The Flip Side Gaye ClemsonSeptember 21, 20210223 views It’s refreshing to me to occasionally see honest viewpoints expressed on LinkedIn regarding the various stresses people feel in their day-to-day work lives. Regardless of its actual existence pre-COVID, work/life balance is officially over, replaced by a blending of work and home culture. And, the norms for what’s acceptable behavior at work have changed dramatically. Remember the days when we thought a barking dog or an interruptive child was a career-limiting move? Read more
The Flip Side Gaye ClemsonMarch 23, 20210307 views Those who know me know that I am obsessed with experimenting with new digital collaboration platforms and technologies. These days I’m especially intrigued with those that can help build trust, reduce loneliness and strengthen social connectivity; and, in so doing improve employee engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and organizational culture health. These topics are on everyone’s minds as companies envision much more remote or hybrid remote work becoming much more permanent due to the pandemic. Read more
“It is a myth that in order to act like a leader you need to act powerful”, with Penny Bauder & Lisa Partridge Penny BauderMarch 24, 20200180 views It is a myth that you must act powerful to gain respect — many people confuse being “the one who is responsible” with being “in power” and that in order to “act like a leader” you need to “act powerful”. Both men and women do this — decibel level and states of constant dissatisfaction don’t generally keep people on their toes in a good way. It breeds anxiety. Read more
How Cookies and Rockets Changed My Life – Girl Scouts and STEM Sylvia AcevedoDecember 10, 20190243 views I was named CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA in 2017. It’s truly an honor to lead this organization that made such an impact on my life and on the lives of 50 million alums across the country and the world. In 2018, research showed that less than one percent of Silicon Valley leadership was Latina. So how did I get to be one of those leaders? What in my life prepared me with the courage and confidence to take on leadership roles and thrive? Read more
Rethinking technology sustainability. Marc WatersDecember 9, 20190211 views [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]I think we all care about our planet. We think about the future and the impact we are having. We all want to support environmentally positive behaviour. I mean do you still use plastic cups? No me neither, well, not often. What about your mobile phone. Do you leave it charging all night? Do you recycle your rubbish? Do you off-set your carbon?… Read more
NonStop Trends & Wins Justin SimondsJuly 30, 20190170 views Everyone and every company seem to be designing for the cloud. Of course “the Cloud” means different things to different people but in general I think we can agree that when the term comes up it means something like Amazon or Azure. One has the capability of quickly bringing up compute resources including servers, storage and networking. One will only be charged for what one uses and for how long it is used. One can stop anytime. The presumption is that this is much better than owning resources and having them sit idle, or at least not fully utilized. As usual, people want something that is available whenever they want it for as inexpensively as possible. For that they are willing to accept some risks including availability, security and an eventual, not immediate, database consistency. It is good, perhaps not great, but solidly good. NonStop is looking for customers and businesses that require great. NonStop has a long history of interfacing to “the Cloud”. In the early days Keith Moore and I were discussing the ‘Silver-Lining Architecture’ to protect resources that were on the cloud. This developed later into GuardianAngel where NonStop’s Pathway monitors were running serverclasses off platform and in the public cloud while still being controlled by NonStop with the inherent advantages of Pathmon – scale up (more instances) if response time started to slack off. Recovery in some instances failed. Automatic shutdown of instances as load decreased. Now with virtual NonStop we have real integration with a cloud, not ‘The Cloud’ (public), but a cloud (private) by allowing NonStop instances to be spun up, with several configuration requirements, but spun up nonetheless. Read more
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: How Users See the IT4IT Standard Building Competitive Business Advantage Dana GardnerJuly 8, 20190230 views Dana Gardner: Hi, this is Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions, and you’re reading BriefingsDirect. Our next IT operations strategy panel discussion explores how the IT4IT™️ Reference Architecture for IT management creates demonstrated business benefits – in many ways, across many types of organizations. Since its delivery in 2015 by The Open Group, IT4IT has focused on defining, sourcing, consuming, and managing services across the IT function’s value stream to its stakeholders.… Read more
Pay as you grow with flexible IT services Scott RamsayJuly 8, 20190221 views Companies can save significant time and money by monitoring and paying for only the computing power they use. Here’s how that can work. Ever since the cloud became a major force in enterprise computing, IT leaders have been confronted with a choice: maintain data, applications, systems, and networks in-house or move them to the cloud, with its promise of cost savings, scalability, and improved agility.… Read more
Hyperconvergence Delivers Unexpected Results for VDI Users Thomas GoepelJuly 7, 20190160 views The self-help industry is steadily growing, due to a basic human desire for improvement. Consumers can find a plethora of books, podcasts, and seminars, not to mention products and services that promise positive change. IT organizations that want to experience similar improvements can find them by implementing some less-than-urgent technology makeovers. The results can often deliver unexpected and far-reaching benefits. Client virtualization environments stand to benefit more than most, because even small improvements in system performance are multiplied across hundreds of desktops.… Read more
For Auto Makers, Data is the New Fuel for Analytics and Innovation Carole MurphyMarch 18, 20190175 views Auto manufacturers capture massive volumes of data that, with predictive analytics, can produce valuable insights to monetize, and improve products, operations, and better serve customers with new features. For example, connected cars can now report their health status to get ahead of maintenance and keep customers safer! Sensor data can be packaged and sold to transportation agencies and cities to aid in traffic design, road maintenance, and other initiatives.… Read more