Where is IT Heading to: Less IT, More Business
I have presented my humble views on the future of the current IT job descriptions in my previous article titled “Cloud Jobs: Skyrocketing is an Understatement.” All of the job…
Negotiating Your Cloud Contract: What to Look out For
The move to the cloud is popular but it is still new. In most of the cases it provides significant cost benefits to the companies given that it is done…
Does Your Web Site Have Intelligent Human Interactions?
Is your site humanized? Is it warm, welcoming, a fun and helpful user experience? Are search and feedback mechanisms built in and easy to use or is the entire site…
Grizzled, bleary-eyed, booze-reeking, day laborers arrive at a parking lot around 8 a.m. for work. If you hire one and want more work, hold off payment as long as possible;…
iTech Review: QR Code, Copyright Transfer, Retina Tracking
Technology moves fast. Sometimes it’s faster than we can comprehend, so, to help you find the latest and greatest, here’s a roundup of some of the newest technology, from apps,…
As is the case for all the hypes, there are many companies who have jumped on bandwagon: competent or not, many companies offer cloud solutions. From an IT professional’s perspective…
Geek Ethicist: Apples and Classes
“Dear Ethicist– I have been an enthusiastic Apple customer for over a decade now. I use Apple products in my work and have been very satisfied with their performance, design…
Google Apps vs. Office 365: How Will You Choose One over Another?
The two giants of the computer industry are competing on making your office completely mobile with their highly competitive prices. Both are eying SOHOs, medium-size businesses and enterprises. Both have…
Outsourcing Backup? Top 5 Challenges You Need to Address
Outsourcing comes in different forms, from call center to the entire data center. Now there are companies that are outsourcing their backup infrastructure; this is not moving their documents and…
Top 5 Difficult Help Desk Callers and How to Manage Them
Part of my job title is “System Support Engineer” and thus I talk to many different types of users everyday. Although no two users are identical, there are some certain…
Cloud Jobs: Skyrocketing is an Understatement
The feared scenario for the administrators is that everything will be outsourced to the cloud providers and there will be no more demand for them. For the past couple of…
The Future of VMWare Questioned
People as old as me would remember the feeling when they first saw Windows 98 booting on Red Hat Linux on 1999. I cannot tell you how eye-popping it was…