Enterprise IT In The Post-PC Era
As I have discussed extensively in the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) series of posts, and considering the current consumer trends, we are living in a post-PC era. People no…
Enterprise Mobile Application Launch: Strategies For The IT Managers
Almost all IT managers know the application deployment and implementation cycle in their companies. But many of them fail to fully understand the issues that come with the mobile applications,…
CIO Perspective: Be Careful With These Traps
I personally believe that CIO’s position in the company is more difficult than any other CxOs. There are many things that can go wrong, some implementations may be unaccepted enterprise-wide…
Hey, We Are Employees Too! (Why Is There a Resentment for IT Pros?)
In the company I’m working in and the companies I’m providing consultancy services, I always feel a little bitterness both from the management and from the end users. I can…
Surviving A Critical System Outage
From an IT pro’s perspective, a system outage is the time when that cold sweat is running down your spine because a system you are managing and your company depends…
Virtualization Traps Companies Should Not Fall
Virtualization has taken over the IT, some has already done it, some is planning to do it, some is already doing it. From testing to production, from databases to active…
New Year Resolutions For The IT Pros
IT, like all other business units operate in a turbulent environment. IT professionals have to struggle both with the systems, the projects and their peers. I have collected my tips…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): #8 Tips From the Field For a Successful BYOD Adoption
Last week we have received a support request telling that a user is being locked from the Active Directory continuously. We turned to the user (who was very annoyed) and…
Money-Saving Innovations For the Small Businesses
If you are running a small business and you are really tight on your budget, there are many innovations that can help you save money. Of course, there is the…
Planning Virtual Desktop Infrastructure? Be Careful With These Mistakes
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a virtualization service, which hosts your user desktop environments (user states) and applications on the remote servers. This enables the IT administrators to deliver consistent,…
SMBs Beware: You Have to Make These Investments
In my consultancies I observe that the tendency to not to spend money is increased as the size of the company gets decreases. I do not blame them, since they…
IT Staff Rebellion: You Should Watch Out For These Signals
Doing more with less. Current business climate. Unemployment. Still increasing workloads. You have been here? You have seen this before, right? Wrong. Your IT staff, doing the best they can…