Career Talk JDR

Archive for 2009

Over many years of consulting primarily for IT organizations I have noticed a pattern into which most IT groups fall.  They have poor or even contentious relationships – with internal customers, vendors, and sometimes even between groups within IT. And most IT people will say, “So?  What we are supposed to do is technical stuff, relationships [...]

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I’m always looking for fun things to do for my parents, so I bought them tickets & went yesterday to see the Dalai Lama!  His Holiness the14th Dalai Lama, visited Memphis yesterday to accept the 2009 Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum.  I took my parents to his public talk at The Cannon [...]

Have you started your own business or are you thinking about it?  Do you have an established business but now find that you need to seek more customers through the internet?  The current economy has sparked an increase in small and individually owned businesses across the United States.  As a person, you may have a [...]

With cyberattacks on the rise in 2009, the FBI now considers such attacks to be the third greatest risk for our country, following nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction.  The fear of “Cybergeddon” has lead to government agencies and private companies alike recruiting experts in the field of security.  Obama is in the process [...]

Recently, we’ve been discussing a lot about virtualization and how cost-effective and important it is.  During my quest for knowledge on the subject, I discovered that Digital literacy is not only crucial for companies, but many leaders think it is also critical for the whole world economy.   Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is a term used [...]

Virtualization is a current hot topic and money saving practice for many organizations; however, the platforms and tools chosen for the organization can make or break virtualization success.  Therefore, we did some research to find out how the platforms and tools stacked up.  Below is the most complete information we found on the subject, from [...]

Today, companies have employees both on and offsite, which brings the challenge of managing teams they can’t always see.  Virtual teams are potentially cost effective, providing that the company has the right structure, leadership, motivation and, most importantly, communication in place.  This is where technology can really pay off by substituting for in-person communications.  Organizations [...]

Cloud computing is a new buzzword in IT.  So what is it and how can it affect your career?  Here are some of the basics of what it is and the skills that are involved.   Cloud computing is basically just the ability to leverage new platforms and resources that you don’t happen to own.  It goes [...]

Since online job marketing and searching has become so popular, some of the old rules of resume writing have changed.  Resume experts used to advise that you add your own personal flare and character to the resume.  These days, any formatting used to add such character can wreak havoc on your resume when it is [...]