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Connected Digest interviews
Fullcan Fong, Rahul Ravel and Scott Anderson of Intel® Solution
Services
Inventory management has been the
bane of every business’s existence since the dawn of time. Ever since the first
hunter became a gatherer — and put gathered goods up for sale — someone had to
keep an accurate count of those commodities.
Flash forward a few thousand
years. We certainly have a leg up on our cavemen friends, the ones who had to
manage inventory with a clipboard and update PCs with a floppy disk. Yet many
businesses still use prehistoric processes, which don’t manage your inventory
effectively and disrupt mission-critical business processes. PCs are taken
captive or become unusable during necessary updates.
Client manageability ... Party blunder ... Career kiss of death
Managing enterprise desktop and notebook computers is a big job, especially when you add in automating IT support services, hardware and software inventory, remote client management and security. This month's feature story looks at how to cost effectively manage enterprise computers. It highlights positive customer experiences and shows how you can receive a high ROI after deploying a client manageability solution.
Whether we act like we care or not, we can't help but feel disappointed when passed over for a promotion. Promotions aren't free of politics, and it’s hard not to be jealous when colleagues get the ideal job. A reader tries not to worry about such things but still wants advice. Need advice of your own? Submit a challenge you face, and you may get excellent advice from other readers. As always, we respect your privacy when submitting any feedback or questions.
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I’m in a bind. At a social event for my department, my wife cornered my boss’s wife and told her that I am underpaid, overworked and not appreciated. I didn’t learn about this until the drive home.
The party was on a Friday night. Now it’s Monday, and I saw my boss look at me in a strange way — not good, I think.
Although there is some truth to what my wife said, I told her, “Never do that again!” But what do I say to my boss, if anything? What do your readers think?
Should I just ignore the incident? Should I apologize to my boss? Should I start looking for another job?
Management has overlooked me for a promotion several times. I'm concerned it's a career kiss of death. I'm about five to eight years from retirement, so maybe I shouldn't care. I do my best to be a strong contributor and respectful of everyone and the company. Many of my colleagues are frustrated about the lack of promotions, too, and they're not all close to retirement.
Personal tech tools often blur the lines between work and home life; the overlap may wreak havoc on your social life, but it's a good thing for business
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