There aren't easy or cheap solutions, but not doing anything is worse. Maybe we should make carriers fiscally responsible for identity breaches provably caused by out of date OS versions.
Posts made by Kelly
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RE: RemixOS -- Android for the PC
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RE: RemixOS -- Android for the PC
@Dashrender said:
@Kelly said:
@dafyre said:
@Kelly said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Interesting. I think that Android is going to be a big deal on the desktop once they get rolling with it.
And is going to make Windows XP pre SP1 look like a well patched, secure computing platform...
It's built around Android Lollipop (5.1.x), so it should be at least up to par with Android... if that says anything (good or bad, ha ha)
Not probably going to be a good thing right now: http://www.cvedetails.com/product/19997/Google-Android.html?vendor_id=1224. Hopefully something like this will expose the flaws more broadly and force Google to do something regarding fragmentation and critical patching on non-Nexus systems.
How do you propose solving the fragmentation problem? The Android base is open source and free to use. That the root of the problem right there.
Toss on the fact that the carriers don't give a shit about supporting devices 30 seconds after they leave their store, it's no wonder that we have millions of hackable computers floating all over this little ball of blue light.
I have no idea, but I'm not being paid meelions of dollars to fix it I could throw out some options, but none of them would make anyone happy except the carriers.
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RE: RemixOS -- Android for the PC
@dafyre said:
@Kelly said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Interesting. I think that Android is going to be a big deal on the desktop once they get rolling with it.
And is going to make Windows XP pre SP1 look like a well patched, secure computing platform...
It's built around Android Lollipop (5.1.x), so it should be at least up to par with Android... if that says anything (good or bad, ha ha)
Not probably going to be a good thing right now: http://www.cvedetails.com/product/19997/Google-Android.html?vendor_id=1224. Hopefully something like this will expose the flaws more broadly and force Google to do something regarding fragmentation and critical patching on non-Nexus systems.
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RE: RemixOS -- Android for the PC
@scottalanmiller said:
Interesting. I think that Android is going to be a big deal on the desktop once they get rolling with it.
And is going to make Windows XP pre SP1 look like a well patched, secure computing platform...
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RE: Local, linux based, free helpdesk software
It would also be great if you've used it. I have done searches and found the major ones, but I figured I'd poll the community and get feedback based on y'all's experiences.
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Local, linux based, free helpdesk software
I figure this has been asked before, but I didn't find anything in a quick search, so I am going to ask it (again).
We're currently using JIRA ServiceDesk. It has pluses and minuses to it, but I'm looking at trying to save a little money by dropping this. It is very cheap right now, but as soon as we exceed the starter licenses the cost goes from $10 to $1,500. In addition I find it much harder to work with compared to Spiceworks. Spiceworks is not an option as we cannot have the opportunity of our internal information being exposed in any way.
So, any suggestions? I'm open to low cost options as well, not just free, but free is an easier sell.
My wish list:
Email receipt of requests
Easily configurable email notifications of both admins and users
Project management
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RE: Hypervisor, hypervisor - who's got the best hypervisor?
@DustinB3403 were you able to do your backups with the free version of XO, or did you buy it? The pricing seems a bit high at a glance, but I haven't really evaluated it closely.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
@Nic said:
@Kelly said:
@Nic said:
So SAM - what's the generic title for a jack-of-all-trades IT person then?
Who does Systems and Network Administration for a majority of their time.
Yeah, or who just does everything IT - the lone IT person at an SMB.
The old title that seemed to be standard around 2000 when the market was booming was "LAN Admin" - the person who managed all the devices on the LAN but generally ran only a single office. It's a generalist title. I never liked it, but it was standard and never overlapped with any enterprise titles.
I prefer something like IT Admin, IT Generalist, SMB IT Generalist. Admin and Generalist are really the core "type" components that seem to need to be in the name. Nothing that singles out servers, networks or other non-majority job component should exist unless doing that job as the majority.
I could go for IT Admin for @hobbit666. It recognizes that his tasks have administration elements to them, but are general to IT.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@Nic said:
So SAM - what's the generic title for a jack-of-all-trades IT person then?
Who does Systems and Network Administration for a majority of their time.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
@Kelly said:
Scott, something that makes these discussions with you more difficult is that you appear to consider your experience to be normative, and it is anything but. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting your comments, but in this, and other threads, it comes off that way.
I have the same issue with many of the people on SW - I've worked with thousands (literally) of people with specific titles, no enterprise barrier, pay scales ... all that are defined as "impossible" by the SW crowd. Which is more accurate... a few thousand people saying that something is impossible or a few thousand people proving that it is very possible and not even realizing that it was considered "hard" by the other group?
I'm not necessarily saying this about your SMB to Enterprise transition. I have no experience there, and don't want any. It was the tone that I inferred from your statement, and others like it. Again, as I said, I think we could hash this out over beers, but it is likely not going to go anywhere in a text format.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
@Kelly said:
Scott, something that makes these discussions with you more difficult is that you appear to consider your experience to be normative, and it is anything but. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting your comments, but in this, and other threads, it comes off that way.
Well, a couple things there...
- What makes it non-normative?
- What makes the viewpoint I'm countering normative?
- How does any one person know? I've been in IT for 27 years and have seen a lot of scenarios. I've worked more than 60 companies directly and tons and tons as a consultant. So my cross section of IT is pretty broad compared to most.
In the example of going from SMB to Enterprise, I know how it is done, and how it happens. People who have failed to get hired in the enterprise but wanted to don't provide useful feedback because all they know is that they failed and then they try to guess why. I've been a hiring manager hiring (and not hiring) those people and have broad insight into why they generally don't make it that they would not have.
Is my person experience "normal". No. But is it useful? i think extremely so.
I am not discounting your perspective. A man I know once said, if you respect me you will challenge me, or words to that effect. In this thread, and other employment threads you have pointed to your own experiences as examples. Perhaps it is your phrasing, but my interpretation of them has been that you think they are normal, or maybe should be normal. In my own experience, and the communicated experience of the majority of others, yours is far outside the norm.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
Scott, something that makes these discussions with you more difficult is that you appear to consider your experience to be normative, and it is anything but. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting your comments, but in this, and other threads, it comes off that way.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
@Kelly said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Kelly said:
This is SMB. An IT department of 4. You never have a full time Sys/Net Admin in those kinds of places unless you're an MSP.
Right, so don't use the titles from the enterprise that are very specific to job duties when they don't apply. Use SMB titles instead. That's my whole point. You never get either of those titles in an SMB.
You have very narrow and specific definitions of words that don't always reflect a working reality. You are technically correct, but functionally wrong. I'm not sure we can work through this on a forum.
Other than places blatantly falsifying titles to inflate egos and reduce pay, where is this functionally not correct? And from a functional aspect, the fact that they are used for ego boosts and to reduce pay gets reflected in how they are treated by hiring managers - more inflated titles and more depressed wages.
First, I apologize for the tone I may have communicated in my last post. I reread it, and it is very abrupt. What I was trying to say is that if we were hanging out having a beer I think we could come to a level of agreement on terms and functional definitions in SMB, but I don't know if we can be successful on a forum.
The titles may have that consequence, but you're fighting a Sisyphean battle here. SMB expects their generalists to have Sys/Net Admin skills (and more) so they advertise Sys/Net Admin jobs. If you apply for a job with only a generalist title you may not even be considered. The definition for those titles is not someone whose only responsibilities fall within that realm, but one whose majority, or most critical responsibilities fall within that. If you do not broaden the scope, there will never be any opportunity for movement of individuals from SMB to Enterprise.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
@Kelly said:
This is SMB. An IT department of 4. You never have a full time Sys/Net Admin in those kinds of places unless you're an MSP.
Right, so don't use the titles from the enterprise that are very specific to job duties when they don't apply. Use SMB titles instead. That's my whole point. You never get either of those titles in an SMB.
You have very narrow and specific definitions of words that don't always reflect a working reality. You are technically correct, but functionally wrong. I'm not sure we can work through this on a forum.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
Just like if you work in an auto shop and 50% of the time you are a gopher, 20% a secretary, 10% work the front cashier and 20% fix cars, you can't put your title as "Mechanic." But you can say that you have worked as a mechanic.
This isn't a very good example. Those are four entirely unrelated professions, not a gradation of tasks within a single profession.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
This is SMB. An IT department of 4. You never have a full time Sys/Net Admin in those kinds of places unless you're an MSP.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@scottalanmiller said:
@Kelly said:
@hobbit666 said:
We were looking at System/Network Admins, but yeah I do like the IT Specialist as it's says we are good at all of it lmao
I'm not sure how titles are viewed in the UK, but I would aim for something with Admin rather than Specialist/Technician/Generalist. You are doing the work of both, but having a SysAdmin title will look better on a CV than a Specialist in my opinion.
Better if your goal is to get a different job as a system admin AND they don't get upset that you had a false title for your last job or don't catch on. But if your goal is to stay on the generalist path, a specialist title doesnβt really help.
I'm not sure how that is a false title. Some of his tasks are Systems Administration level tasks.
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RE: Another "Give me a Title" thread
@hobbit666 said:
We were looking at System/Network Admins, but yeah I do like the IT Specialist as it's says we are good at all of it lmao
I'm not sure how titles are viewed in the UK, but I would aim for something with Admin rather than Specialist/Technician/Generalist. You are doing the work of both, but having a SysAdmin title will look better on a CV than a Specialist in my opinion.
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RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play
@dafyre said:
I'm playing through Jade Empire now (It's a freebie from Origin if you have an account there). So far, I'm enjoying the story. The game play on a PC keyboard isn't bad. The game seems to involve a lot of culture from China, if I understand the story right.
It's a good play so far, with a good story (that's all I really care about, ha ha).
I completely forgot that I snagged that too...
Now the conundrum: keep on with GalCiv III or switch to Jade Empire. Hmmmm
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RE: Getting a Handle on MangoLassis Markdown Markup
Now it just needs something to allow us to flag sarcasm.