Here is an idea, that might combine both the tactical and strategic.
1) How many man hours does it take to manage your 800 computers per day and how could solutions that might lower your man hrs say by 30-40% which is more time the business can utilize your skillset to work on other strategic endeavors. 2) Can you show ROI on your purchases? (Bussiness drivers, I am trying to save the business money over the long run by automation) Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Work:401-255-2497 This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. [Description: Description: Lifespan] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Think strategically, not tactically.. I have nothing specific, other than I need to think more strategically when it comes to being a sysadmin. For example, I have 800 endpoints on my network I need to manage and maintain, I get caught up in tactical solutions and I’ve been told to think more strategically. Is this thinking close? Strategic: What business need am I trying to address? Tactical: What’s the best tool to manage my systems? Dave From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ziots, Edward Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 1:05 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Think strategically, not tactically.. No not problem solved, with moving to cloud, if not done right, makes into bigger problem. As for the offline comment, if there is sensitive internal information to discuss it would be better in an offline convers, but if its just general of course best for all to learn online. Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Work:401-255-2497 This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. [Description: Description: Lifespan] From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:00 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Think strategically, not tactically.. I thought the only valid long-term strategy is to 'go to the cloud.' Boom! Problem solved. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: No, please - not offline. This is an outstanding opportunity for learning for all of us as sysadmins. Kurt On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dave, What is the situation at hand that you need to get things across to the business at a strategic level as compared to tactical day to day level. The approaches are varied, depending on the audience and the priorites. (Corporate mergers, Compliance/Regulations issues, Bussiness drivers, etc etc) Hit me offline and we can discuss more, Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, CISA, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Work:401-255-2497<tel:401-255-2497> This electronic message and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are reading this message, but are not the intended recipient, nor an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from copying, printing, forwarding or otherwise disseminating this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the message. Then, delete the message from your computer. Thank you. [Description: Description: Lifespan] From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:32 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] Think strategically, not tactically.. So….I need to come up with a way to better approach some situations and think more strategically and less tactically. When it comes to systems management (servers, endpoints, troubleshooting, etc.), what does that look like? Can someone shoot some examples out? Brain cramp. Sure I can Google this, but let’s pretend I work for you and am asking for guidance ☺. Dave.
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