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The first sentence of the article seems pretty definitive that a triathlon is composed of swimming, biking, and running; however, for the past 31 years, the [http://www.littlemiamitriathlon.com/html/triathlon.html Little Miami Triathlon] has been a canoe (or recently kayak)/run/bike event. While the majority of triathlons are swim/bike/run, wouldn't a combination of any three individual endurance sports qualify as a triathlon? If so, would anyone seriously object if that first sentence of the article were editted to read "A triathlon is a multi-sport endurance event often consisting of swimming, cycling, and running ..." [[User:William McVey|William McVey]] ([[User talk:William McVey|talk]]) 22:30, 7 January 2011 (UTC) |
The first sentence of the article seems pretty definitive that a triathlon is composed of swimming, biking, and running; however, for the past 31 years, the [http://www.littlemiamitriathlon.com/html/triathlon.html Little Miami Triathlon] has been a canoe (or recently kayak)/run/bike event. While the majority of triathlons are swim/bike/run, wouldn't a combination of any three individual endurance sports qualify as a triathlon? If so, would anyone seriously object if that first sentence of the article were editted to read "A triathlon is a multi-sport endurance event often consisting of swimming, cycling, and running ..." [[User:William McVey|William McVey]] ([[User talk:William McVey|talk]]) 22:30, 7 January 2011 (UTC) |
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== Why Use IT Managed Solutions? == |
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Short solution is because it's more affordable than the other options. |
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Extended solution because it's less costly and your IT systems are looked right after by a crew of professionals who do this day in and day out. |
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Nonetheless not convinced? Let's take an illustration. |
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Firm ‘A' has one Modest Enterprise Server operating File & Print and Exchange, 24 machines (some desktops, some laptops), 3 printers and some Blackberries. |
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What does company ‘A' need to provide first class [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed_services|IT management]] for its systems and staff? |
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A single point of contact for all IT issues (help desk), 24*7 monitoring and alerts, vendor management, on-site hardware support, system administration (password resets, user account creation etc), change management, reporting and root cause analysis, research into new technologies that are relevant to what firm ‘A' does, Service Level Agreements, software/application support, backups, Printer Admin, Network Management, Server Management, Desktop Support, remote access, regular incident analysis, discounted hardware and software? The list goes on and on. |
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So what can organization ‘A' do? |
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Get an existing employee who's good with computers to help out with any problems? |
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This will not provide you with many of the above requirements. The individual in question may be great at fixing computers at home, but have they any experience of IT in company? Imagine they spend all day trying to fix a printing issue. They may or may not get it fixed. Any time they have spent doing a job they are not trained for should have been spent doing the job they are trained and paid for. Effectively, you would be paying a non-IT professional to do the job of a professional. |
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So what else? |
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Employ an IT Professional, or even a crew? |
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Hire all the people you need to provide the service you require. How many people is that? |
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Research shows that one IT employee is needed per 40 staff. So, you will need to employ one person to support firm ‘A'. This one person is going to be busy trying to cover desktop support, helpdesk, network support, R&D, root cause analysis etc. You may think that one person can manage - right after all there are only 24 users to look soon after! Maybe, but what about when this person is ill, on holiday, or needs to be looking at two incidents at the same time. He or she also needs to be well trained in desktop, server and network support, not forgetting customer facing skills. Finally, without backup the job holder needs to be a senior technician, therefore able to work on their own. |
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An approximate salary of £40-£50k, as well as benefits, training and holiday cover. |
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Maybe there's an alternative? |
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Use an IT Company. When you have a problem pay them by the hour to come in and fix it. |
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The IT business will only get paid when you have problems. Does this encourage them to fix the root cause? Are they preventing problems before they occur? NO! You may find you let your IT systems degrade and when you find it impacts your organization you have to pay for a quick fix. Don't forget you're not just paying the engineer. You are losing money as your employees can't function at full capacity when their systems aren't working. In fact you could be paying twice as much when you have a problem. |
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And for all this money you get break/fix support. What about all the things we mentioned? You really need to have proper IT management. Are you going to pay by the hour for all them as well? It's difficult to put a price on what this is going to cost over a year, and that makes budget time rather difficult. More information [http://www.whiteglovetech.com Managed IT Services] <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Itsrsu|Itsrsu]] ([[User talk:Itsrsu|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Itsrsu|contribs]]) 17:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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Must a triathlon be swim/bike/run?
The first sentence of the article seems pretty definitive that a triathlon is composed of swimming, biking, and running; however, for the past 31 years, the Little Miami Triathlon has been a canoe (or recently kayak)/run/bike event. While the majority of triathlons are swim/bike/run, wouldn't a combination of any three individual endurance sports qualify as a triathlon? If so, would anyone seriously object if that first sentence of the article were editted to read "A triathlon is a multi-sport endurance event often consisting of swimming, cycling, and running ..." William McVey (talk) 22:30, 7 January 2011 (UTC)