Management Questions


Will Big Data drive the next management revolution?
Plenty has been written on the revolutionary technology advances that make big data possible. But the real value comes when people change the way they make decisions. Is big data also the basis of the next big management revolution?

Answer Question   |  June 10, 2013  6:44 PM
Big Data, Management
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3,185 pts.

Creating Week by Week Project Reports on Access
I am trying to use Access for project management. Personnel will input: Name Project Phase Begindate Enddate Projected Percent Occupied I would like to report: Calendar week    Personnel    Total Percent Occupied    Top Project Commitment    Second highest project commitment My first problem is in creating a report by calendar week.  i would [...]

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2009  3:20 PM
Management, PPM, Project management
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5 pts.

employee
as a business mqanager, my employer has assked me to remove one employee from the team for cost cutting reasons. all members of the team are of equal value to the team. all team members have families and have worked for the company for ten years. how do i decide?

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2009  4:25 PM
CIO, Employee Policies, Management
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5 pts.

considering CCaas Converged Communications as a service
looking at replacing existing PBX with a CCaas soultion to gain the benefit of voip without using IT resources to suppport voice and data in house. Looking for any positve or negitive experiences.

Answer Question   |  February 14, 2008  7:06 PM
CCaas, Managed Services, Management, VoIP
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Ad1
5 pts.

Project Charter
This question is related to Planning phase of software project development, that is very 1st phase of software project management. here is the question: What is project charter for a software project?

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2010  12:01 PM
Management, Project management, Software
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5 pts.

SQL 2000 to Yukon Migration
We have 4-5 applications on the front end of a portal. On the backend we have mapped these applications to SQL server 2000 Databases. Now, we are planning to migrate on the backend databases to Yukon and map it to the application on the front end. My question: Is it possible to use Yukon for [...]

Answer Question   |  February 22, 2008  8:02 AM
Access, Database, DB2, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, OS, Security, Servers, SQL, SQL Server
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0 pts.

Need to create a bootable server 2003 CD
Hello, I have a burned copy of Server 2003 Enterprise edition that a friend gave to me. I’d like to install it on my test server, but am unable to because the CD is not bootable. I have tried booting the server with a 98SE floppy boot disk but am unable to run setup through [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  3:17 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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5 pts.

SQL joins on encrypted data
Hi – we are in the process of encrypting various pieces of sensitive information in our SQL 2000 tables. For many fields we are using Blowfish 448 encryption and a concern has arisen about inline SQL statements that contain joins in our ASP scripts. Are there any scenarios that you have run across where there [...]

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2007  2:35 PM
Database, DB2, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Web site design & management
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0 pts.

exchange configuration
We have Windows 2003 Small Business Server R2 and Windows XP professional workstations. The director of the company would like to operate the following scenario He would like to send and receive his company emails as normal. He would like his PA to receive a copy of all of his emails He would also like [...]

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2008  6:30 AM
Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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0 pts.

Accessing SBS 2003 Sharepoint and RWW On LAN Without Joining The Domain.
How can computers on a local network use Remote Web Workplace (RWW) and also access a sharepoint website via a browser or otherwise on SBS 2003 premium R2 on the same LAN without joining the domain on the SBS 2003 server? Reason is that company A is trying to have its own network for data [...]

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2007  2:02 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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0 pts.

Qeuestion on Cache….
As we know that every OS is going to get frequently used info into its cache and uses to bypass the speed difference between processor and RAM… is there any way to view the contents of L1 and L2 cache in Windows or Linux…

Answer Question   |  July 18, 2007  9:15 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Linux, Management, Microprocessors, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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0 pts.

Basic Exchange Questions
I am in the process of configuring an Exchange 2007 server and all the books and material I have seem to skip over the basics outside of Exchange itself. I have Exchange installed and integrated into AD, etc. I currently have a domain domain.local for internal use. I need to accept email from www.mail.company.com. How [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2011  11:36 AM
Desktops, Exchange, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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0 pts.

C#.Net
Does anyone know of a good place to find people with C#.net experience besides the big job boards? We have several positions in the Financial/Trading industry in Chicago but we are having a hard time finding enough people with this skill set. Any Blogs, User Groups or Niche Sites you can recommend? Please forward on [...]

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2008  3:58 PM
Application development, Business Objects, Business/IT alignment, C, Career development, Certifications, Cognos, Computer Associates, Crystal Reports, Data Junction, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing applications, Database, DB2, Deltek Systems, Desktops, Development, Distribution/logistics applications, Enterprise Desktop, Financial services applications, IBM, Linux, Management, Microsoft Windows, MySQL, Oracle, OS, PeopleSoft, SAP, SAS Institute, Security, Servers, Software Quality Assurance, Software testing, SPSS, SQL, SQL Server, SS&C Technologies, SunGard Data Systems, Systems Union Group, Training, Transaction Systems Architects, VBScript, Vendors, Visual Basic, Web development, Web development tools
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0 pts.

Dell Optiplex GX520 hibernation/sleep mode issues
Hello, We have several Dell Optiplex GX520′s on the network running Windows XP pro. They randomly fall into sleep mode. Moving the mouse will not wake them – you have to push the power button to get them out of sleep mode. Also we are not able to remotely wake them to do patch updates [...]

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2009  3:45 PM
Availability, Bandwidth, Cabling, DataCenter, Dell, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Fault isolation, FDDI, Frame Relay, H.323, Hardware, Hubs, Interoperability, IPv4, LDAP, Management, Microprocessors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, MPLS, NetBIOS, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NIC, OS, Patch management, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Routers, Security, Servers, SIP, Software, SQL Server, Switches, TCP, Tech support
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0 pts.

Can’t get DHCP to give addresses
For the life of me can’t seem to setup my server. I have 2 Nics for extra security and what is recommended for Remote Access. This worked with SBS but I just installed windows 2003 server and want to setup remote access server and exchange 2007 I have the external card: 192.168.1.5 IP 255.255.255.0 Subnet [...]

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2007  10:51 AM
Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network testing, Networking services, OS, Ping, Security, Servers, SQL Server, TCP
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0 pts.

Server – Directory Service
We have 2 servers on our network. The one is a Windows 2003 Server, which is the primary domain controller. The other is a Windows 2000 Server, which is the ?other,? or secondary, domain controller. The Windows 2003 server pretty much handles everything for the most part, like DNS, DHCP, etc. The Windows 2000 server [...]

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2007  2:03 PM
Active Directory, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Lotus Domino, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking services, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
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10 pts.

Receiving undeliverable email we did not send
Hi everyone, One of our users keeps getting undeliverable email messages. It looks like someone out there is sending mail and making it look like it is coming from him. Is there anyway to stop this? We are running Exchange 2007. I don’t think it is relaying or a virus. It does this even when [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  4:42 PM
Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Spam, SQL Server, TrendMicro
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0 pts.

Exchange User Migration Issue
I hope that you can help me. I’m in the process of doing an Echange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 migration. I have most of the users moved over to the new Exchange Server and mail is flowing. I have one user I’ve moved about two weeks ago and everything was OK until last week. The [...]

Answer Question   |  June 20, 2007  1:06 PM
Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network monitoring, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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10 pts.

Remote users with VPN client slow access times
I have couple of remote users with VPN clients. From time to time when they are not connected to main site they report that it takes long time to open documents on local machines. Their laptops are attached to domain; I enable logon cache in for 50 logons, via policy. Am I missing anything else? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 21, 2007  12:23 PM
Biometrics, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Mobile security, OS, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server, Wireless
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0 pts.

Terminal services client hangs on connection
Hello to everyone I have a recurring problem with one of the Terminal services clients (MSTSC version 5.0 on OS Win2K SP4): when I try to connect to any terminal server – a window appears, with plain black (ok, or blue) screen and cursor on it – and hangs forever, not responding to any events. [...]

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2008  10:11 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Tech support
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0 pts.