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IT’s Most Needed Skills
IT does not exist in a bubble. IT is a business enabler, a way of taking an existing business and making it more efficient, cost effective, nimble and capable. Except for home hobbyist, and even…
Standard Areas of Discipline Within IT
Information Technology and Business Infrastructure are an enormous field filled with numerous and extremely varied career opportunities not just in the industries in which work is done, but also in…
Legitimate University Programs Are Not Certification Training
The university educational process is one that is meant to broaden the mind, increase exposure to different areas, teach students to think outside of the box, encourage exploration, develop soft…
Choosing a University for IT Education
In previous articles I have tackled the questions around approaching university education and selecting a degree program but, thus far, I have not provided any guidance in selecting an institution at…
Choosing a University Degree Program for IT
In my last article I looked at the overarching concerns and approaches to an university program and how it would apply to us in IT. Now we will look at individual programs and how to approach the…
How to Approach the University Experience
All discussions of university versus non-university aside, once a university (or college as the Americans generally refer to it) is chosen, the next step is choosing a degree program that will…
Getting Started with IT Certifications
This question surfaces very regularly: you are at the beginning of your IT career or maybe have not even gotten into your career yet, and are wondering where to get started with certifications. Maybe…
The Home Line
In many years of working with the small and medium business markets I have noticed that the majority of SMB IT shops tend to one of two extremes: massive overspend with an attempt to operate like…
Doing IT at Home: Good Documentation
One of the most rewarding home IT projects that I have done was to implement a system for “home documentation.” In a business environment documentation is critical to nearly any process or…
Doing IT at Home: The Home PBX
I am often asked what projects I would recommend for someone to do at home to get more IT experience and I am often at a loss to come up with anything very interesting that is both educational and…
IT Roles: Productivity and Availability
As IT managers we face the need to deal with two very different types of technical professionals. These two types of professionals are separated, not by their personality types or working styles, but…
IT in a Bubble
It is an old story in SMB IT, IT managers who get their start young, stay with a single company, work their way through the ranks and become venerable IT managers who have never worked outside of…