In This Issue

Client Server Management HandiGuide Updated

13,000 IT Related Jobs Will be Lost

Increase Your Compensation

Client Server Management HandiGuide
Updated

The client server model has become one of the central concepts used in network computing.

In marketing, the term Client Server has been used to distinguish distributed computing by smaller dispersed computers from the "monolithic" centralized computing of mainframe computers. But this distinction has largely disappeared as mainframes and their applications have also turned to the client/server model and become part of network computing.

The Client Server Management HandiGuide contains over 155 pages of practical ways to manage the Client Server operating environment.

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Between HP, Lehman, and Merrill Almost 13,000 IT Related Jobs Will be Lost 

With Lehman and Merrill Lynch getting ready to cut back IT professionals, and HP's announcement that they will lay off a total of 24,600 ( at least 12,300 in the US) the outlook is beginning to look bleak for IT professionals.

By Janco's best estimates there were over 230 IT professionals who made over $250,000 a year.  Many of those jobs will just go away.  Add to that the 180 plus IT professionals at Merrill Lynch making over $250,000 a year and there will be a glut of top IT professionals that will be on the street by the end
of  the year.

 The actual percentages were 71.63% - Laid off; 8,65% - Quit within 90 days of the outsourcing; and 19.72% - Remained with the company at least 90 days after  outsourcing.

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Proven Steps to Increase Your Compensation

Many IT professionals ask, how can I increase what I am paid? Janco has defined 5 proven actions that any IT professional can take.  They are:

• Obtain a university or technical degree - a BA or BS will have value long past that of a certification that will be out of date in a few years.
• Build your network of peers and potential employers - You need others who will vouch for you, whether you are transitioning outside your current company or aiming for an internal promotion, so it is important to build trust and respect with your peers, bosses and associates. As a part of this effort, focus on improving your communication skills.
• Increase Your hardware, software, and application experience -  If you are  going to have to use IT hardware, software, and applications, maintain them for other users or convince customers to include those products in solution, you need to be able to discuss your own experiences with those products.
• Attend training and seminars of the latest IT solutions - Expand your knowledge and experience base by every means possible. There are many training and seminar programs that are available from vendors attend them and then quickly apply what you have learned.
• Expand your on-the-job experience  - Whenever opportunity arises, throw your hat in the ring for that new project, whether or not it is outside your areas of expertise.  Pursuing projects outside the normal scope of your job responsibilities not only expands your marketable knowledge and experience, but can put you in the position to meet, network with and impress new people.

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