While reading through the most recent issue of Information Security Magazine (which is really just a Web site more than a magazine now days), I came across a well written article titled Determining the Value of Infosec Certifications. I was enjoying the article until I came upon those wonderful cloaking phrases like "in my experience" [...]
Many of the elements that we use every day in modern versions of Windows have their beginnings in the early days of computer. First, the Command Prompt, which is still very useful in Windows 7, is based on the functionality of the command interpreter that was part of MS-DOS – command.com. You can still use [...]
Ok, so maybe it didn’t save my life, but it sure does help me discover what’s really happening on my users’ computers. No longer do I have to rely on answers from the users. I can simply look at the history of their computer and see new installs, crashes and other valuable information.
There are many important jobs, or roles, involved in managing an IT project. Some are unique to IT projects, while others are similar to other industries. In this article, I will cover – what I feel are – the top four IT project management jobs.
Do you every find yourself feeling beaten down by the continue complaints of users, security patches that must be applied and new information you must learn? If you do, you’re just like every other technologist and you need a good dose of motivation. If you want to get motivated, study motivated individuals.
Central to successful human interaction is the ability to ask good questions. Through questions you can learn what someone is really thinking, feeling, planning and more.
Three basic levels of communications exist. In this article, I will share an overview of the three levels of communications and then suggest the importance of using Level 3 Communications as much as possible.
Information Technology (IT) provides value in many ways, including better, faster, cheaper, more and continuity. In this article, I’d like to give some thoughts on the speed (faster) benefits provided by IT and how we can communicate this benefit to stakeholders, management and others we need to influence.
Another fraud, or at least a misleading mailer, arrived in my mail today!
