"Strike while the iron is red hot. :)" Bingo. I was able to implement RDS with absolutely ZERO resistance from the "dept" (read: Sr. network architect) that always gives me pushback when we (I.S.) were tasked with coming up with a way for our employees to work from home for one day during the move of our office from one city to another.
I had already been eyeing replacing Citrix with RDS and when this directive came out I said "easy, open up RDS to external access". The architect being who he is saw this as less work from him, and my argument that if the PC's (some of them home users' machines!) use RDS there's far less risk of compromising our network didn't hurt pushing it through. The other alternative was configuring AnyConnect to verify AV and patch status before allowing connection, and I could stand RDS up faster than they could comfortably configure and test the AnyConnect stuff. A couple grand for RDS licenses looks like a speck when looking at line items for an office move of 300+ employees. Dave From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Security ROI - comment on this please And that's why you ALWAYS have a plan waiting in the wings. Keep chatting with vendors in advance so you can get quotes quickly for any solution when the emergency hits. Strike while the iron is red hot. :) ASB (Find me online via About.Me<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: This just happened to us. One of our data centers lost partial power (bad PDU). Of course, now that clients are calling to complain, the questions start flying from "up above" about "why don't we have redundant systems in our other DC?". It's a beautiful thing! Don Guyer Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology Fiserv [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com<http://www.fiserv.com/> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Security ROI - comment on this please That's the cost of doing business. The problem is, if it is needed just *once* and you don't have it, then it could be a business ending event. And since you can never be sure that it won't be needed in advance, you have to weigh the risks and make the intelligent decision. It's always amazing to me how business leaders that fight you tooth and nail for even a $20K item will ask the inevitable "why didn't we deploy this redundant blah-blah" when the single device goes down. ASB (Find me online via About.Me<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Same could be (arguably) said about DR plans/facilities. Yes, peace of mind, etc, etc. But what if that service is never needed? Don Guyer Windows Systems Engineer Datasafe Platform Fiserv Enterprise Technology Fiserv [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 Fax: 610-293-4499 www.fiserv.com<http://www.fiserv.com/> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Security ROI - comment on this please This is on a Powerpoint that just came to my desk: Myth: Security produces ROI Fact: Security is a negative deliverable 1. Produces no revenue and creates no efficiencies 2. Although limits possibilities that a future negative fallout will happen David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
