Friday, I’m in love

The Automeister — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:47:29 +0000

It is Friday, which in the Automated IT towers often means an excitable hive of happy activity. We thought we would share in that happiness by highlighting some good news for IT and Technology workers. Silicon have reported that “many IT professionals can expect to see their salary rise by around an average of £10,000 every five years.”

Now before you go cracking open the bubbly, take your time to read the research, it is better to savor good news slowly. Apparently “Techies working in project management are those likely to see the biggest jumps in earnings as they progress up the career ladder.”

I cannae get any more power captain!

The Automeister — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:01:08 +0000

Keeping the datacentre going would be easy if you had a pair of impulse engines and a warp drive. Sadly, there is such economic concern regarding the electrical powering of datacentres and IT in general at the moment, that there is even talk of UK businesses having to move their facilities abroad to avoid huge running costs.

At least – for a few moments anyway – the debate isn’t an entirely environmental one…

You might be relieved to hear that IT experts – rather than building consultants – have stepped in to de-bunk some of these assertions but the issue remains that a major part of IT operations costs relate to space and power.

What do you think? Is your datacentre just going to keep on growing, or are there opportunities to rationalise and reduce some overheads and start claiming back some budget for innovation?

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Friday, I’m in love

I cannae get any more power captain!