Re: To be diverse...or not

2010-09-08 Thread Andrew S. Baker
It depends where the diversity and specialty are going to be. Specializing in relational database platforms, CRM, ERP or enterprise messaging makes a lot of sense. Specializing in AV or patch management or office productivity suites is less useful. Specializing in OS platforms is a mixed bag --

RE: To be diverse...or not

2010-09-08 Thread Charlie Kaiser
agle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:13 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: To be diverse...or not > > Scenario: Full time Systems Engineer by day, IT consultant by night

To be diverse...or not

2010-09-08 Thread David Lum
Scenario: Full time Systems Engineer by day, IT consultant by night (4 clients 5 servers ~100 workstations). Does it make sense to have any diversity in products (AV, patch management, etc) or is it better to leverage knowledge? I ask because I would think it makes more sense to stick with one