A new user group in la for sysadmins: http://www.anmala.org
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Citrix and XenSource
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal It seems like everyone wants to dabble in the Open Source market these days. First came the RedHat, VA Linux and other public companies using Open Source technologies to ramp up. Then IT giants such as Novell, Sun and Apple started to come to markets with products faster due to their newfound Open Source roots. Now a lot of other companies are jumping on the bandwagon and introducing products based on Open Source technologies or purchasing other companies to help them do so quickly. Citrix has purchased XenSource, a company that provided virtualization products based on the Xen Open Source virtualization platform. XenSource is…
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Value in Consulting
Consulting is an interesting job. I often get asked “what makes a good consultant?” One word satisfies my feeling on this subject: value. Consultants are not always brought in to provide value other than simply completing certain tasks, especially in the IT industry. But to be successful you need to stay billing. And there is no easier way to do so than to always be looking to extend jobs in ways that provide value.
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318 Kerio Article
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Article about 318 on Apple.com, focusing on a project we did integrating Kerio to replace Microsoft Exchange, giving our client the ability to centralize all of their server assets into an Open Directory environment while still using MAPI to provide groupware components to their user base, have handheld devices that sync with their Calendar/Mail/Contacts and of course, use the standard Exchange features of mail, etc. Good stuff: http://consultants.apple.com/at_a_glance/318inc/
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Consultant vs. Full-time Salaries
Consultant $93,017 (up by 3.68%) Full-time work at company $72,003 (up by 1.73% )
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Dice Recruitment Survey
survey.dice.com
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Top Tech Salaries by Geography
1 – Silicon Valley 2 – Boston 3 – Washington DC 4 – Los Angeles 5 – New York 6 – Seattle 7 – Denver 8 – Dallas 9 – Chicago 10 – San Diego 11 – Atlanta 12 – Philadelphia 13 – Hartford 14 – Houston 15 – Phoenix 16 – Detroit
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Plaxo Pulse
New Account at Pulse
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eCornell
Need Leadership Training? http://www.ecornell.com/
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When is Competition Bad?
In many organizations, competition can spawn productivity. Many institutions tend to therefore pit business units or even single employees against one another to see who can sell more, work more or be more efficient. However, competition can turn ugly. One of the best things you can do to keep this from happening is put in place as part of your competition a number that spurs teamwork. Teamwork should always be a metric, but it’s hard to quantify in many cases. But just look to football (as with many of my analogies) to see a good way to factor teamwork into someone’s “stats”. In football, an individual metric of, let’s say…