Latest management news.
7 steps to take now for a better job in ’08, 10/03/07: Dreaming of ringing in the New Year with a new job under your belt — either at your present company or with an entirely new employer? Don’t forget that a successful career change takes time, sometimes lots of time. If you want to bust a move in 2008, the time to start laying the foundation is now.
Tackling configuration management: Network change and configuration management technologies help automate the manual processes of collecting, comparing and updating configuration data across myriad network and security devices. And as network environments grew more complex and heterogeneous over the years, staying on top of all the changes and keeping information up-to-date became an overwhelming feat for network managers. AlterPoint CEO Scott Harmon joins Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie to explain just how his company can help network managers move from tracking disparate configurations to implementing network governance policies. (15:32)
Got career questions?: National IT recruiter Matt Colarusso will be available for a live text chat Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Matt will discuss the IT job market and you. Got questions about the IT job market in the months to come? What should you do to manage your own career? How hard will it be for your department to fill vacancies? Certifications vs. degrees; hot job skills and weak ones – Matt, a prominent national IT recruiting expert that manages the Sapphire National Recruiting & Strategic Accounts Team will answer these questions for you and more. No registration necessary. Just go to the Network World Chat page at the appointed time and log in.
AT&T signs network management deal with IBM, 10/03/07: AT&T announced yesterday that it signed an agreement with IBM to serve as the company’s provider of outsourced telecommunications and network management services — an assignment previously handled by IBM’s own services division.
ITIL having hard time living up to hype, 10/02/07: Many IT organizations working to improve IT service delivery and management processes depend on the best practices laid out in ITIL, but the framework isn’t always seen as the panacea adopters expected.
Helpful hints for more effective meetings: I used to tell people that if I didn’t have to go to meetings all the time, I could actually get my work done during the day. Every one of my meetings counts now and my clients, since they pay me to participate, are very aware of minimizing wasted time.
Open source management-tool alternatives hit the mark: Zenoss Core wins test of open source tools with a great GUI, accurate discovery and excellent monitoring. Registration no longer required – check out the test today!
The down and dirty on data deduplication: Test of virtual tape libraries (VTL). At its core, data deduplication is a simple concept. Stored data is parsed for duplicate sequences, and when duplicates are found, a pointer to the first instance is inserted in place of the duplicated data. Registration no longer required – check out the test today!
Midtier management tools register high marks: Test of mid-tier network management tools: Argent, HP come out on top. Registration no longer required – check out the test today!
Outsourcing your way to innovation, 09/26/07: Outsourcers continue to market themselves as the IT department’s partners in innovation. Yet with increased globalization and the resulting decrease in profit margins for many IT service providers, can they really deliver on that promise? We asked 290 IT executives to tell us what they think. The results show that for most IT leaders, outsourcing offers benefits in many areas. But when it comes to innovation, they prefer to keep those efforts closer to home.
IT job outlook: the nation’s hot spots rated, 09/24/07: South Atlantic, Northern Midwest and Pacific regions are good places to be if you’re looking for IT work (get the hiring outlook here).
IT salaries: IT professionals in finance and high tech pulling in biggest bucks, 09/24/07: Average IT pay in these two sectors top $100,000, our annual survey shows.
