- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Increase Storage Utilization
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Find Alternate Sources of Training
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Invest in at Least One Emerging Technology
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Investigate Managed Services
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Increase the Productivity Per Employee Numbers
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Improve a Business Process
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Take a Business Colleague to Dinner
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Demand Time in Front of the Board
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Make Sure Everybody on the IT Staff Has A Smart Phone
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Make the Help Desk Proactive
- Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Take a Day
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Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do
Eliminating carbon dioxide emissions is nice, but saving money is better. Replacing aging IT equipment with more energy efficient systems is one of the easiest ways to get the capital expense budget to pay for itself.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Increase Storage Utilization
Easier said than done given performance considerations, but the fact remains that a lot of money is being wasted on storage hardware.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Find Alternate Sources of Training
It’s a lot easier to keep and motivate people when they feel like the company is investing in their skills. That may mean others might try to poach them, but in this IT job climate, that will happen for sure if you do nothing.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Invest in at Least One Emerging Technology
It’s easier to never take a chance on anything new such as virtualization, but you’re never going to move your company ahead by being the head of IT maintenance either.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Investigate Managed Services
This is a form of outsourcing that is designed to be more complementary to existing IT staffs by letting somebody else sweat the small stuff while you and your staff concentrate on adding value to the business.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Increase the Productivity Per Employee Numbers
Don’t let managing the IT budget lull you into taking your eye off the reason you’re working for the company in the first place.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Improve a Business Process
Not every business process is broken, but more than a few are inefficient. Improving these will turn you and your staff into company heroes.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Take a Business Colleague to Dinner
You should do this at least once a month because you can’t improve a business process unless you actually understand what it does.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Demand Time in Front of the Board
At least once a year you should demand time in front of the company stakeholders to make sure they understand the value IT provides the business while simultaneously soliciting their ideas for improvements.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Make Sure Everybody on the IT Staff Has A Smart Phone
You will be surprised to find out how many IT issues can be managed remotely using a smart phone attached to the network.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Make the Help Desk Proactive
Instead of waiting for job tickets to be opened by users with problems, send people out looking to resolve issues before they become problems.
Twelve Things IT Managers Should Resolve to Do – Take a Day
Clear your calendar at least one day a month to think about how to drive the business youre in rather than just merely service it.
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