tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214699729339673750.post6870852827881805710..comments2023-06-22T01:34:01.227-07:00Comments on SQL Tools: Outsourcing the Governmentrationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02398378934739504719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214699729339673750.post-77721955406513247322008-01-19T10:02:00.000-08:002008-01-19T10:02:00.000-08:00The writer of this article seems to consider Georg...The writer of this article seems to consider Georgia State IT staff as old men waiting to retire with no motivation to do their jobs.<BR/><BR/>Since I am an IT staffer he could not be more wrong in his assumptions. All of the IT staffers were hired away from Private Enterprise in 1999 before Purdue (BP). We all know how to make a profit using scare resources. We all came from this environment.<BR/><BR/>The reason the SOG is in such shambles is because Sonny Perdue has cut all spending for IT and pretty much every agency. We have the same networking equipment since I began my employment TEN years ago. <BR/><BR/>The governor refuses to spend anything to resolve the myriade of issues we deal with every day. And as anyone in the field knows technology is extremely dynamic. Yet, we are not provided any training, spare parts, or warranty work on the aging infrastructure. So we do the best we can.<BR/><BR/>To provide networking solutions for our customers we have to purchase our own tools and train ourselves. We are a rather resilient group who solve complex issues among ourselves. We are given zero leadership from the ivory towers in Atlanta. But the governors hand picked “Customer Service” appointee has told everyone that to provide “World Class Service” all we have to do is answer the phone with "Hello, my name is Mordak, how may I be of service today". Somehow this simple task makes the antiquated hybrid switches carry datagram’s to the right destination and keeps the failing servers from crashing.<BR/><BR/>So dear writer who likes to assume State of Georgia IT staffers are lame, talk to one of us and report the ‘REAL’ reasons the IT infrastructure is falling down.<BR/><BR/>Proud SOG IT StafferSOG IT Stafferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006298716170807087noreply@blogger.com