-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dan Graham wrote: | Hi Sig, | | It all comes down to the competence of the admins, users and | management. I provide consulting services and remote admin support for | a number of organizations. My observations have led me to conclude
I am in a similar role as a consultant. I am not sure that there is a ballpark number anymore. There are a number of great automation tools these days. On the other hand, the numbers get fuzzy with virtual servers and networking gear (switches, routers, firewalls, WAN accelerators, proxies etc.) complicating the mix. | that no amount of bodies would suffice in many shops as they are | managed and staffed so poorly. Talented people are really in short | supply these days making the situation even worse. ;-) | All the involved parties, from management on down need to be capable. Management in particular should have some idea of how IT helps them to be productive and do whatever it is that they do. | Anywho a good rule of thumb is to add staff "CAREFULLY" until overtime | and downtime is reduced to acceptable levels | Never bad advice for hiring in any field :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIdIHuwRXgH3rKGfMRAvYgAJwKqINJkvgEyNWcb8Oz0NAdSvLycQCgkPak 9+9NMvBXtS38GbChARZfA18= =4ZnJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
