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Application availability is increasingly becoming a significant business risk management issue for major IT data centers. Why a business risk issue rather than an IT risk issue?
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Working Out of the Comfort Zone
Years ago, I started noticing people doing the wrong things at work. I first saw this while working in a computer lab. We worked with the leading edge computer hardware, software, and peripherals -- the best toys available. The problem was that people were looking for problems so they could buy the solutions. These people were wonderful problem solvers and spent their time doing that. They were comfortable solving problems rather than defining them; doing versus thinking. The trouble was, they often solved the wrong problems.
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Working Out of the Comfort Zone
WORKING OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE 29 March 2000 by Dwayne Phillips
Years ago, I started noticing people doing the wrong things at work. I first saw this while working in a computer lab.
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UNDERSTANDING THE "COMMUNITY" PHENOMENON
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Outflanking Misalignment
Attacking an entrenched enemy head-on, say by storming the beach at Normandy, usually results in heavy losses. The enemy just sits in his bunker and picks off targets of opportunity. Victory may finally be achieved by overrunning enemy positions, but casualties will be high. A better strategy is to avoid the enemy's strength by outflanking him and attacking in unobvious ways.
In response to Pamela Hollington's recent e-mail advisor titled " Lessons from Roofers: Managing the Known Unknowns" (16 February 2000), Mr. Bill Donovan, publisher of Inside Healthcare Computing, wrote this: