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the reality of working in IT for the last decade

Dependency on Internet Applications

Dependency on Internet Applications

Image you could not access any of your websites or web applications that you use daily basis. Scary, I know, but think about your day and how it would be impacted. We all have a few web-based applications and websites that we use or visit everyday. When these frequently visited or accessed applications become unavailable, it becomes a source of irritation. When it is your homepage, it jumps from irritation to frustration and then to anger. My homepage is like…

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Departmental Procedures: Do they destroy efficiency and staff innovation?

Departmental Procedures: Do they destroy efficiency and staff innovation?

When I started my career, I hated following “procedures”. I still cannot stand the “well, this is the way we have always done it in the past” line of thinking. I felt that strictly dictated procedures smothered innovation and opportunities to increase productivity by turning people’s brains off. Over the last several years, I have changed into the object that I once despised…a “manager”. I am a little older and have managed a few more people since my early days…

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Desktop Search Applications: Searching for the ultimate search

Desktop Search Applications: Searching for the ultimate search

Lifehacker.com completed a reader roundup on the five best desktop search applications. The readers voted Spoltlight (Mac only) as their favorite application. I have never seen this application as I am not a Macintosh person. I have used most of the Windows applications reviewed in the article but my preferred application was not even included in the write up. Like most people, I spend time searching for old e-mails, attachments and documents even though I have my data organized. The…

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Reality of Hosted Applications

Reality of Hosted Applications

“Help! I cannot access my files!” I hate when I hear this from my users, I mean, I REALLY Hate to hear this, but I am fortunate, as I have direct control of my environment, and I have a limited number of users. We are seeing a greater move to the SaaS, ASP, and Cloud models and that brings a new reality to the corporate Information Technology world. Data and Applications are no longer under the complete control of the…

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