Joanne Yip The IT field is full of myths and challenges. To survive and thrive at the job, it helps to know what these myths and challenges are — and how to overcome them. Just like anyone who wants to play Dungeons & Dragons, you must learn the rules and the best ways to arm yourself for
This article is part of our IT Admin Mythbusters campaign. Discover the truth behind other common industry misconceptions in our roundup article 5 common IT myths & essential tips for IT pros. When organizations purchase new technology, they should consult their IT team. As primary stakeholders, IT teams lend valuable expertise that drives purchasing decisions.
This article is part of our IT Admin Mythbusters campaign. Discover the truth behind other common industry misconceptions in our roundup article 5 common IT myths & essential tips for IT pros. Here’s an inconvenient truth: too many people treat IT like they’re Best Buy’s Geek Squad — jacks of all trades hired for their
This article is part of our IT Admin Mythbusters campaign. Discover the truth behind other common industry misconceptions in our roundup article 5 common IT myths & essential tips for IT pros. It’s 5 p.m. and while most of your non-IT coworkers are preparing to log off for the day, you’re still stuck at your
This article is part of our IT Admin Mythbusters campaign. Discover the truth behind other common industry misconceptions in our roundup article 5 common IT myths & essential tips for IT pros. Someone recently posted on LinkedIn that she was looking for work and, more specifically, for potential opportunities in tech. Besides a brief account
For IT administrators responsible for managing the lifecycle of dozens or hundreds of endpoints, computer imaging can be a thorny but necessary task. It’s like going to the dentist. It feels like forever when you’re in the chair, but if you want clean, healthy pearly whites, you must soldier on. Thankfully, with more software tools
In the sysadmin world, understaffed and overworked teams are, unfortunately, more common than we’d like them to be. It’s not unusual to find a small IT team supporting hundreds or even thousands of users across the entire organization. The complexities of managing remote environments and supporting ever-growing grand plans for digital transformation can be overwhelming
My employee onboarding experience at my current job started with cookies — no, not the digital kind but actual, baked versions that were sweet, moist, and utterly delicious. This was followed by a more mundane and relatively fuss-free process of setting up assigned equipment, accounts, and login details. And while I do have many fond
Trying to explain what’s the difference between cloud storage, cloud backup, and cloud sync feels a bit like trying to explain the difference between a comma and a semicolon. They all somewhat look and sound the same and are sometimes used interchangeably but are fundamentally distinct in nature and primary function. In the ongoing battle
What exactly is “the cloud”? Depending on who you ask, you’re likely to get a bunch of different answers. Simply put, the cloud refers to a network of servers (and the software and databases that run on them) that can be accessed over the internet instead of on user devices. By extension, a cloud computing