@Bob-Beatty said:
Never tell an interviewer you read something negative on glassdoor.com from the previous IT Manager,
I would say if you are in A.J's position you shouldn't but if you are just looking to move up in your career it can be helpful sometimes to bring up negative's you've heard about them company to see what they have to say about that. I've actually had companies say they were glad I brought it up. But I would say do not do this if you are desperate for a job.
ASO sucks in the service department. They are now know to take months to reply to tickets, and office have random issues.
@scottalanmiller said:
I think it remains really popular with "entry level" AV people, not the full timers, not the high end shops, it is used there too but I think its big market is heavy saturation in the people who do it at home, as a hobby or are just getting into it. Once you get to the big shops I think you see that drop off and become a secondary player to Windows rather than the market leader. My view of that market is limited but it makes sense and that is what I've seen.
Pixar, Provient etc etc standardize on the HP z8xx line. Though with HPs cut in jobs and service who knows where the market will go. If dell actually made their precision lines with higher quality like HP rather than just making them high-end components with the same build quality of the optiplex line it would be a great opportunity for them.
@Dashrender said:
@DustinB3403 said:
Avast for Business is free, but it appears to be lacking one critical functional; Scheduling (from the admin console).
It can be configured on the client computer directly, but this is less than ideal.
Why do you want scheduled scans? I rarely run them. Catching things that are running is what is really important.
You can miss a lot by not doing them. We schedule them on Servers nightly, and Workstations weekly, they get picked up the next time they are on if they missed one (not Avast). There's a lot of things that get missed when using on-access scanning only.
HIPPA compliance is required in many (most) places, but it's not specific experience anyone is looking for. Audits and compliance laws change so much it doesn't really matter.
I learned Java (not Java Script) first and then VB.net.
That's about the extent of what I know
@Minion-Queen said:
We learned very quickly not doing that burned batteries out quickly. The inverter is the safest route. You can get them with USB charging plugs in them and that was fine.
You just need a circuit to filter the power, an inventor and then a power adapter is just wasting 50% or more or the energy. The home Solar panels (for whole house) are usually done at 24v and then go into a battery bank to store and a capacitor. Then you have a buck or boost circuits for your devices that don't run at 24v, since some will be 12v and some 48v.
@Dashrender said:
I understand that it's been a staple of AV for years, but I wonder if it's time is done?
Just like the idea that AV based on definitions, that idea is done. If you're AV works based on that, I think I would just skip it altogether anymore.
Now if they include known bad website filtering, disable USB, etc... then it might be worthwhile.
The Scanning doesn't have anything to do with those features. having those wouldn't change weather it's worthwhile or not.
I don't think we have a single physical server besides our backup & email archive servers. Everything else is virtual.
@thanksajdotcom said:
I talked to my former tech supervisor who proceeded to tell me sales were great, computer work was great, and things were fine and doing just well without me and how I made his life difficult when I was there and that is he was basically better off without me.
However, the narrative I've heard from others is very different. My former GM called me and texted me today saying he has a "business proposal" for me. I also heard, through the grapevine, that the sales manager is fed up with the tech supervisor!
Staples has been and is running with out you, so don't go in with the attitude of they need you and can't run without you. They Can and will. They are doing you a favor, not you doing them one.
Your ego is the biggest issue here.
I have two macbook Air's for sale. One has slight damage to the corner. Both are in pretty good condition and are Mid 2012 models. I beleve both had some Apple Care left
The one with damage has 8GB of ram, the pristine one has 4GB of ram Otherwise they are the same.
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
CPU: 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4GB/8GB 1600 MHz DDR3
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Storage: 250GB SSD
Mac OS Yosemite
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I like having them run daily, but at night.
In this age of trying to save power by shutting down the PCs at night, not sure how likely this is? Can the AV turn the PC on at night, then off when done?
Who does that? There's very little power to save on a modern computer at idle vs shutdown. It's a very minor business cost. That was the old school way of doing things. Most people leave them on 24/7 anymore.
@aaronstuder said in What happened to the website?:
My boss will never approve a expense to a person. How does he know I am not splitting the money with @Minion-Queen, and take taking a couple of paided days off lol
No TAX ID would be a no go for us. It's required for financial audits
@scottalanmiller said:
side and application specialists (Exchange, Hadoop, whatever) and database admins on the higher side.
I'd love to clean house our exchange team though. Ours goes down for for 10min or so at least once a month.
@johnhooks said:
I'm surprised they can open files with multiple users and not have them open as read only.
Office is the main program that will do this. AutoCad is suppose to too but it does not always work. (and if using DFS/Branchcache neither will work well if at all) This stuff is based on using lock files. Not always accurate. We have a program that's in house that runs on top of autocad to manage projects and who's in it as well as handle file naming, defualt text etc. All of it uses a SQL server on the back to manage it.
@MattSpeller said:
@Jason good grief, where do you work?
At a fortune 100. We are across america, Mexico and a few other places. The work we do, well not I but the bread and butter of our company does can be quite dangerous.
I bought Office 365 small business premium last year for myself personally. Now I get permanent licenses to office pro plus though HUP for $9.99. So I'm thinking of dropping O365. Yes, I will lose exchange email but, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. I've decided I don't really like using exchange email outside of work as much as I though.. to be honest outlook sucks, OWA is okay. and Having to use folders sucks, the tags and search in gmail is a million times better and it's free. Exchange just seems to be using too much outdated methods anymore.
@bbiAngie said:
That is awesome. Thanks!!!
Quick question. How should I spec out the vm?
I was thinking the following, which may be overkill.
4gb of ram, 40gb vhd, 2 vcores
I don't think I've given it more than 1-2GB in the past. HDD will depend if you log etc.
What the Hell is it? seems like a made up title to me. Some guy just sent me a resume with that as his job title as well as used an awful lot in his summary. Only way it would make since is if he did some specialization and does IT for Architecture firms (and therefor has training for both)?
