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[mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Saturday, 5 November 2011 1:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I work in communities. From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]<mailto:[mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 12:59 PM To

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I work in communities. From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 12:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I see very little enterprise architecture and integration involvement in communities. I see more technical line

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...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I see very little enterprise architecture and integration involvement in communities. I see more technical line-level engineering and development questions/answers. Cheers

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System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I just challenged our Service Desk team to get involved any IT community. We have 5 Service Desk guys and about 10 Systems Engineer’s and to my knowledge only one other (none of the SD guys) are connected to any IT communities of any sort, be

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small percentage... Dave From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I see very little enterprise architecture and integration involvement in communities. I see more technical line-

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Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT There's a very small portion now that do not participate in a community somewhere. And, those that do participate in communities tend to do better in their jobs and have a longer IT career. So, I'm pretty sure the demographic that does participate would

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ember 04, 2011 6:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Ouch! My job may not pay much or provide opportunities for advancement, but it has one thing going for it: my employers don't expect my job to be my life. John From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.o

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That was 30 minutes ago. I can barely remember what happened 30 SECONDS ago. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I bet you replied to a message that

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System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > Good grief... How did all of that junk get in my message? I'm embarrassed. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To m

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AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Good grief... How did all of that junk get in my message? I'm embarrassed. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:45 AM To: NT System

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Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 7:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Shookie is an animal... a little crazy working till 9:00pm plus, even in

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Good grief... How did all of that junk get in my message? I'm embarrassed. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Accept-Language:

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uckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]<mailto:[mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 8:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Now I feel bad. I consider it to be a long day if I work until 5:00. John From: Webster [

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, November 04, 2011 8:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Now I feel bad. I consider it to be a long day if I work until 5:00. John From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

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Now I feel bad. I consider it to be a long day if I work until 5:00. John From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Shooky Baby is extremely busy with his job at Peak10. The night we met

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ide better input than the small portion of those that don't. From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Communities only reflect a portion of what's going on as well.

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, November 04, 2011 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Shooky Baby is extremely busy with his job at Peak10. The night we met, I worked until 7:30PM, met Shooky at 8, we left Chili's at 9:45 and Shooky headed back to the office. Carl Webster Consu

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ster.com/> From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 6:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I was beginning to wonder what the hell happened to Shookie! Good to know he is alive and kickin... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security t

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ubject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Do some searches for "gartner cloud" and look at some more recent articles. Even though the graphic in that article was only July 2011, that's really a long time in hype cycles. If someone were smart, they'd find a way to automate data accu

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Office 365 is all web apps, even though it installs some components locally. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 4:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I presume you are referring to Office Web Apps? I agree

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bit of work… Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Anyone on the list using "cloud" se

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Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I use Office 365 for my carlwebster.com domain and am happy with the service. $6/month is not bad for a one man shop. I don’t have to bug MBS hardly ever now about all my e-mail issues when my e-mail was on a GoDaddy server. Carl Webster Consultant and

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interface. Its clumsy. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]<mailto:[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I use Office 365 for my carlwebster.com domain and am happy with the service. $6/mo

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Like deleted items retention :-) John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 03:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT You should’ve been at Connections this

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tually knowing what they are signing up for.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT Did you drill do

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PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: >> Banjos Rock! Stereotypes suck. > > Shooky said stuff like that all the time. I think you mean Shooky said stuff like that 98.7% of the time. -- Ben ~ Finally, powe

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; > Ben M. Schorr > > Roland Schorr & Tower > > www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr > > ** ** > > *From:* David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:42 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Su

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We think we are 97.7% of the time. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT You mean 2.3% of the time we're on-topic, right? On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mathew Sh

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; Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:03 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > This just in, "November declared OT month for NTSYSADMIN List!" > > I hate McDonald's, but I'm lovin' this. > > -Original Message-

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Do we need a month? It only seems to happen 2.3% of the time. -Original Message- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT This just in, "November declared OT mont

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And you're 95% confident of that with .001 < p < .01? Ben Scott 11/03/2011 12:02 PM Please respond to "NT System Admin Issues" To "NT System Admin Issues" Press this button if the "To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-

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Well there is Apple OS-X... David 11/03/2011 11:44 AM Please respond to "NT System Admin Issues" To "NT System Admin Issues" Press this button if the "To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: [OT] Stats about IT

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This just in, "November declared OT month for NTSYSADMIN List!" I hate McDonald's, but I'm lovin' this. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stat

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Rounding error. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jonathan Link > wrote: > >> Banjos Rock! Stereotypes suck. > > > > Shooky said stuff like that all the time. > > I think you mean Shooky said stuff like that 98.7% of the time. > > -- Ben > >

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On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: >> Banjos Rock! Stereotypes suck. > > Shooky said stuff like that all the time. I think you mean Shooky said stuff like that 98.7% of the time. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

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: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT Did you drill down far enough on the 365 site to see that you can get stand-alone hosted email for $5/month? I'm working a project for a company and that's one of the services we recommend if they're going to 365.

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gt; > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:47 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > ** ** > > Yeah…their track record isn’t great (particularly over the last couple > yea

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tion to this stuff because at least there is > some effort to justify the conclusion. Most IT people I’ve run into > couldn’t write a business case to save their lives. > > ** ** > > Cheers > > Ken > > ** ** > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:r

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ent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:47 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > ** ** > > Yeah…their track record isn’t great (particularly over the last couple > years), however, CIOs and CEOs stil

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On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Rod Trent wrote: > My Dad bought a new PC without Office, and then wanted to be able to write > docs, use xls, etc.  I got him up and running on Office 365.  There is a > huge learning curve, and I don’t think he may ever get it completely. For that scenario, I u

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. Its clumsy. From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I use Office 365 for my carlwebster.com domain and am happy with the service. $6/month is not bad for a one man shop. I don’t

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://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 5:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Anyone on the list using "cloud" services? I looked at Office 365 and found it

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e is > some effort to justify the conclusion. Most IT people I’ve run into > couldn’t write a business case to save their lives. > > ** ** > > Cheers > > Ken > > ** ** > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 N

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develop a real world research org. It would be nice to see "what the industry says" versus "what's really going on". From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT

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ve run into couldn’t write a business case to save their lives. Cheers Ken From:Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Yeah…their track record isn’t great (particularly over the last coup

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sion. Most IT people I've run into couldn't write a business case to save their lives. Cheers Ken From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Yeah...their track record isn't gre

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We had the same issue with our @fantasyentertainment.com address ☺ From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT Their loss! Money is money right? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership

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On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > Yes we have seen C “Levels” chase the hype, and be promised the > world by slick sales folks, but a lot of times it hasn’t panned out the > way they figure. I recall a conversation (possibly in this very forum) which summarized many of thes

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Sometimes literally :-) Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Jonathan Link Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:46:04 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT Could it be that Amazon understands what can saturate

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Their loss! Money is money right? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 03:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I would love to use clouds services, such as

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** ** > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:33 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Stats about IT > > ** ** > > Could offerings, in my experience don't offer (much) cost savings.

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c - but, if the economy improves, no one will care about the Cloud. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT The hype cycle applies to outsourcing and th

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business. I'll see if I can dig that up again. Part of the ultimate cost savings included freeing up salary and amenities. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats abo

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John From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT Could offerings, in my experience don't offer (much) cost savings. All they seem to do is change capital costs to operating

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Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT Interesting... I'd always heard ketchup was a "guy thing", but I never realized it meant it made guys taste better Kat Aylward Langan 11/02/2011 01:20 PM Please respond

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"To" is a fax number. Enter in the fax number like 123-456-7890. cc Subject Re: [OT] Stats about IT Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Rankin, James R wrote: Surely that's a tad un

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R-71 Blackbird > -- > *From: * Mathew Shember > *Date: *Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:55:36 + > *To: *NT System Admin Issues > *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" < > ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Subject: *RE: [OT] Stats about

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Completely off topic, but it makes me chuckle so I'm gonna share. I once knew a guy whose parents were both named Kim. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Who the he

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t; Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I heard that 95% of women are grumpy in the morning. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Who the heck is the she you're referrin

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Correction.. 95.3% From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT I heard that 95% of women are grumpy in the morning. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com

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Alverson, Tom (Xetron) (ESS) [mailto:tom.alver...@ngc.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:37 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > ** ** > > She meant to say 95.3% are. > > ** ** > > *From:* Kim Lo

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I heard that 95% of women are grumpy in the morning. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Who the heck is the she you're referring to, dude? I heard that 93.7% o

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min Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT She meant to say 95.3% are. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: EXT :RE: [OT] Stats about IT Or just make them up...as 95% of all statistics are. From

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t; improves, no one will care about the Cloud. > > ** ** > > *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:16 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > ** ** >

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Agree that the Cloud will continue to be a topic - but, if the economy improves, no one will care about the Cloud. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT The

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he "Trough of Disillusionment." John Hornbuckle, MSMIS, PMP MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Yeah...thei

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gt; >> Particularly Gartner’s, IMO… >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT >&

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ct: Re: [OT] Stats about IT But...the Magic Quadrant...it's all a lie?? *sob* -- Sent using BlackBerry From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

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She meant to say 95.3% are. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: EXT :RE: [OT] Stats about IT Or just make them up...as 95% of all statistics are. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com

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t; > Particularly Gartner’s, IMO… > > ** ** > > *From:* Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT > > ** ** > > Or just make them

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Tada. Particularly Gartner's, IMO. From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Stats about IT Or just make them up.as 95% of all statistics are. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto

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Or just make them up...as 95% of all statistics are. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT You're going to want to check with the research firms: Gartner, IDC, Forrester, ITIC

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You're going to want to check with the research firms: Gartner, IDC, Forrester, ITIC, etc (http://itic-corp.com/) Additionally, Google the question and see what references you find... * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… *

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Does anyone know of a good source of statistics about IT? I'm thinking of the kind of thing we can use in reports or to bring up on topics like "80% of companies see a return on investment from an increase in IT spend, 20% of companies without backup fail in a year, 40% of IT Managers go mad in