m kind of at rope’s end. Any tips, tricks, or underused features you would recommend to reduce the management workload and free up time for other stuff? I’ve feel like I’ve got a good [...]
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| October 26, 2010 6:49 PM
IT Business Alignment in 2010, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 configuration
IT evaluation
Should IT evaluation address wider issues, such as risks, implementability, flexibility, organizational impacts and links to strategy?
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| January 14, 2010 1:43 PM
ERP, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, SAP
Should IT evaluation address wider issues, such as risks, implementability, flexibility, organizational impacts and links to strategy?
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| January 14, 2010 1:43 PM
ERP, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, SAP
Who offers the best IT/business alignment advice on Twitter?
Who is offering good advice on aligning IT with business on Twitter? Companies, practioners or consultants are welcome!
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| January 14, 2010 10:05 PM
expert advice, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, twitter
Who is offering good advice on aligning IT with business on Twitter? Companies, practioners or consultants are welcome!
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| January 14, 2010 10:05 PM
expert advice, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, twitter
Who are project managers reporting up to?
Do project managers in your enterprise report up to the CIO, or someone else? Any advice on making sure IT projects stay on track and actually take into interest what the rest of the company is looking for?
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| October 28, 2010 3:56 PM
CIO, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, organizational goals, Project management
Do project managers in your enterprise report up to the CIO, or someone else? Any advice on making sure IT projects stay on track and actually take into interest what the rest of the company is looking for?
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| October 28, 2010 3:56 PM
CIO, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, organizational goals, Project management
