This article is a guest post written by Molly Barnes and is the first in a series exploring the "New Normal" of...
Upgrading a single machine's instance of Splunk is easy. All we need to do is stop the instance, download either the .tar or the .rpm, and then either untar or yum install the package, restart Splunk, and voilà, we have an upgrade!
In my experience, one of the most important and challenging tasks for any project is to set and manage the expectations of the customer from project initiation to delivery. Throughout the project life cycle, expectations should be monitored and managed to ensure a successful engagement.
I know that sometimes it’s hard not knowing exactly what to do and it can take some trial and error to figure out what works best. I’ve realized that the first thing to figure out is when these disconnects can occur. Once that is ironed out, one can work through ideas on how to prevent them in the...
CSDT can have a tendency to be "delicate", especially the 7.6 version. At Function1 we recently completed an upgrade from Fatwire 7.6 to WebCenter Sites 11g for a client, and we used quite a lot of CSDT to get the data migrated. Below are some of the lessons we learned along the way, which we bring to you in this blog as useful CSDT tips.
Tip #1: The "toSites" Catch
Say for example that you have exported Site1's assets to a datastore "Site1" using the "fromSites" parameter and supplying "Site1" as the value. That means of course that the datastore "Site1" contains...
While working from a virtual environment offers many benefits, it can sometimes be challenging with all of the various distractions, which you may not experience in an office environment. From thinking about and tackling your day-to-day responsibilities, to having a television nearby, all of these things can easily run you off course making it difficult to concentrate on work and manage your time efficiently.
Below are some tips that can help curb those distractions, and allow for you to be successful in the workplace, whether you work from an office or not.
It’s no surprise that telecommuting continues to steadily rise with the promise of flexibility and cost-efficiency resonating among employees and employers alike. For employees, the benefits of working remotely are pretty obvious: eliminating a long commute; wardrobe savings; and availability for family, to name a few. But, what’s in it for employers? Besides the tangible allure of savings in real estate-related costs, businesses that offer the ability to work from home benefit from an increased level of...
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Feel defeated by the amount of emails in your inbox? Managing your e-mail inbox can be a chore, especially if you receive hundreds of messages a day. As messages build up, the task of reading and addressing each one may seem impossible, and for most becomes a daunting task. For some, the go-to answer is to ignore some correspondences because most of them are spam or junk and don't require a response. This isn’t the best solution as one can miss deadlines or get on someone’s bad side if something urgent isn’t addressed in a...
What’s a risk? How does one manage risks? What is the best method to track risks for a project? Is there a standard categorization to use? What is the difference between a risk and an issue? The list goes on and on.
Risk management can be tricky, but having some sort of process on how to manage risks for any project in your organization is extremely important. Identifying, prioritizing and addressing risks for a project, is a fundamental principle that shouldn't be overlooked. If not properly addressed, it can result in slipped schedules...
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