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Top 10 IT Consulting Firms

31 March 2007

Giant consulting companies providing IT outsourcing, enterprise integration, and technology services.

Accenture - Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, committed to delivering innovation.
Deloitte - Deloitte Consulting LLP provides Technology Integration practice to help IT organizations solve business challenges through the integration of technology—as discrete services and/or comprehensive solutions.
EDS - EDS provides […]

IT Security Specialist Job Description

30 March 2007

IT Security Specialist is responsible for performing multiple security risk and vulnerability assessments, as well as operational projects and functions including monitoring of the network intrusion detection system.
Primary Responsibilities

1) Assess risk, evaluate security , identify vulnerabilities and corrective actions, and review for compliance with security policies and practices.
2) Assist in monitoring and maintaining network and/or […]

Top 10 Database Software Systems

28 March 2007

The most powerful database systems running today’s enterprise businesses around the world:

Oracle - Oracle Enterprise Server, designed for grid computing, is the best RDBMS, running on multiple platforms, with the latest version 11G.
DB2 - DB2 is the database management system that delivers a flexible and cost-effective database platform to build robust on demand […]

Top 10 Computer Languages

19 March 2007

What computer languages are playing the most important roles in IT world today? Look at the top 10:

Java - Java and Java EE (J2EE) platform, with many open source solutions, are the right choice for enterprise computing.
C# - Microsoft C# and the .NET framework compete with Java head to head. If it’s […]

What Can IT Workers Learn from Beggars?

18 March 2007

I work in downtown area started around 10 years ago. During work I go out to take a walk couple of times a day. My regular route passes a convenient store where a bunch of beggars hang around in front of it.
For long time beggars asked “Do you have changes?” when they saw […]

Top 10 Reasons for Being Lazy at Work

17 March 2007

Are you lazy? I am, although I’d rather not admit. If you look around at work, you’ll find that most of us are lazy from time to time, some others are lazy all the time. Simply saying, we are lazy.
But, can we? should we? at work? Yes, we should, we could, we might, […]

Chief Security Officer (CSO) Job Description

15 March 2007

Chief Security Officer (CSO) is the top security executive in the company. He or she will report directly to a senior functional executive (CEO, COO, CFO, chief administration officer, head of legal counsel). The CSO will oversee and coordinate security efforts across the company, including information technology, human resources, communications, legal, facilities management and other […]

IT is Not It

15 March 2007

A web translation firm wanted to sell translation service to me, so they sent me a page of my web site ITCareerSuccess.com that was translated to Chinese.  However, they translated “IT Career Success” to “Its Career Success”.  How ridiculous, IT is not It!
Why is IT not it?  Because things are transformed in IT:
In IT, the web […]

Computers were People, Managers are Not

15 March 2007

“What do you do for living?”
“I am a computer for the First National Bank.”
That was a conversation 50 years ago, when computer was a job title, a position for employees.
“Honey, How’s your day like?” My wife asked.
“Very busy, I worked whole day with enterprise manager to fix problems.” I answered.
In my job as database […]

Zoo Keepers: How Many Animals Do You Keep?

12 March 2007

In our office, programmers and system guys often joke about software, tools, and vendors named after animals. A fun game is to count how many animals we keep in our virtual zoo, - our PC. We found birds, cats, frogs, snakes, and more, very amazing!
See what we’ve had:

Toad - The SQL tool […]

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