shuckyshark · Director, Information Systems · ✭✭✭✭✭

people do make the job more enjoyable...but most companies still need to make a profit...I've worked with companies in retail, non-profit, manufacturing, and now government. I have yet to find a company that truly inspires me. Don't get me wrong...I've loved working at each company for different reasons...and my current…

rschroeder​ said it all : Who can afford today's security needs? And who can afford to be without them?

i'd say it's better than asking to you install Onion...

MAYBE use SolarWinds Virtualizaiton Manager...oh wait, I AM! :-)

interesting...let me know when you hear "What are you doing, Dave?"

We do performance based budgeting...so my budget has to align with the strategic plan, mission, values, or goals...if it doesn't align with one of these, then why are we doing it or spending money on it? Every 3 or 4 years, depending on how long the strategic plan is for, I meet with the C-Suite (I'm not at that table yet,…

again with the bacon, Jfrazier​ :-)

i love DRIBs...makes my life so easy!

Exchange is a huge monster to monitor - in this case, the more options you have to automate the monitoring, the better.

Ok, so my fear just came true on Friday! One of my net admins was cleaning up stuff and couldn't access a secondary storage unit (as it was configured for iSCSI for our vm ware environment). He thought it was an error, so deleted the iSCSI configuration - which then caused several (about 10) servers to suddenly error out.…

or you get them to sign an agreement stating that they must stay with the company for 12 months or they must pay back the cost of the training.

I'm thankful for the individual who told me he's looking into something called networking and a CNA, which then prompted me to research "networking" on the then early internet (1996) and a certification called CNE. I'm thankful for all the companies who've hired me and let me explore my new found abilities... I'm thankful…

i must admit, I've never heard of some of these side kicks...but as long as Chewie wins, I'm okay.

I can't tell you how important number 1 is. I've had staff come to me with "hey, look at this, how about this", and I'm like "so what? how does that impact our business units?"

i'd like to know who gets a 6 day weekend!!! Definitely not me :-(

This was my first one and I have to say I'm thwacked!

NOT touch it, not secure it, but are whole heartedly responsible and take all the blame should something go wrong!

i really wish all vendors would standardize on a set of terms...it's so hard comparing features of each device, whether it be storage, switches, hyper converged solutions, etc...it takes so much time and effort to evaluate the multitude of options, and digging deep to understand what the actual "FEATURE" they're…

Yes, lets all whine and complain to @wabbott about the hard work she puts in to get us free prizes, thwack points, and most importantly, free knowledge sharing, support and training. I'd like to see Thwack boycott everyone and have 3 months of no missions and prizes to quell those individuals.

see, it's sooooo old, i don't even know how to spell it!

grain? i thought we were talking about trains...

Love MTTI !!!!!!!

and double done for me

I should offer to redesign Netflix...I use it a lot, but I tend to search for movies on line, then go to the app...

automation is cool if you can identify and control all the "what if"s

does Talos publish a security report?

so amazon is going to be able to sell and deliver food? I hope their delivery gets better than 5 days...

i can't believe there are still people manually running their helpdesk...how do you run reports and track outcomes?

don't buy Alexa...

like more vacations?