I'm going for popcorn, and a bullet proof vest :-)
T
Typed slowly on HTC Desire
On Aug 2, 2011 4:01 AM, Tigran K tigr...@gmail.com wrote:
Let me know when you grow up.
--T
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Gary Slinger gary.slin...@gmail.com
wrote:
Usually resorting to personal attacks
Projects which are unsuccessful often turn out so *despite* the Project
Manager, rather than because of them.
Might as well blame all technology failure on IT if we're going to suggest
that all project failures are because of weak/ineffective project manager*s*
.
Poor project manage*ment*,
*I'm suggesting the system is broken. In current business environment it
appears as the technical person is working for the project manager. *
Yes, it is broken, but not for the reason you mention here. It's broken
because the CIO is not sufficiently empowering the PM, and undermining
him/her in
LOL
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Technology for the SMB market…
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote:
*btw once you pass PMP, go get the Microsoft Office User Specialist cert
-
+1000...
Yes, having some tech knowledge *can* be good here, but it can just as
easily be a drawback. Better that they understand the process and how to
surface the issues that will derail the project, than wax nostalgic about
how they would architect the solution. (Now, if your techs are weak,
That won't work unless the lead IT guy is willing to take on the traditional
PM roles to manage the other aspects of project.
It is a rare project (outside of the tiny, IT-centric ones) where there is
only a single technical team involved.
When you are putting together a new ERP, financial
I have worked in different environments, where the PM was critical to the
success of the project, and where the PM was responsible for the lack of
execution to timeline.
In the bad experience, the PM was little more than dead weight and a cost to
the project.
In the good experience, the PM kept
They usually pay for it in mistakes, and even more in outside consulting
help to clean up, or make more issues.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Security Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
Cell:401-639-3505
From: William Robbins
It's worse if you work in a 24 hour business like a hospital as I do.
Everything that requires any kind of downtime has to be planned, downtime
notices sent out. Right now I'm planning downtime to install a Netflow card or
trying to. (You can't do it at night, that's when ED is busiest this
OHh yeah, I know that PAIN first hand...
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Security Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
Cell:401-639-3505
From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 8:32 AM
To: NT
Nice post
Get good at scripting setups for your environment and this is less painful
then it could be. (user account creation/password, etc)
This is the truth! As I have said on occasion before, I use Excel to help whip
out some account creating scripts. Create accounts, home directories and
I am using DPM on a fileserver for backups. This is the off time for school, so
the data is very stable right now, very few changes. The data belongs to
students and teachers and they are all off. I just moved everything over this
summer and I have a months worth of recovery points using 197
It's all about patient care. ;)
- WJR
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 07:32, pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote:
It's worse if you work in a 24 hour business like a hospital as I do.
Everything that requires any kind of downtime has to be planned, downtime
notices sent out. Right now I'm planning
Great suggestion. I use MS OneNote to do just that. Every time I run across an
issue that I have not seen, I try to put it into an OneNote notebook. That way
I can search.
There is no effort learning how to use it, because you can print directly to
OneNote.
-Original Message-
From:
Ahh... I wondered what OneNote was for. :D Now I know. I don't have it on my
system, but I know some of the systems with the more expensive versions of
Office have it.
-Original Message-
From: Gasper, Rick [mailto:rickgas...@kings.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:39 AM
To: NT
Yup. Each recovery point is only storing the *blocks* that have changed since
the last recovery point. So, if you have a relatively static source, the
recovery points can be quite small.
Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint
On Aug 2, 2011 8:12
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu wrote:
Great suggestion. I use MS OneNote to do just that. Every time I run across
an issue that I have not seen, I try to put it into an OneNote notebook. That
way I can search.
I do the same, except with text files. Instant
John,
Take a look at the TechNet subscription.
IT will have working copies of most Microsoft software. The cost is $250 for
the plus (I think). You will truly benefit by having it. That way if you want
to *test* OneNote, you can. Also how does your company purchase it's Office
licenses? YOU
I've been trying to use evernote recently as opposed to a whole bunch of txt
files. Especially when I'm on a commute home and need to take some notes of
an article i'm reading. So far so good.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Gasper, Rick rickgas...@kings.edu wrote:
John,
Take a look at
If you don't mind a java app, I have used crushFTP for a few clients.
It supports all kinds of configurations and can be setup for ftp,sftp,
https browser uploads, temp accounts where you embed user and password
in the url, etc, etc. pretty cool stuff.
bill
Sam Cayze wrote:
I've certainly
Thanks. I do have a PDF writer installed. I never thought about that. That's
a very good point. I, too, believe that Google is your friend. I try to use
it as much as possible, but sometimes you have to know *exactly* the correct
phrase to search or you won't get any useful results. *shrug* YMMV,
I have a small intranet site sitting in IIS on Windows Server 2003. I need to
move it to a new server running IIS on Windows Server 2008 R2. Can anyone
suggest any painless way to accomplish this? Thanks.
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~
Yeah, I was just there yesterday checking that out. Thanks for the info, I
didn't see the pricing you listed.
The one think that I like about AllardSoft is that you can host it yourself.
The next thing I need to figure out is what defines a user/licensing. Most
all incoming files will end up
Famous last words, I hear that all the time. In essence it is, but there
is no excuse not to properly maintain and secure your systems, that
provide that EPHI for consumption. That is what some fail to see.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Security Engineer
Lifespan
Ben, OBiTalk looks like the golden ticket to what I need. Thanks!
Sam
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Ben Serebin b...@reefsolutions.com wrote:
Hello All,
** **
I know this is old, but wanted to share in case it helps
someone (I spent a few months determining my
http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/06/18/how-to-migrate-from-iis-6-to-iis-7.aspx
IIS.net should have the tool for download, and you can do your test migration
accordingly.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Security Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Want your projects to be more successful. work on building solid
relationships with all stakeholders.
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PMI PMP Certification
On the whole, do you
Oh yeah, CrushFTP is also inexpensive. Like $100 for unlimited
simultaneous connections license.
http://www.crushftp.com/features.html
Bill
Bill Humphries wrote:
If you don't mind a java app, I have used crushFTP for a few clients.
It supports all kinds of configurations and can be setup
Just make sure you have the name/contact of someone that worked on the
projects. It can be a supervisor, co workers, or any stakeholder. Granted
getting audited years down the line is remote, but they do have the right.
It will only be an issue if someone questions it down the line.
From:
I agree with that comment 100%, its defintely about building
relationships, and making the projects successful on time or even early
and under budget ( how you win brownie points).
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Security Engineer
Lifespan Organization
We used to get that regarding rebooting DC's for patching...every
month...and every month we had to go through the exercise of explaining that
AD was redundant and we never bounced all 80+ DC's at once.
I don't miss the healthcare vertical.
- WJR
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:26, Ziots, Edward
Yep... looks like I might have to order one too.
BF
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: I need a Landline! You read that right.
Ben, OBiTalk looks like the golden ticket to what I need. Thanks!
Sam
On
Fair enough - in a large project, the senior tech lead/architect should be
working closely with the Program Manager/Project Manager(s), plus Operations.
The Architect (or Senior Engineering/Dev lead) can make the decisions on the
technology, integrations etc, the PM handles the resulting change
It is not the PMs job to decide whether something is technically possible or
not. That comes down to the devs and architects. Whoever is the responsible dev
(whether that be a senior or junior) states what is possible. If they are liars
or incompetent and give the wrong info, then they
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:
But IT has many cowboys and generally useless people, unlike
more established industries.
I've seen nothing to suggest other industries aren't full of
generally useless people.
Heck, look at politics, and that's the
My supervisor has my back. Heck, she has a better memory than me when it comes
to this kind of thing.
John
From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: PMI PMP Certification
Just make sure you have the
Evernote is awesome for this...
I've been trying to get more consistent in my usage of it.
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Technology for the SMB market…
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been trying to use
Generally politicians aren't useless - the problem is pandering to diverse
audiences - everyone is an armchair expert on what should be done, and then
thinks politicians are useless when they don't do what that person wants.
And I wouldn't generalise from your own country, to the rest of the
Too many projects fail because technical people like to do technical work, and
not project management.
Hear hear. Part of my challenge here at %dayjob% is I love the technical
challenges but dislike any kind of large multi-department project management. I
love being the technical lead in a
+1 for Evernote. I have my whole life on there now.
Audio notes
Meeting notes
Track accomplishments at work
ToDo lists for tons of things, house projects, etc
Track Oil Changes and auto info
Shopping Lists
All my heath info/doctor contacts
Book people recommend
Wines I like, wines
I don't remember when it became necessary to have PM's. We used to just
get 'er done. Now the formality of it seems to slow down the process. Of
course, in my experience, it could just be lousy PM's working with lousy
tech people.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent:
Yeah the data owners of the systems are a little more worried about
their part of the world than they are about the AD infrastructure.
I am sure you don't miss the healthcare vertical, been in it for more
than 12 yrs now, it can wear you down at times that is for sure.
Z
Edward E.
I use it. I'm a king at installing add-ons and then uninstalling them
because of bloat. I've left this one enabled because it is very minimal and
bug free. Hardly know it's there sometimes.
I don't use the GAL incorporation you are talking about, just the Facebook.
Sam
From:
Have any of you pushed it out via MSI through a GPO? The MSI doesn't install
on Office 2010 because it knows it doesn't need to, but I'm wondering whether
that will lead to delays/errors on every single PC each time they boot up - not
clear if the MSI gracefully exits or thinks it's failed to
Sorry, can't answer that.
From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Outlook Social Connector
Have any of you pushed it out via MSI through a GPO? The MSI doesn't
install on Office 2010 because
Hello Hank,
Yes. Voip.ms offers other plans starting at $0.99 and a few
others. They are very responsive and actually technical. Use the chat off the
website
-Ben
From: Hank . [mailto:hgedr...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 10:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
The formality is designed to ensure that the project remains within the time,
budget, scope, and quality constraints. Without formal processes, how does one
ensure these things in a large project?
IT projects are particularly notorious for going poorly. I studied them
extensively in grad
Martha's polishing the brass on the Titanic. It's all going down, man...
--
Espi
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote:
On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:26 PM, William Robbins
For a change, this week's Giant company eroding our privacy with
wifi data collection comes not from Google, but Microsoft:
Microsoft's Web map exposes phone, PC locations
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20085028-281/microsofts-web-map-exposes-phone-pc-locations/
Apparently it allowed
:)
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Technology for the SMB market…
*
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
For a change, this week's Giant company eroding our privacy with
wifi data collection comes not from Google,
Anyone have any experience with Dell's Baseboard Management Controller? I'm
getting mixed information from Dell. I can't seem to get ahold of anyone in
Tech Support via email. I may have to call them when I'm in front of the
server so I can get them to help me set it up.
I got instructions from
Ah Ben... bringing me back to the days when i could blame Microsoft for
_everything_.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott
[mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 02 Aug 2011
I'm not familiar with the Dell one, but I am with the HP equivalent.
First, are you sure there isn't an IP conflict? Unlikely, but possible.
Second, try running nmap against the IP and see what ports it says are open. If
you're not familiar with nmap, it's free, easy to install, and for basic
My understanding is that it only stores the block changes so I guess that's
about right
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: 02 August 2011 14:11
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DPM disk usage.
I am using DPM on a fileserver for backups. This is the off time
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ipmi+windows
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 5:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Dell BMC
Firewall? Did you try HTTPs? I have seen them go offline at times... I've
had to reseat them.
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Dell BMC
Anyone have any experience
Sorry but I thought it was the oldest? Oh wait... only slight
difference.
Jon
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com
wrote:
But IT has many cowboys and generally useless people, unlike
I'm not familiar with the device, so this may not apply, but here goes:
Is there a place where you have to enable telnet and/or web access?
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
I don't remember now but I think the Dell one was strictly HTTPS. I am out
of that now so I don't have one to look at.
Jon
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Sam Cayze sca...@gmail.com wrote:
Firewall? Did you try HTTPs? I have seen them go offline at times...
I've
had to reseat them.
What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue recently, although Dell
has renamed the BMC to iDRAC, and needed to update the firmware via Service
Console on my ESX 4.1 server.
If it's windows, download the firmware update package for the BMC, apply it,
reboot and see if that works out.
On Tue August 2 2011, you wrote:
What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue recently, although
Dell has renamed the BMC to iDRAC, and needed to update the firmware
via Service Console on my ESX 4.1 server.
If it's windows, download the firmware update package for the BMC, apply
it,
On Tue August 2 2011, you wrote:
I'm not familiar with the Dell one, but I am with the HP equivalent.
First, are you sure there isn't an IP conflict? Unlikely, but possible.
Second, try running nmap against the IP and see what ports it says are
open. If you're not familiar with nmap, it's
Don't think that's accurate. the DRAC has always been the DRAC (Dell Remote
Access controller). The BMC is a monitoring tool, that collects motherboard
info.
Plus,
That's some bad hat, Harry.
Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com 08/02/11 3:21 PM
What's the OS of the server? I had a similiar issue
Thats what it was on all of my servers as well. I found the DRAC was better
than the BMC for use on one server but if monitoring more than one server
the BMC was better.
Jon
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote:
Don't think that's accurate. the DRAC has
My bad. I'm still getting up to speed with the Dell server management
components, from the Lifecycle Controller to the USC and UEFi it's a bit
blurry. I'm pretty certain the BMC has a different name since that acronym
isn't on the R710 or R610's I have.
PS.
Gotta give credit where credit is due:
The one thing I teach in my IT classes is that you cannot know everything,
but if you can find the answers you can look like you do.
+1,000,000 - I live by very similar words. Granted, textbook engineering can
be dangerous and is no substitute for hands on experience, but you have to
start
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