IT Consultant

Archive: 11-2011

• Planning for rate increases in your IT consultancy

  How do you insure that your IT consultancy’s rate increases happen on a reasonable schedule? Chip Camden answers that question.

  Posted by Chip Camden | November 28, 2011, 7:58 AM PST

• Billing for research on IT consulting projects

  Chip Camden gives a TechRepublic member advice about billing clients for research, which he notes can be hard to estimate.

  Posted by Chip Camden | November 21, 2011, 11:46 PM PST

• Only novices assign users to shares

  Erik Eckel makes the case for why consultants should assign group rights to server shares, and then assign users to groups.

  Posted by Erik Eckel | November 19, 2011, 8:44 PM PST

• Achieving success as an IT consultant

  Independent consultant Chip Camden shares how his ideas about what it means to be a success in this field have changed depending on his motives, values, and priorities.

  Posted by Chip Camden | November 16, 2011, 12:06 PM PST

• Project collaboration in the cloud via Mindjet Connect

  Work management tools are offering new ways to work and brainstorm solutions using mobile platforms and storing solutions “in the cloud.” Mindject Connect is one example.

  Posted by Andrew Makar | November 16, 2011, 9:19 AM PST

• Only novices daisy-chain switches

  If you support so many network nodes that multiple switches are required, technology consultant Erik Eckel encourages you to do it right.

  Posted by Erik Eckel | November 11, 2011, 11:56 PM PST

• Essentials to take when visiting a data center

  This seven-point checklist of what IT consultants should take to a data center will help them reduce delays and return trips to the office.

  Posted by Erik Eckel | November 9, 2011, 7:23 AM PST

• Why did you become an IT consultant?

  Learn what motivated Chip Camden to start his independent consulting business 20 years ago, and then tell the community what factors contributed to your choice to become an IT consultant.

  Posted by Chip Camden | November 3, 2011, 5:33 PM PDT

• Do it now, or do it right

  If doing a consulting job the right way isn’t best for your client’s timetable or budget, Chip Camden says you need to compromise.

  Posted by Chip Camden | November 1, 2011, 11:58 AM PDT