consultant News and Other Resources

Blog Post

How to move your consulting business to the next level

March 7, 2012 1:50pm PST

Chip Camden offers advice to an IT consultant who can't land project management jobs because he doesn't have experience in that field.

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White Papers

A Failed State of Security: A Rational Analysis of Deterrence Theory and the Effect on CyberCrime

March 5, 2012 12:00am PST

In reviewing this paper on criminology and information security it appears that, while they share many common themes, there is a disconnect between the criminological theory and its application in...

Provided by: Mark Consulting Group

Webcasts

On-demand Webcast: Private Cloud Computing: The Journey Begins Here

March 2, 2012 12:00am PST

Deploying virtual machine software and moving your IT environment to a private cloud is, like most things in enterprise IT, a lot easier said than actually done. The transition to private cloud...

Provided by: IBM

Blog Post

Keep it real, for your sanity and for your business

March 1, 2012 7:42am PST

Chip Camden asserts that you don't need to be perfect to build trust with clients, but you should be genuine with them.

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Podcasts

Enkitec Improves Performance, Scalability, and Management of Hosted IT Services Environment with Oracle Exadata

March 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Enkitec, an IT consulting firm, has improved performance, scalability and management of hosted IT service environments with Oracle Exadata. In this podcast, Wade Nicholas, President of Enkitec,...

Provided by: Oracle

Podcasts

Business Intelligence Innovation at Gallup

March 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Gallup is in the "intelligence" business - their survey's and consulting services deliver relevant, timely, and visionary research on what people around the world think and feel. Ironically one of...

Provided by: Oracle

Podcasts

Enkitec Improves Performance, Scalability, and Management of Hosted IT Services Environment with Oracle Exadata*

March 1, 2012 12:00am PST

Enkitec, an IT consulting firm, has improved performance, scalability and management of hosted IT service environments with Oracle Exadata. In this podcast, Wade Nicholas, President of Enkitec,...

Provided by: Oracle

Case Studies

Emergency Telemedicine Provider Saves Lives Every Day by Using Clinical CRM System

February 28, 2012 12:00am PST

Specialists On Call (SOC) is the largest provider of emergency telemedicine consultations to US hospitals, giving them immediate access to highly trained neurologists over the Internet. To grow...

Provided by: Microsoft

Discussion Threads

Grade your job poll results: IT Consultant

February 25, 2012 6:49am PST

Grade your job poll results: IT Consultant article root If you want to struggle, be a generalist; a niche makes life easier I know plenty of freelancers/consultants who have a very general niche,...

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Q&A

User/Software Management - This is a difficult one

February 22, 2012 4:53pm PST

User/Software Management - This is a difficult one So here is the scenario; I've not long begun a new role, on arrival i was made aware that EVERY user within the business has local ADMIN rights....

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Discussion Threads

Considerations for tablets in a small enterprise

February 22, 2012 12:42am PST

Considerations for tablets in a small enterprise article root CRM Hi, thanks for the article. May I ask: what is the name of the CRM you employ in your business? CRM = Salesforce I use...

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Whitepapers

Secure and Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

February 22, 2012 12:00am PST

In recent years, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have drawn considerable attention from the research community on issues ranging from theoretical research to practical applications. Special...

Provided by: Tata Consultancy Services

Discussion Threads

Steps to becoming an IT consultant

February 21, 2012 10:01am PST

Steps to becoming an IT consultant article root Independent consultant Both of those words say "think for yourself." Formulas are for herd animals. Steps in becoming an IT consultant Chip...

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Blog Post

Steps to becoming an IT consultant

February 21, 2012 9:45am PST

Chip Camden, who has 20+ years of IT consulting experience under his belt, believes there's really only one requirement for becoming a consultant.

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Discussion Threads

Deployment documentation best practices for consultants

February 17, 2012 11:58am PST

Deployment documentation best practices for consultants article root Charging for documentation I agree they shouldn't pay extra for documentation, but it should be part of your billable hours or...

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Blog Post

Deployment documentation best practices for consultants

February 16, 2012 3:16pm PST

Don't deploy a new firewall, VPN, server, SAN, wireless network, or other systems without properly documenting the installation.

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Discussion Threads

My fountain moment, or why persistence pays off for consultants

February 13, 2012 2:07pm PST

My fountain moment, or why persistence pays off for consultants article root Pittsburgh is a great town I've never had the occasion to visit it again, but I'd love to. Anybody in Western PA want...

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Blog Post

My fountain moment, or why persistence pays off for consultants

February 13, 2012 1:40pm PST

Chip Camden recounts when he realized he was making it as a consultant, and offers encouragement to consultants who might be feeling self-doubt like he did.

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Discussion Threads

Three apps for the traveling consultant

February 13, 2012 8:39am PST

Three apps for the traveling consultant article root I phone only ?? Who wastes there money on a iphone these day's they are to limited in the enterprise. Time master +billing I use Time Master...

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