Modern Network Architecture:

Modern Network Architecture


February 18, 2012  4:44 PM

Modern Network Architecture & Female / Male computing



Posted by: James Murray
IT Consulting, Modern Network Architecture

Did you know that men and women think differently about a problem?  I recently ran into this issue with one of my clients.  I was in a board room where I had just made a proposal.  I sat down and one of the...

February 6, 2012  2:23 PM

Modern Network Architecture – Analysis of the customer experience



Posted by: James Murray
Customer Services, Customer Services Analysis, IT Consulting, Modern Network Architecture, seattle IT consulting

In a previous article I discussed the importance of customer satisfaction in the design of modern network architecture


February 6, 2012  2:17 PM

Modern network Architecture – Customer Satisfaction



Posted by: James Murray
Customer satisfaction, Modern Network Architecture

Working on the data systems behind the scenes, technical experts tend to see very little of the customer.  Traditionally the employee user, with a computer on their desk, is thought of as the IT Department customer.   Yet if we look at ecommerce marketing systems like Amazon,


February 1, 2012  11:58 PM

Modern Network Architecture & customer centric marketing



Posted by: James Murray
customer centric marketing, Modern Network Architecture

100 years ago standardization in products was not only the norm it was celebrated. The days of the hand crafted products were numbered. Not long afterwards craftsman soon began to disappear. Only the best craftsmen survived.


January 26, 2012  8:13 PM

Modern Network Architecture – Desktop Virtual Cloud



Posted by: James Murray
Desktop Private Cloud, IT Architect, IT Consulting, Modern Network Architecture

Wouldn't it be nice if a quick internet search was all it took to learn everything you needed to know to build the latest and greatest technologies? 


January 26, 2012  5:48 PM

Modern network Architecture – Business Continuity



Posted by: James Murray
Business continuity, IT Consulting, Modern Network Architecture

Disaster recovery and system redundancy are terms that are familiar to the network architect.  Sometimes we get it right and sometimes we get it wrong. 


January 26, 2012  5:42 PM

Managed Services



Posted by: James Murray
IT services, Modern Network Architecture

I don't think I've worked on a single fortune 500 companies that don't use a managed services model. Managed services gives a company a competitive edge by reducing the time spent searching log files. In...


January 14, 2012  9:01 PM

Modern Network Architecture – Online Marketing



Posted by: James Murray
Backlink strategy, Marketing technology, Modern Network Architecture, Online marketing strategy, seattle IT consulting, Social Media

I was talking with a client the other day and the subject of SEO came up.  "I didn't know Search Engine Optimization was IT?"  I was a little taken aback by this.  Obviously there is technology involved in SEO, SEM (Search Engine Marketing) and even Social media. 


January 14, 2012  8:56 PM

Modern network architecture – Branding



Posted by: James Murray
Branded technology, Branding, Modern Network Architecture

 

Could IT be killing your company's brand? 
Does branding have anything to do with Modern network architecture?  Every business system...


January 14, 2012  3:33 PM

Modern Network architecture – Transition



Posted by: James Murray
Business funding, business transition, Modern Network Architecture, Project funding, Scaling infrastructure, seattle IT consulting

Those that manage technology understand that modern network architecture is not static.  The technician focuses on the day to day tactics for management of the organizations technology.  Yet we all know that...