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Category Archives: IT Management
IT Jungle: Four Things to Do For Your IBM i in 2013
IT Jungle just posted my latest article of Four Things to Do For Your IBM i in 2013. The top four things I list there are: Check Your Job Scheduling Date Objects In January Schedule Your V5R4Mx Upgrade, If Needed … Continue reading
Posted in IBM i acquisition, IBM i Tech Info, IBM i Tools, IT Management
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One More Way to Reduce IBM i 3rd Party Software Maintenance
I recently wrote a post for IT Jungle on auditing and reducing IBM i 3rd party yearly software maintenance costs. In that article, I listed nine steps for determining whether a vendor’s yearly software maintenance cost is fair and how … Continue reading
Posted in IT Management, Software acquisition
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IT Jungle: Preparing for Your Next IBM i Upgrade a Year in Advance, Parts 1 & 2
I’m starting to evaluate my next set of IBM i hardware upgrades. Two years ago, I wrote an article on how to start thinking about a hardware upgrade a year in advance. There are a lot of things you can … Continue reading
Posted in IBM i acquisition, IT Management
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Keeping the Lights On through UPS Maintenance
I’m at a client today overseeing (babysitting) some maintenance to the Universal Power Supply (UPS) that covers their Data Center. This UPS system is part of an emergency power system that protects their Computer Room and other critical areas when … Continue reading
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One More Thing to Check on Your UPS Systems
If you’re using a UPS to power critical equipment or to transition power to a generator during a power outage, think about the life span of the capacitors used inside that system. Besides batteries, a large-scale UPS also uses capacitor … Continue reading
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Gartner: “BYOD is Driving IT Crazy”…Oh Yeah, Just Wait
CIO Magazine has an article this week about the security challenges being posed by companies embracing Bring Your Own Device policies (BYOD). Not to sound dense, but no one’s thought about this before??? The funny thing is I’m thinking they … Continue reading
Posted in IT Management, Misc
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