CIT Roundtable 1
Cool Tools
BombBomb.com “affordable” but cool
RoyalTS – Remote Desktop Console Tool FREE
> http://www.code4ward.net/main/RoyalTS/Overview.aspx
RDTabs FREE
MRemote FREE
LovelyCharts.com “affordable paid account”
>http://www.lovelycharts.com
SpiceWorks – Scans Macs, PCs, Servers give alerts on changes updates, problems.
>http://www.spiceworks.com
Kiwi Solarwinds toolset
Likewise
>Likewise.com
Mobiscope Desktop
Volunteers in IT
> How to recruit Volunteers:
– Volunteer Fair
– Make the needs Known and make the descriptions detailed and clear
– Define the scope for the volunteers
– Let your volunteers see the blinkly lights on a tour
Backups and Offsite Backups
- Backups are for the weak in faith –Bryson
- What is Offsite? Off campus, other building, other property owner
- Who is the stake holders in the backup decision
- Leadership team has to make a choice what the order for coming back online is.
– Have leadership commit to the decisions of how you come back online after a disaster
– Disaster doesn’t just mean data issues.. power, data, hv/ac
Storage
Not all storage is created equal…
> Media Production have tiers of storage – Online, Near Online, Not Really Online (wait time)