Ravi Blogs about IT Topics

I am not sure how many you paid attention to a recent e-mail from Justin Harmon about Production Charges. In this e-mail Justin talks about a new charge back model for both print and web services. Since we collaborate heavily on web services, this e-mail is very relevant to ITS. We have had several discussions [...]

So, what do you all feel about the ITS Staff Meetings?
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Once in while asking this question is useful. The last time we asked this question, it was a fun exercise and a group activity which resulted in the new format. Basically [...]

More Reorg
Steve submitted his reorg plan which he has already discussed with his staff. This will go into effect officially on July 1. As per this plan:

Darrell will report to Annette
Doug and Sharon will report to Jane
Rich and Gaylord will report to Dan
Chip wil lreport to Barbara

In many of these instances, the projects that everyone [...]

The last couple of days have been pretty busy and very interesting. I got to learn the details about various projects that are either ongoing or are in the works. So far, there are no surprises because through Director’s meeting or through direct communication with other Directors I have known about many of these projects.
My [...]

When we renegotiated the telephone contract with the merged SBC/AT&T last year, I was very excited that one of the outcomes would be that we will get “Caller ID” despite the fact that we cut down the amount of the contract by $100K a year. As we all know by now, it turned out to [...]

I began my role as the Associate VP for Information Technology last week, on June 1. As you can imagine, I am excited and am ready to work with the ITS staff to move forward. We have a group of dedicated, bright and hard working individuals at ITS and as I look everything that has [...]