Dangerous Dave’s Tech Manager

The total cost of ownership is the total cost of a project.  This can be either a hardware, software, or upgrade function.  It specifically states the whole cost of the project.  This stems from the research of the project all the way to supporting the upkeep of the project.  It ensures the best value in […]

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I was recently talking to a manager outside of my organization and they said some shocking things that made me believe that they did not know how to be a manager.  I think any organization that hires from within can attest the complications of management.  My biggest concern would be my customers.  As a manager, […]

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I have been noticing certain organizations have been skimping on RAM when they install workstations.  The lack of enough RAM in workstations can affect the overall performance of a workstation.  This affect can also have an issue on network performance.  Paging file is the windows way of increasing a workstations ram by providing “virtual ram”.  […]

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Open source software is a type of software license that freely provides software source code to the public. Due to the source code being freely available to edit, change, and redistribute, most of the time open source software is free to use and share. The software is kept current and updated by users […]

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I feel that if there is a higher error rate offshore and that there is less error checking and debugging information, the cost associated to outsourcing can be substantially more then the US companies. I don’t think organizations know on how much time is spent after code is produced to fix it. […]

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I think that it is reasonably trite for application developers to either have a associated multiple skill or be at the top of their game. Recently, there has been a trend with hiring programmers from other countries. Some would argue that those programmers are our new cab drivers. Not to depreciate programmers, […]

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The pull system is a little different than the push. They work by pulling resources to a certain part to develop a product. Or, in another system, the company puts out all of its products and the consumer can pull what it likes (in reference to downloading media). Peer to peer software is […]

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A push system is when a company and other organizations anticipate demand and mobilize scare resources to meet the goal. However, push systems require companies to monitor and enforce detailed activities. Push systems can easily limit innovation. It also makes workers into instruments of management instead of assets. The push system […]

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The three keys of Dells success are reducing the number of touches, providing close shipping to its U.S. buyers, and the ability to provide a computer with endless configurations. The main reason that Dell is successful in its supply chain management is that each time a computer is “touched’ it makes for a more […]

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Simplifying the line structure provides long term management styles to work with a matrix that fits the manager’s goals. It also provides a company with a stream line approach to implementation of criteria and ideas. Therefore, companies need to provide a vast decision making approach that provides managers with the opportunity to […]

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