I am currently IT Manager at a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) platforms company where I am responsible for all IT operations world-wide at our 6 international design and development sites. We use a mix of Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems as well as a plethora of varying back-end and network devices.
Supporting a world-wide hi-tech operation such as this is a constant challenge. There's always the demand to stay at the bleeding edge of technology, but do it on a shoestring budget. Hence the need to focus on quality so that things can be implemented correctly the first time. And the other focus to go with Open Source when possible.
I want to use this blog as a forum to kick around some ideas and talk about tools that make managing such an environment possible.
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