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Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional

Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional
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May 28, 2012
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Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional

Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional

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Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Infrastructure of Attention

2

Combine the auditability of e-mail with the freedom of the wiki to create much-needed aids to collaboration.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Common-Sense Storage

3

Introduce single-instance architectures and commonality factoring to reduce disk and network footprints of redundant bits.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – VOIP Without Compromise

4

Address issues such as 911 service and backup power to bring VOIP fully into the telecom mainstream.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Tech Consumer Control

5

Elevate and clarify the issues of employee purchase and workplace use of insecure or incompatible digital-lifestyle toys.


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Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Next-Gen Wi-Fi

6

Monitor the progress and plan the adoption of Wi-Fi laptops and other network infrastructure based on 802.11n technology.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Vista Viewpoint

7

Address the inevitability of enterprise and employee-owned machines running Vista; be proactive on compatibility issues.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Virtual Mastery

8

Exploit efficiencies of virtual appliances and virtualized operating systems to improve hardware utilization and reduce platform lock-in.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Open-Source Synthesis

9

Break down industry segmentation to make Linux a mainstream option for desktops as well as data centers.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Out of the Box

10

Improve communication and cooperation between IT and physical security, power/cooling management and other site functions.


Be a Con10der: The New Years Top 10 Challenges for the Enterprise IT Professional – Banishing Insecurities

11

Use secure by default postures of Windows Vista and Mac OS X to rebalance user expectations of security versus convenience.

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