Comments on: IT Management Podcast #24 – If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: People Over Process » #ls09 - The Long Run from Good Enough to Fantastic http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/comment-page-1/#comment-286071 People Over Process » #ls09 - The Long Run from Good Enough to Fantastic Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:41:54 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/#comment-286071 [...] immense compared to Google Apps. But how do you, and IT budget holder in, Staring Into The Economic Abyss, measure that [...] [...] immense compared to Google Apps. But how do you, and IT budget holder in, Staring Into The Economic Abyss, measure that [...]

]]> By: People Over Process » Rackspace’s New Cloud Portfolio http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/comment-page-1/#comment-255451 People Over Process » Rackspace’s New Cloud Portfolio Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:08:06 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/#comment-255451 [...] John and I discussed yesterday when speculating about this announcement, the complaint about Rackspace’s existing cloud-offering, Mosso, was that it had no API. This [...] [...] John and I discussed yesterday when speculating about this announcement, the complaint about Rackspace’s existing cloud-offering, Mosso, was that it had no API. This [...]

]]> By: Cote' http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/comment-page-1/#comment-255354 Cote' Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:42:52 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/#comment-255354 Jon: I'm glad you liked the episode. We'll see you around next episode ;) Jon: I’m glad you liked the episode. We’ll see you around next episode ;)

]]> By: IT Management Podcast #24 - If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you | IT Management and Cloud Blog http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/comment-page-1/#comment-255271 IT Management Podcast #24 - If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you | IT Management and Cloud Blog Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:06:26 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/#comment-255271 [...] IT Management Podcast #24 [...] [...] IT Management Podcast #24 [...]

]]> By: James Governor http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/comment-page-1/#comment-255223 James Governor Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:52:54 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/#comment-255223 Hey Jon I am not sure I agree with you. In many cases consultant budgets are the ones get cut. In the long run when firms start rehiring i agree consultants will be in good shape. Hey Jon I am not sure I agree with you. In many cases consultant budgets are the ones get cut. In the long run when firms start rehiring i agree consultants will be in good shape.

]]> By: Jon Reed http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/comment-page-1/#comment-255074 Jon Reed Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:01:39 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2008/10/21/itmanagement024/#comment-255074 I didn't have time to listen to this whole podcast tonight, but I did enjoy the section on dealing with economic downtimes in IT. A couple points I definitely agreed with: temporary hiring freezes definitely create opportunities for independent consultants. I tell some of the SAP folks I talk to that now is a good time to contact those companies that always wanted to work with you but couldn't because you didn't want a perm job with them. :) Second, also agreed that these tighter times can create interesting "bottom up" opportunities and it's a heck of a lot better to innovate something that isn't totally approved of by the chain of command than to hunker down and hope the pink slip doesn't visit your cubicle. And yeah, now is certainly a good time to outwork those around you, or at least out-innovate. Bad time to be goofing on the water cooler talking about your fantasy football league's misfortunes. This was the first podcast I had listened to from this series and I will check out more, I like the relaxed conversational feel quite a bit. Jon I didn’t have time to listen to this whole podcast tonight, but I did enjoy the section on dealing with economic downtimes in IT. A couple points I definitely agreed with: temporary hiring freezes definitely create opportunities for independent consultants. I tell some of the SAP folks I talk to that now is a good time to contact those companies that always wanted to work with you but couldn’t because you didn’t want a perm job with them. :)

Second, also agreed that these tighter times can create interesting “bottom up” opportunities and it’s a heck of a lot better to innovate something that isn’t totally approved of by the chain of command than to hunker down and hope the pink slip doesn’t visit your cubicle. And yeah, now is certainly a good time to outwork those around you, or at least out-innovate. Bad time to be goofing on the water cooler talking about your fantasy football league’s misfortunes.

This was the first podcast I had listened to from this series and I will check out more, I like the relaxed conversational feel quite a bit.

Jon

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