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Comment on Automation for the people… by DanJones1

DanJones1 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:09:27 +0000

Agreed… noseto the grindstone isn’t the word… what solutions are out there though?? I am hoping you can tell me??

Dan

Comment on The (unfinished) History of Computing by bazza

bazza — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:58:57 +0000

Why would we listen to IBM – after all they were the guys in the 50’s who said their would only ever be the need for 7 computers in the world ever – but hey – if cloud and SaaS continues a pace – maybe it won’t be that far off the mark – and then again – if we centralise everything with light terminal devices liike net biooks and hand held devices at the edge – won’t that mean lless admin at the edge??? . . . .confused.TOM

Comment on I cannae get any more power captain! by jamesy

jamesy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:41:01 +0000

hey i hope yuo aren’t having a pop at us Scots!

Comment on Today is sysadmin appreciation day by Natasha

Natasha — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:56:51 +0000

Yeah, it’d be great to feel more appriciated in the work we do and i’m sure other Sys Ads would agree. However, i’m not sure this special recognitions day would help – I mean would the Board or other depatemnt managers even know what or when it is? Surely, the only way for us to feel appriciated is for us to actually sell back what we’re doing in the organisations we work for. We need to show our fellow colleagues what we’re needed for!

Comment on Today is sysadmin appreciation day by PatMC

PatMC — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:48:50 +0000

Why is it that the day after the IT wizz has been on the server everything seems to grind to a halt? However, that aside, we should try to keep in mind all the good things they do to keep us working, remember…….the IT sysadmin is not just there when your system goes down! After all, even ‘mushrooms’ need some love and attention.

Comment on Today is sysadmin appreciation day by Eve

Eve — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:35:02 +0000

Under-valued, un-loved and un-noticed – just like Sysadmin Appreciation Day.

Comment on The only thing left for IT is to automate IT-self by bazza

bazza — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:37:00 +0000

i see the main obstacle being IT people themselves – wood from the trees and all that – very often the people that are busy practicing said manual tasks don’t realise their so called critical work can be automated – we spoke to a company the other day about taking their IP address management off spread sheets and freeware on to a dedicated device with a nice gui etc – it also had the benefit of protecting their DNS and DHCP servers (i know i is getting techy here) but the point being – the device would have saved the organisation over 200 man days per year – the guys response was they’d never had a DNS problem ever and the spread sheet worked fine – how do you over come this sub conscious rebuff etc

Comment on The only thing left for IT is to automate IT-self by The Automeister

The Automeister — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:42:01 +0000

sorry to fudge a response PatMC – but it probably depends on your present set-up. that being said, each of the advisories we’ll be producing soon will specify some of the savings you can make following each given automation strategies. these aren’t shaving the odd 1% here and there; there are practices you can employ which offer more dramatic advantages than that. and benefits aren’t just restricted to cost savings…

Comment on The only thing left for IT is to automate IT-self by PatMC

PatMC — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:28:10 +0000

As someone who never did trust statistics……….what percentage do you reckon we could shave off our very tight IT budget, if we were able to get our IT guys to spend more of their time and expertise on innovation and less on managing the processes?

Comment on The only thing left for IT is to automate IT-self by Dassy Hughes

Dassy Hughes — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:47 +0000

Well if Automated IT is as business effective as you are respondent I will stay tuned on this. Looking forward for more info