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    • scottalanmiller

      The Risks of Licensing
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      If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
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      @jmoore said in If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It:

      Oh that's interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the information. Yeah I don't want to rock the boat at all but was just surprised by their point of view. I'm personally big on maintaining things at home, digital or otherwise.

      Yeah... its' a little like hiring a security guard who actively tells people to STOP locking the doors or doing the rounds "until things are stolen". It's basically the same as "make sure things get stolen."

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      The Social Contract of Sales
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      Always Virtualize Domain Controllers
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      @scottalanmiller said in Always Virtualize Domain Controllers:

      @black3dynamite said in Always Virtualize Domain Controllers:

      It would help if Microsoft would also recommend to always virtualize domain controllers.

      They do. They've been really clear on that from everything that I have seen.

      Last recommendation seen on microsoft official docs - maybe the italian ones: virtualize the AD first instance, keep a phisical one as second instance...

      don't understand the logic of this. but hey: their offical business support said I was not allowed to virtualise more than 2 VMs on hyper-v, even if there were linux 😕

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      When Is a Backup Not a Backup
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      nadnerB

      Simplistically speaking, when it doesn't work.
      If it works, then it's a backup.
      If it does not work, then it's a waste of time and disk space.

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      Better IT Hiring: Speed Matters from SMB IT Journal
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      When to Consider High Availability on SMBITJ
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      Patch Fast
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      Never used this but take a look...

      http://www.smikar.com/

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      The Most Needed Skills in IT
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      @crustachio said in The Most Needed Skills in IT:

      I enjoyed this section of the article:

      The second big skill needed in IT departments today is an understanding of business – both business in general and the business referring to the specific business of their own organization. As I said at the beginning of this article, IT is a business enabler. If IT professionals do not understand how IT relates to their business they will be poorly positioned to valuate IT needs and make recommendations in the context of the business. Everything that IT does it does for the business, not for technology and not for its own purposes.

      With that in mind, what are some recommendations to improve one's business acumen from an IT perspective?

      Hypothetical scenario: Someone has worked at a small IT shop for years and is a comfortable sysadmin, but is considering an IT administrative position at a much more "corporate" environment. Their role will involve a lot more interfacing with other departments or agencies, as well as driving "big picture" projects and purchasing decisions.

      What resources could they use to improve their understanding of how to fit in in the business realm, and to develop the proper understanding of IT in such an environment? Are there any particularly good books on this subject?

      This is an area where university classes can be really beneficial, if you have access to the right ones. Classes on communications, business, accounting, psychology and such can be huge. There are three main areas that I can think of that really matter:

      Understanding people Understanding communications Understanding business

      And you might add on the more specific "understanding THE business" as well.

      The more that you have any of these, the easier things get. Even if you are a great communicator, if you don't understand the business and its needs at all, you won't have much to communicate.

      I don't know of any specific books around this. Maybe things like Open University or something would have resources.

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      Is the Era of Long Term Support Over for Operating Systems?
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      Reid Cooper

      Good read, thanks.

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      All IT Is External
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      The Commoditization of Architecture
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      Finding A Job, or Finding THE Job
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      Logical Volume Manager
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      Drive Appearance
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      Grey

      I think describing the heads as moving in and out is more appropriate since they're mounted on an armature, like a record player, and not forward or backward. I often use record players as a description for clients when they ask how drives work.

      In my writing, I try to avoid use 'but' and things like it (however, etc.). Replace the word 'but' with 'and' as an exercise to see how it changes your readers' perception.

      You've got a couple sentences that are like Yoda. Eg, by doing this, and it's unnecessary.

      Similary, the logical volume... You missed a comma. The same occurs in drive impressions, the stack.

      A good article, and a great way to open discussion on SANs and how volumes, drives and RAID presentations can be partitioned or utilized efficiently.

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      Buyers Agents and Sellers Agents in IT from SMBITJournal
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      Types of IT Service Providers
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      @Carnival-Boy said:

      I think that was basically my point. My key advice would be to trust no-one and recognise there is no such thing as a free lunch. I am surprised by the naivety of some of my colleagues, and how much they trust the advise of salesmen.

      It's good to trust no one, but everyone needs advice as well. Remember these factors apply equally to the business listening to an IT department as it does to outside companies. So unless we understand bias, we can't understand recommendations and do our best to limit bias and to understand its skew.

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      Explaining the Lack of Large Scale Studies in IT
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      @scottalanmiller Exactly, otherwise if you could get the real un-altered warranty stats from these companies it'd go a long way to giving you what you want. It'd be a frosty day in hell before they released it, but maybe you could get a NDA and a research grant, release the data in a decade so they are safe.

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      Well, It Worked For Me
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      @Carnival-Boy said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      obviously inspired by many conversations that were had today elsewhere.

      What conversations were these?

      I think what you call “Anecdotal Dismissal of Risk.” is generally referred to as the outcome bias

      You are correct.