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I bookmarked these as a reference item to pass along to the rest of my team. Thanks!

Netflow resources are good references.

Nice article

We have policy stating that we go to the Manager of the individual with the data in hand. Then, the manager can follow the policies related to such activity.

Interesting information.

Informative!

The survey results are interesting. And yes BYOD is a force to be reckon with. We all need to come to grips with the how and why of how to secure the "Skeleton Key". 

Excellent. It is good to "Solve a problem" rather than just treat the symptoms. Awesome work! 

Excellent write up !!!!! I have had too many employers that viewed training as a way to build up and employee and encourage them to move on. The culture should have been if we invest in you then we reap the returns when the appropriate situation arises and then reward the employee for usage of that knowledge. I have in 34…

Good article.

We pretty much follow the steps that you outlined. We work diligently to eliminate tribal knowledge and to ensure multiple people are part of projects and that projects are communicated between team members and departments. Fortunately, most of the tech team rely on NPM and the NOC views that have been setup to help with…

A very interesting post. That is storing a lot of ones and zeroes! 

Good article. Thanks!

The type of industry that you are in and the compliance requirements have generally in my experience been the deciding factor for the length of data retention periods. In my long career, I have found the cave with 1000's of backup tapes to which the tape drive has long since died or the need to have everything purged in…

Interesting thoughts. I would be in the IT Versalist category. I am continually adding to my skill set but do not spend my entire day or life working in just one field. 

Thanks for sharing.

Seems like I am in the same boat. I am trying to cleanup the IP spreadsheet to validate all the data prior to migrating to an IPAM solution. I have written some scripts to perform the forward and reverse verification. The good news is that we do not have a lot of Duplicates detected. Only when a device has been offline for…

Unfortunately, I work in a highly regulated arena that has to balance rock-solid infrastructure and the flexibility to utilize BYOD and modern devices. So, I get to continually update my skills and keep an infrastructure solid. As a team, we are continuously discussing new technologies.

Looks like it was a good listing. Did this tips make a difference?

Thanks for posting!

Gosh! let the nostalgia reign in. It appears that I am on the really older side of things. I spent my high school days -- early 80's installing and servicing Novell 2.1 baseband networks for the local school districts. And I have been in IT for 31 years now. I am part of a team that has a lot of young staff members that…

I was thinking the same thing. I wonder which one technology I could specialize in as well as what my days would be like without being pulled in 900 directions and having to have a breadth of skills -- albeit not necessarily the depth of skills.

Funny, I read this article at a point in my IT career where I am working to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I have never been a specialist in any particular area but a knowledgeable and reliable source of engineering in many many aspects of IT. Most of my career I used the methods you detailed without…

Like any culture change, continual refresh and revisiting topics make the transition easier. This is one of those articles and I look forward to seeing more like it. Thanks!

Handy background info!

Interesting to learn history of product lines.

Appreciate the update. Thanks.

Helpful posting.

Thought provoking discussions.

Totally agree!