Calling all who touch technology on a daily basis (read: everyone)—come choose your own tech adventure! Whether you work in the technology field for a living or simply use technology…
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The office, of course. At home. On the commute. The coffee shop. The data center. In the cloud. And yes, even the bathroom. (You know you’re guilty!) Is there anywhere…
With September upon us, it can only mean one thing. Well, OK, it could mean a lot of things, but it only means one really important thing—the second annual IT Professionals Day is just around the corner, of course. Mark your calendar for September 20!
We all know that IT pros make the modern world go round, but what would happen if we woke up one morning and all IT professionals had disappeared? Would the Y2K-end-of-the-world scenario actually take place and total anarchy ensue? We asked a group of IT professionals this question, and this is what they had to say.
IT Professionals day. It’s about damn time.
Though we IT pros appreciate growing interest by technology laypeople, it’s sometimes difficult to explain to outsiders that our careers are truly a calling. We’re not lucky tinkerers who just happen to know how to untangle Windows or tickle CLIs until our networks hum harmoniously.
If you’re an end user or business leader, you know that IT pros wait on us hand and foot every day, so on the inaugural IT Professionals Day this September 15, let’s honor these unsung heroes of modern business by reversing roles a bit by treating them like IT royalty.
You are a lean, mean VM sprawl fighting machine. You eat network config errors for breakfast. You laugh in the face of slow SQL queries. You…are an IT pro. And as an IT pro, you bring a tremendous amount of value to your employer.
Not a day goes by that businesses and end-users don’t benefit from your contributions to all things IT. When you are not acting as the driving force behind innovation and business IT strategies, you are probably rescuing Web servers from burning buildings. Because of you, businesses are energized and end-users are more productive.
