I don't think group names are BS. Group names have an effect on outside perceptions about what your group does and is assigned. Especially at larger companies where no one can keep the entire structure in their head and rely on distribution lists or group names to make educated assumtions about who to contact for what.
Name are important to perception. I'd go with Systems Engineering. If you have multiple OS's and a seperate Network and Unix team, Windows Systems Engineering. You could also go with Server Infrastructure Team or something similiar. You want something inclusive of your scope but not something that steps on what the other teams do. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:58 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote: > The problem is there is currently NO name. I report to the Service Desk > manager but I’m an SE, not a Service Desk guy. Nobody else builds servers > for internal use (and this happens frequently around here), manages AD, SMS, > Shavlik patching, and server-delivered apps/web sites, blah blah blah. It’s > not my job title I’m wondering about, it’s my department name which > currently doesn’t exist. **** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:29 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Orginizational Q**** > > ** ** > > Personally I think all this stuff is BS, especially at larger companies. In > the last 3 years here they have renamed our group 3 times. No functional > difference. When I was hired, my title was "Systems Engineer" they recently > modified position titles and now we are called "Technical Support III" > again, no functional difference in the job or the requirements. So I > wouldn't get hung up on group names. May I suggest BOFH? > > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP > Technical Support III > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > > Date: 08/24/2011 11:08 AM > Subject: Orginizational Q **** > > ------------------------------ > > > > > So…in my org we have a Service Desk team that handles the PC stuff, an SE > team (called IS Delivery) that handles many of our servers (internal and > client facing) and then there’s me – spun off from the SE team - who is > effectively the “SE team” that handles internal facing servers. It’s largely > a forgone conclusion that I will have another SE and probably a DBA join me > so we can **fully** take over the care and feeding of the Active Directory > and server infrastructure. > > What would be an appropriate dept/team name be? What is the dept name of > your guys’ teams that manage AD and servers? > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
