Ineffective IT Directors: How to Stand Out as an IT Leadership Champion.
Unfortunately, too much I.T. talent is wasted living a lame, unfulfilling life, filled with an endless list of irritating issues and trouble tickets.
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How IT Leadership Can Influence Bold Tech Investment
Why IT leadership should advocate for investing in new technology to reduce silos and maximize business performance As Chief Information Officers and other IT leaders, we often find ourselves constrained by the very technology infrastructure we’re responsible for managing. Multiple fragmented “systems of record” have been allowed to proliferate within most organizations, creating numerous isolated…
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Forklift Your IT Leadership with $1.5 Billion in Buying Power
Discover how IT leaders use a $1.5 billion technology cooperative to maximize ROI and take advantage of skilled experts at no cost, without letting vendors take control. By Phil Howard, Managing Partner, AppSmart & Host, Dissecting Popular IT Nerds As the IT leader in your company, you have two groups of internal customers: the end…
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How To Ruin Your Life Upgrading a Phone System To Microsoft Teams
The majority of IT Directors are going to screw their Teams migration up and pay the price for years to come in 5 ways.
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Live a Life of Drudgery & Failure or Create Winning Partnerships
The single most important thing you can do to streamline your network and advance your career is create strong partnerships. Preferably, these relationships are with slightly crazy, fun people. Life’s better that way. Whether it’s industry leaders that have more experience, unique vendors that relieve you of burdens, or the end users that champion you……
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VoIP Sales Hype and Word on the Street.
Word on the street is powerful. Unless you’re born on the block, then you’re a potential sucker waiting to get mugged. If you’re strolling the streets alone, how do you know who to trust? People are popping out of back alleys happy to see you. Who are these people anyways, and why are they so…
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The Phone System is on Life Support and You’re thinking of buying another Elephant in a Pink Tutu.
If I sold your company a state of the art phone system and then delivered a baby elephant in a pink tutu, would you be okay with that? No, of course you wouldn’t. Let’s face it. People have issues. Do you have a large corporate pbx that is end of life? Is it a ticking…
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The VoIP Dilemma, 5 Mistakes (Almost) Every IT Director Makes, and The 3 Secrets.
With well over 120 commercial VoIP providers in legal existence (meaning: they are accounted for, not working out of their garage, & paying their bills most of the time), it is nearly impossible for an IT Manager or CTO to make an educated decision on which vendor will best support their company. Many teams are…
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Your Sales Rep Disappeared… Now You’re Chasing Unresponsive Project Managers and Having Installation Problems.
It was an exciting time for you. Researching all the potential solutions. Well, let’s just say, “some of the solutions”. Sales reps were pounding on your door. It was an empowering feeling, Fending off that army of executives… Everyone doting over you. Who wouldn’t love every moment of that? You wielded decision making power. And…
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Word on the Street Trumps All Sales and Marketing Efforts
Word on the street is powerful. Unless you’re born on the block, then you’re a potential sucker waiting to get mugged. If you’re strolling the streets alone, how do you know who to trust? People are popping out of back alleys happy to see you. Who are these people anyways, and why are they so…
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