For Discussion: Are we helping ourselves out of a job?
Given the nature of companies to hire the least expensive workers, and that those workers may have little to no experience; should we be answering questions on how to do “X” and providing working code? Are we allowing the non-experienced worker to get the job done, so that there is no incentive for the companies [...]
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| February 28, 2012 3:32 PM
competition, job security, Outsourcing, salary
Given the nature of companies to hire the least expensive workers, and that those workers may have little to no experience; should we be answering questions on how to do “X” and providing working code? Are we allowing the non-experienced worker to get the job done, so that there is no incentive for the companies [...]
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| February 28, 2012 3:32 PM
competition, job security, Outsourcing, salary
Open IT Forum: How much of your sensitive information can you trust to outside organizations?
What is your limit for how much of your information security program you outsource to contractors? Is it better to develop information security expertise solely in your employees or is it acceptable to outsource to an external expert? Hiring security service providers and contractors to manage portions of your enterprise information security program (incident response, [...]
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| January 4, 2011 9:21 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Network Security Policies, Open IT Forum, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services
What is your limit for how much of your information security program you outsource to contractors? Is it better to develop information security expertise solely in your employees or is it acceptable to outsource to an external expert? Hiring security service providers and contractors to manage portions of your enterprise information security program (incident response, [...]
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| January 4, 2011 9:21 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Network Security Policies, Open IT Forum, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services
Can you outsource your IPv6 transition?
Is it possible to outsource your IPv6 transition?
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| October 12, 2010 7:33 PM
IPv6, IPv6 transition, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services, Outsourcing/Managed services, WAN
Is it possible to outsource your IPv6 transition?
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| October 12, 2010 7:33 PM
IPv6, IPv6 transition, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services, Outsourcing/Managed services, WAN
Are you worried about IT job security?
With new, amorphous offerings such as the cloud and SAAS, are you worried at all about your position or department being outsourced? It seems IT is always under construction; is it a matter of certain positions becoming obsolete or is IT simply being rearranged and retitled? Is this something you or your company’s directly dealing [...]
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| October 13, 2010 7:25 PM
Cloud Computing, IT careers, IT job situation, IT jobs, Open IT Forum, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services, SaaS
With new, amorphous offerings such as the cloud and SAAS, are you worried at all about your position or department being outsourced? It seems IT is always under construction; is it a matter of certain positions becoming obsolete or is IT simply being rearranged and retitled? Is this something you or your company’s directly dealing [...]
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| October 13, 2010 7:25 PM
Cloud Computing, IT careers, IT job situation, IT jobs, Open IT Forum, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services, SaaS
Do you worry about your network’s security with remote users or outsourcing?
If you have users who work remotely or outsource certain parts of your organization where network security might not be as highly regulated, is network security a particular point of concern for you? What are some of the measures you and your partners have in place to secure your network at all points?
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| October 14, 2009 4:45 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Open IT Forum, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services, Remote Network Management, Remote users
If you have users who work remotely or outsource certain parts of your organization where network security might not be as highly regulated, is network security a particular point of concern for you? What are some of the measures you and your partners have in place to secure your network at all points?
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| October 14, 2009 4:45 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Open IT Forum, Outsourcing, Outsourcing services, Remote Network Management, Remote users
Monitoring Exchange 2007 Administrators
Hi, We are outsourcing our Exchange 2007 day to day administration, how do we monitor administrators activities for audits & ensuring no breach of confidentiality.
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| February 4, 2009 11:08 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Monitoring employees, Outsourcing
Hi, We are outsourcing our Exchange 2007 day to day administration, how do we monitor administrators activities for audits & ensuring no breach of confidentiality.
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| February 4, 2009 11:08 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Monitoring employees, Outsourcing
Software Engineer Rates in India
What hourly rate are you paying for an average skilled .net engineer (2-3 years experience) ?
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| September 22, 2008 12:21 PM
Offshore Rates, Outsourcing
What hourly rate are you paying for an average skilled .net engineer (2-3 years experience) ?
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| September 22, 2008 12:21 PM
Offshore Rates, Outsourcing
Seat Utilization Calculation in BPO/KPO
How do I calculate Seat Utilization in BPO/KPO & what is the industry average in India
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| February 26, 2009 11:28 AM
BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing, KPO, Outsourcing, Seat Utilization
How do I calculate Seat Utilization in BPO/KPO & what is the industry average in India
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| February 26, 2009 11:28 AM
BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing, KPO, Outsourcing, Seat Utilization
Hosted BES
We are thinking about going Hosted Exchange 2007 and Hosted BES, what are the draw backs?
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| May 21, 2008 3:11 PM
BES, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Exchange 2007, Hosted Exchange 2007, Outsourcing
We are thinking about going Hosted Exchange 2007 and Hosted BES, what are the draw backs?
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| May 21, 2008 3:11 PM
BES, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Exchange 2007, Hosted Exchange 2007, Outsourcing
Career advice for IT pros
In response to a column I wrote for SearchSoftwareQuality.com about the claimed IT labor shortage in the U.S., many longtime IT professionals emailed me and said they don’t advise college students to enter the IT field (Readers speak out about U.S. IT labor shortage). They painted a bleak picture, saying companies are looking only for [...]
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| April 4, 2008 7:08 PM
Career development, Outsourcing
In response to a column I wrote for SearchSoftwareQuality.com about the claimed IT labor shortage in the U.S., many longtime IT professionals emailed me and said they don’t advise college students to enter the IT field (Readers speak out about U.S. IT labor shortage). They painted a bleak picture, saying companies are looking only for [...]
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| April 4, 2008 7:08 PM
Career development, Outsourcing
Managing quality of outsourced testing
Is there a strategy or best practice for managing quality of outsourced testing? (Collaborative Outsource Testing model best describes our approach.)
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| July 26, 2008 9:57 PM
Outsourcing, Software quality management, Software testing
Is there a strategy or best practice for managing quality of outsourced testing? (Collaborative Outsource Testing model best describes our approach.)
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| July 26, 2008 9:57 PM
Outsourcing, Software quality management, Software testing
Outsourced datacenters
can anyone share their experiences with outsourced datacenters. We are looking at possible alternatives to our current situation and looking for any positive or negative experiences. thanks
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| January 12, 2008 4:22 AM
DataCenter, Outsourcing
can anyone share their experiences with outsourced datacenters. We are looking at possible alternatives to our current situation and looking for any positive or negative experiences. thanks
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| January 12, 2008 4:22 AM
DataCenter, Outsourcing
Plz help me !!!!!!!!!!
I completed my B.E(computers).I applied for my Masters degree in computer science in usa.I received the I-20 for august.Since i am very keen in networking,i joined CCNA and planning to give the exam next month.I also want to complete both CCNA,RHCE.Some suggest me to leave certifications and go for my masters degree.I am confused.I want [...]
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| February 18, 2011 10:59 AM
Business/IT alignment, Career development, CCNA, Certifications, Linux, Networking, Networking certifications, Outsourcing, Training
I completed my B.E(computers).I applied for my Masters degree in computer science in usa.I received the I-20 for august.Since i am very keen in networking,i joined CCNA and planning to give the exam next month.I also want to complete both CCNA,RHCE.Some suggest me to leave certifications and go for my masters degree.I am confused.I want [...]
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| February 18, 2011 10:59 AM
Business/IT alignment, Career development, CCNA, Certifications, Linux, Networking, Networking certifications, Outsourcing, Training
Procedures for a new area.
We are a company where we have expirience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network… I need to [...]
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| May 28, 2008 10:13 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Cabling, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, Hubs, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network management software, Network security, Networking, Outsourcing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Remote management, Risk management, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Switches, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
We are a company where we have expirience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network… I need to [...]
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| May 28, 2008 10:13 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Cabling, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, Hubs, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network management software, Network security, Networking, Outsourcing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Remote management, Risk management, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Switches, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
Telecom Integration
What type of issues do you have regarding telecom and IT integration? For those who also are stuck with telecom management in addition to IT functions what type of processes do you use to manage this function?
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| January 3, 2007 11:14 AM
Budgeting, Mobile, Outsourcing, Project management, Vendors, VoIP, Wireless
What type of issues do you have regarding telecom and IT integration? For those who also are stuck with telecom management in addition to IT functions what type of processes do you use to manage this function?
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| January 3, 2007 11:14 AM
Budgeting, Mobile, Outsourcing, Project management, Vendors, VoIP, Wireless
Active Directory Migration
I’d appreciate anybody’s help for this matter: I’m traying to upgrade my WINDOWS NT 4.0 server to Windows 2003 server. In order to verify any possible problem, I executed the “winnt32″ utility with “/checkupgradeonly” option But the following messages is issued: “Error reading information from netmap.inf from OEM directories pre-set by the administrator” I wonder [...]
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| November 4, 2006 2:03 AM
Career development, Microsoft Windows, Outsourcing, Training
I’d appreciate anybody’s help for this matter: I’m traying to upgrade my WINDOWS NT 4.0 server to Windows 2003 server. In order to verify any possible problem, I executed the “winnt32″ utility with “/checkupgradeonly” option But the following messages is issued: “Error reading information from netmap.inf from OEM directories pre-set by the administrator” I wonder [...]
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| November 4, 2006 2:03 AM
Career development, Microsoft Windows, Outsourcing, Training
Document scanning and organizing
Does anyone know of an open source/cheap document management system? (Windows-based system) I would like the ability to have a searchable database of scanned documents/photos/receipts/etc. I do not need OCR. For example, a folder name “Job1″ that I can click on and see subfolders of receipts/photos/documents/etc. And the bility to searh said folders would be [...]
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| October 23, 2006 11:40 AM
Business/IT alignment, Career development, CRM, Data analysis, DataCenter, DataManagement, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Outsourcing, Project management, Sales force automation applications, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Does anyone know of an open source/cheap document management system? (Windows-based system) I would like the ability to have a searchable database of scanned documents/photos/receipts/etc. I do not need OCR. For example, a folder name “Job1″ that I can click on and see subfolders of receipts/photos/documents/etc. And the bility to searh said folders would be [...]
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| October 23, 2006 11:40 AM
Business/IT alignment, Career development, CRM, Data analysis, DataCenter, DataManagement, Desktops, Development, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Outsourcing, Project management, Sales force automation applications, Security, Servers, SQL Server
802.11 vs 802.16
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]
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| August 16, 2006 8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]
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| August 16, 2006 8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
terminal server and gpo
i have a server 2003 that configure as a terminal server, and i want implement a strict acess to this server from client (xp pro) to that server, i create ou that called “for terminal users” and create for that ou a gpo, now,, i want to know how should i change the gpo to [...]
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| August 7, 2006 5:01 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Brightmail, Browsers, Business/IT alignment, Career development, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, McAfee, MessageLabs, Network security, Outsourcing, Partner facing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, Project management, provisioning, Risk management, Rockliffe, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SpamAssassin, Spyware, SSL/TLS, SurfControl, Symantec, TrendMicro, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
i have a server 2003 that configure as a terminal server, and i want implement a strict acess to this server from client (xp pro) to that server, i create ou that called “for terminal users” and create for that ou a gpo, now,, i want to know how should i change the gpo to [...]
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| August 7, 2006 5:01 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Brightmail, Browsers, Business/IT alignment, Career development, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, McAfee, MessageLabs, Network security, Outsourcing, Partner facing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, Project management, provisioning, Risk management, Rockliffe, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SpamAssassin, Spyware, SSL/TLS, SurfControl, Symantec, TrendMicro, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
Security on a Network Share using SBS 2003 – NTFS Partition
Hello colleagues; I am trying to accomplish the following task 1) Avoid users to delete and move folders and files on a network share They should only be able to create, read, execute,write files and folders I have already created the group and deny delete and delete subfolder and files. This option is not working [...]
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| July 21, 2006 1:50 PM
Networking, Outsourcing, Security, Tech support
Hello colleagues; I am trying to accomplish the following task 1) Avoid users to delete and move folders and files on a network share They should only be able to create, read, execute,write files and folders I have already created the group and deny delete and delete subfolder and files. This option is not working [...]
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| July 21, 2006 1:50 PM
Networking, Outsourcing, Security, Tech support
