One of the benefits of being an employee at a small IT and engineering consulting firm is that I get the benefits of a small organization combined with the resources of a the large organization I am assigned to. I don’t have to deal with much bureaucracy to get things...
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5 Tools You Can Use to Eliminate Malware From Your Machine
One of the more common requests I receive from users is that their computer is running slowly, or even worse, they're getting a popup saying that their machine is infected with a virus and Extreme AntiVirus 2013 can remove that virus for the low low cost of $39.95!...
How PLM Enables Innovation Without Risking Compliance
As technology has advanced, it's become more complex -- and with complexity comes the issue of tracking and monitoring the different processes and their corresponding data. In non-critical applications, the extent of this reporting is often minimal. However, in...
10 Pitfalls That Can Impact VMWare Performance
Ensuring servers provide consistent performance is a primary goal for all infrastructure management services . A large portion of our servers are in a virtualized environment, and the additional complexity involved there can present some challenging performance...
Are you Paying too much for your Application Licenses?
Unfortunately, it is all too common for companies to overspend on their software licensing. It can be easily done, especially if licensing is handled in an ad-hoc or de-centralized manner. A license is need by one part of the business and so a bundle of licenses is...
How Engineering Downtime can Cripple a Company
It is understandable and smart that companies try to gain cost savings wherever possible while continuing to be profitable and innovative. However, some so-called savings can actually cost more, even when considered over a short or medium term time period. Engineering...
Gain Greater Insight into Storage Device Operation with HD Tune
This week we have a look at HD Tune, which analyzes and benchmarks storage devices. HD Tune can be used on either hard disk drives (HDD) or solid state drives (SSD), which allows for comparisons between these different types of devices. Here are some useful features...
Alternative Ways to Deploy Web Services Other Than the Cloud
During 2012, the shining star for cloud services has once again been Amazon’s web service (AWS) offering. It success and popularity has made it an almost household name for cloud based web services. However AWS, or any other web services cloud offering, isn't the only...
The Cloud and Outsourcing in 2013
As the push towards the cloud continues, 2013 will see a growing emphasis on cloud-related outsourcing projects. Cloud-related IT expenditure covers a wide range of areas including; Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud compute centers, infrastructure as a service...
Application Managed Services: Engineering Operations Is Essential For Product Development Success
This ebook is the key to accelerating your business growth and product development through the application managed services of Engineering Operations. What Is Engineering Operations? Application managed services are pivotal to business growth. The disruptive...
Loom How Guiding Principles Help Us Scale Engineering Operations
Is your organization experiencing rapid growth? Although growing your business typically yields positive results, successfully operating during this time can be difficult. Explore these guiding principles for navigating high-growth periods from Loom and how your...
7 Ways to Fight Feature Creep
I was recently involved in a project in which the goal was to streamline and automate a manual software deployment process using Electric Cloud's product ElectricCommander. The Scope of Work was laid out, development was underway, and my coworker and I felt very...