Sorry but I missed the part where anyone was talking about analog signals. If i can sit in the middle of the Hampton Roads Tunnel and surf the net on my blackberry, then a cruiser can do VoIP through midtown Manhattan...without looking like a porcupine in heat.
Two of the easiest things to do is change to smaller local supplier for as much IT parts and equipment as you can...loyalty will get you better prices...I routinely pay 5-15 points under retail for everything i buy from my supplier no matter how small. The other thing is to renegotiate as many contracts as you can...new technology in printers and copiers (if leased) traditionally costs more...if it doesn't then you need to find another vendor. Most vendors will buy out old leases and put in new equipment for the same price if not less and with the new tech you end up with a lower operating cost.
Oh....DON'T forget to audit the Telecom charges...phone companies routinely screw up billing or fail to offer new rates when new contracts "automatically" start...if you are in I.T. and you don't at least glance at the telecom bills, you're a dumbass...you can save companies big paper by redoing telecom contracts...
Big Time ROI...that's what they like....i seem to have motivated myself into cutting some costs...
What everyone fails to think about (especially here) is that in the world of us knuckle dragging, bad sinus having, anti-social, beer swilling techno-geeks we don't mind having to be Ruler of All Things Computer (ie: root) to get any work done. The average computer user and yes there are a few million of them out there, do not want to be bothered with having to enter passwords everytime something needs changed. We as techno-gods deal with this every day "what button do i press to make it do my job?"
Viruses, Trojans, Spyware, and Adware were not written to attack the "I is smart cause i work with puters" bunch...it's written to attack the VP of marketing whose computer you have to go fix cause he is a moron surfing porn on his lunch break or your Mom who wanted to send you that email because someone really did wake up in a bathtub full of ice missing a kidney.
Do not make the mistake of being so arrogant as to think that we are the ones that are meant to be effected by malware...we are the ones that end up cleaning up the mess.
FYI...I have had great success running M$ Antispy in tandem with Kaspersky AV on XP pro systems where the people just won't listen.
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Sorry but I missed the part where anyone was talking about analog signals. If i can sit in the middle of the Hampton Roads Tunnel and surf the net on my blackberry, then a cruiser can do VoIP through midtown Manhattan...without looking like a porcupine in heat.
I really don't think you mentioned Bluetooth quite enough...
before anyone screams...i meant to say that the printer/copier new tech costs less... man, do i like my coffee...
Two of the easiest things to do is change to smaller local supplier for as much IT parts and equipment as you can...loyalty will get you better prices...I routinely pay 5-15 points under retail for everything i buy from my supplier no matter how small. The other thing is to renegotiate as many contracts as you can...new technology in printers and copiers (if leased) traditionally costs more...if it doesn't then you need to find another vendor. Most vendors will buy out old leases and put in new equipment for the same price if not less and with the new tech you end up with a lower operating cost. Oh....DON'T forget to audit the Telecom charges...phone companies routinely screw up billing or fail to offer new rates when new contracts "automatically" start...if you are in I.T. and you don't at least glance at the telecom bills, you're a dumbass...you can save companies big paper by redoing telecom contracts... Big Time ROI...that's what they like....i seem to have motivated myself into cutting some costs...
What everyone fails to think about (especially here) is that in the world of us knuckle dragging, bad sinus having, anti-social, beer swilling techno-geeks we don't mind having to be Ruler of All Things Computer (ie: root) to get any work done. The average computer user and yes there are a few million of them out there, do not want to be bothered with having to enter passwords everytime something needs changed. We as techno-gods deal with this every day "what button do i press to make it do my job?" Viruses, Trojans, Spyware, and Adware were not written to attack the "I is smart cause i work with puters" bunch...it's written to attack the VP of marketing whose computer you have to go fix cause he is a moron surfing porn on his lunch break or your Mom who wanted to send you that email because someone really did wake up in a bathtub full of ice missing a kidney. Do not make the mistake of being so arrogant as to think that we are the ones that are meant to be effected by malware...we are the ones that end up cleaning up the mess. FYI...I have had great success running M$ Antispy in tandem with Kaspersky AV on XP pro systems where the people just won't listen.