2007 I.T. Budget Check

2007 I.T. Budget Check: "Much more interesting than quibbling over percentage points, though, is what technology executives plan to do with their money. Several chief information officers told Baseline that security and streamlining infrastructure to cut technology operating costs are the two biggest priorities."

Blogarithms » Amazon for Infrastructure-on-Demand

Anyone who reads this blog know how cool I think Amazon web services are... here is a detailed, yet very cool example, with a diagram, of a website using all three.

Spend time on this if you want to know some of the future of computing...

Blogarithms » Amazon for Infrastructure-on-Demand: "The buzz is building around Amazon Web Services as an application platform. Don MacAskill has been using AWS’ S3 storage service for SmugMug, and according to Jeremy Zawodny, will be talking about it at this year’s ETech conference. Jeremy and others have been experimenting with S3 as storage backup for desktop and laptop systems. Even Dave Winer is experimenting with S3."

Microsoft Office Project 2007 : So many blogs, so little time...

Microsoft Office Project 2007 : So many blogs, so little time...: "There's so much being published on Project related blogs, its hard to keep up with it all. So, attached is an OPML file which contains the RSS feeds for the a number of Project related blogs. "

Enterprise Project Management (EPM) | Google Groups

Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Google Groups: "Today's PM PrepCast PMP(r) Exam Tip is: *What if you get audited?*

By applying to take the PMP exam you also automatically agree to comply with
the PMI's audit terms. The PMI writes about this in the credentials handbook
as follows: "

PMToolbox.com - Tools and Resources for Project Management - Visiting Gantt Again

PMToolbox.com - Tools and Resources for Project Management - Visiting Gantt Again: "Hal Macomber provided an interesting post again about the topic of Gantt Charts. He asks the following questions:
How is the project going?
When will we be done?
Some other important questions might be:
How much will it cost when we're done?
What is the confidence interval for the cost and completion date?"

The ABCs of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - ITIL - CIO

This is important.... it will impact the life of a PM and will greatly increase you opportunities for advncement if you learn the lingo! ITIL is not going away...

The ABCs of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) - ITIL - CIO: "ITIL is a framework of best practices for delivering IT services. What's the big deal about it, and why is it considered so important in corporate computing? We explain the basics before you hunker down with the books."

Microsoft Office Project 2007 : SQL Server Reporting Services Report Pack for Project Server 2007

Microsoft Office Project 2007 : SQL Server Reporting Services Report Pack for Project Server 2007: "This post contains a zip file attachment which is the SQL Server Reporting Services(SSRS) 2005 report pack for Project Server 2007.
This attachment contains 9 items total:
One overview document describing the setup for each report as well as any new custom fields/lookup tables that are required to make these reports function.
Seven PDFs which are sample output for each report
One zip file of the Visual Studio project with report source code.
This VS project file can be used within the SSRS Business Intelligence Development Studio to deploy and modify these reports to your own needs."

New Year, New You - Editorial - CIO

Aspire to move up the ladder? This is a very good article...

New Year, New You - Editorial - CIO: "I speak to CIOs every day who confide that they would like their next opportunity to be something 'challenging' with a 'growing company' where they can provide 'leadership.' They have a generic understanding of what they want but no plan, no strategy, for achieving it. This never fails to amaze me. CIOs work so hard to be strategic in their technology leadership. Why not be strategic about your career?"