9/29/2007
The wrong words on your resume
9/27/2007
Job References You Can't Control
9/24/2007
Business Systems Analyst
CIBER Memphis is currently recruiting for a Business Systems Analyst.
Responsibilities:
- Will be reporting system availability information to senior management.
- Leadership/experience with outage and change management info;
- Some web programming skills preferred - excellent pc skills;
- Mainframe and distributed operations experience preferred
- ITIL foundations certifications preferred
Qualifications:
- Communication skills
- Leadership
- BA/SA experience
- Experienced with outage and change management info
HTML - Dreamweaver, Macromedia suite - ITIL foundations certifications
About CIBER:CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER’s global delivery services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., the company now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 20 European offices and four offices in Asia. Operating in 18 countries, with 8,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients’ systems to “competitive advantage status.” CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
Send resumes to jason(at)memphisitwork.net
Responsibilities:
- Will be reporting system availability information to senior management.
- Leadership/experience with outage and change management info;
- Some web programming skills preferred - excellent pc skills;
- Mainframe and distributed operations experience preferred
- ITIL foundations certifications preferred
Qualifications:
- Communication skills
- Leadership
- BA/SA experience
- Experienced with outage and change management info
HTML - Dreamweaver, Macromedia suite - ITIL foundations certifications
About CIBER:CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER’s global delivery services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., the company now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 20 European offices and four offices in Asia. Operating in 18 countries, with 8,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients’ systems to “competitive advantage status.” CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
Send resumes to jason(at)memphisitwork.net
9/23/2007
If That Guy Earned A Promotion, Mine Can't Be Far Behind
Here is a great article from JARED SANDBERG of the Wall Stree Journal. It really goes to show that you need to keep your head in the game at work. Many of us get too comfortable in our position untill something jolts us out of our comfort zone.
Don't knock colleagues who fail upward. They may be exasperating, bad for business and prove that a company rewards something other than hard work and skill. But they can be great for the ego.
When Peter Brockman worked for a high-tech company, he witnessed a peer get a promotion to a job Mr. Brockman thought was well over his head. Holy cow, he thought to himself, how did that happen?
At first it was a blow to his confidence, he says. "But then it helps it. I was emboldened." His colleague's success prompted him to start discussions with his boss that led to a promotion, 30% raise and options just three months later. Had that colleague not been promoted, he says, "I wouldn't have felt it, or thought about it."
We build self-esteem not just through the acquisition of skill and pride in our work. We also derive it from the conviction that the guy in the next desk who just got a killer promotion is a bigger schlep than we are.
It's all part of what's called social-comparison theory: We compare ourselves with others because it can feel great. Sometimes, we engage in "upward social comparison" to higher status individuals to improve our self-image by pointing out similarities. (Hey, I'm a Mets fan, too, ergo, EVP material).
We also make "downward social comparisons" to thank our lucky stars that our troubles aren't so bad. At the office, even the mousiest employees can feel emboldened simply by witnessing relatively more clueless recruits joining the company every year.
Accountant Joe Pizzileo, cocky coming out of school, was less so when he showed up for work at a big accounting firm. "I felt like the little kid in the Wheaties commercial that was wearing his dad's suit," he says. Among the things that rebuilt his confidence: "As a fresh group of peons came in every year you became that guy that they were looking up to," he says.
The tendency for upward social comparison begins when one realizes company leaders aren't the wizards you thought -- mild letdowns that are real picker-uppers. Over time, several instances led software engineer John Traylor to conclude that: A) a boss has "intellectual limitations just like we all do," and B) "I'm as good a mortal," he says.
When he once rushed past a secretary to speak to an executive, she tried to stop him, implying the boss was busy with important work. "He was playing Solitaire," he says.
In a study conducted by Lee D. Ross, professor of psychology at Stanford University, Ph.D. students taking oral examinations believed they didn't know as much as their questioners. But the questioner didn't feel he knew more than the answerer. Put another way, just because someone knows the answer to his own question doesn't mean he knows much more than that, even though he seems to.
"Confidence can come from learning to have more realistic standards of what competence looks like -- learning to distinguish the real fakes from the fake fakes," he says.
The danger of such self-medicating with social comparison is an overdose of confidence. There are injured egos and distractions for managers who have to engage in coddle-fests for people whose ambition laps their talents.
But if, as the Peter Principle notes, colleagues around you will advance to the level of their incompetence, can you blame someone for trying to make sense of it?
"One guy didn't know crap about marketing," recalls Jennifer Rook of a former colleague who was promoted. "We came to the conclusion [his promotion] was because he was tall."
Ann Garcia, who has witnessed ineffective vice presidents prosper despite the fact they "carved this trail of tears through the organization," doesn't allow people who might sound smart clip her self-image just because they can talk about, say, "organizational silos."
She went through phases of admiration, then scorn and now simply tries to find out what companies value.
Adds Stanford's Prof. Ross: "There sometimes also comes a point when you realize what makes the people you thought were mediocre, good. FDR, for example: second-class intellect, but first-class temperament."
Don't knock colleagues who fail upward. They may be exasperating, bad for business and prove that a company rewards something other than hard work and skill. But they can be great for the ego.
When Peter Brockman worked for a high-tech company, he witnessed a peer get a promotion to a job Mr. Brockman thought was well over his head. Holy cow, he thought to himself, how did that happen?
At first it was a blow to his confidence, he says. "But then it helps it. I was emboldened." His colleague's success prompted him to start discussions with his boss that led to a promotion, 30% raise and options just three months later. Had that colleague not been promoted, he says, "I wouldn't have felt it, or thought about it."
We build self-esteem not just through the acquisition of skill and pride in our work. We also derive it from the conviction that the guy in the next desk who just got a killer promotion is a bigger schlep than we are.
It's all part of what's called social-comparison theory: We compare ourselves with others because it can feel great. Sometimes, we engage in "upward social comparison" to higher status individuals to improve our self-image by pointing out similarities. (Hey, I'm a Mets fan, too, ergo, EVP material).
We also make "downward social comparisons" to thank our lucky stars that our troubles aren't so bad. At the office, even the mousiest employees can feel emboldened simply by witnessing relatively more clueless recruits joining the company every year.
Accountant Joe Pizzileo, cocky coming out of school, was less so when he showed up for work at a big accounting firm. "I felt like the little kid in the Wheaties commercial that was wearing his dad's suit," he says. Among the things that rebuilt his confidence: "As a fresh group of peons came in every year you became that guy that they were looking up to," he says.
The tendency for upward social comparison begins when one realizes company leaders aren't the wizards you thought -- mild letdowns that are real picker-uppers. Over time, several instances led software engineer John Traylor to conclude that: A) a boss has "intellectual limitations just like we all do," and B) "I'm as good a mortal," he says.
When he once rushed past a secretary to speak to an executive, she tried to stop him, implying the boss was busy with important work. "He was playing Solitaire," he says.
In a study conducted by Lee D. Ross, professor of psychology at Stanford University, Ph.D. students taking oral examinations believed they didn't know as much as their questioners. But the questioner didn't feel he knew more than the answerer. Put another way, just because someone knows the answer to his own question doesn't mean he knows much more than that, even though he seems to.
"Confidence can come from learning to have more realistic standards of what competence looks like -- learning to distinguish the real fakes from the fake fakes," he says.
The danger of such self-medicating with social comparison is an overdose of confidence. There are injured egos and distractions for managers who have to engage in coddle-fests for people whose ambition laps their talents.
But if, as the Peter Principle notes, colleagues around you will advance to the level of their incompetence, can you blame someone for trying to make sense of it?
"One guy didn't know crap about marketing," recalls Jennifer Rook of a former colleague who was promoted. "We came to the conclusion [his promotion] was because he was tall."
Ann Garcia, who has witnessed ineffective vice presidents prosper despite the fact they "carved this trail of tears through the organization," doesn't allow people who might sound smart clip her self-image just because they can talk about, say, "organizational silos."
She went through phases of admiration, then scorn and now simply tries to find out what companies value.
Adds Stanford's Prof. Ross: "There sometimes also comes a point when you realize what makes the people you thought were mediocre, good. FDR, for example: second-class intellect, but first-class temperament."
9/21/2007
Creativity:
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture. You must get the old furniture of what you know, think, and believe out before anything new can get in. Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.
Dee Hock on Management: http://www.fastcompany.com/online/05/dee2_Printer_Friendly.html
Dee Hock on Management: http://www.fastcompany.com/online/05/dee2_Printer_Friendly.html
9/18/2007
Software Tester needs a home
We have a Software Tester that is very experienced. He needs an assignment anywhere. He will travel. If you know of anything please email me at jason(at)memphisitwork.net
Here is his resume:
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Summary:
· Over 10 years of experience in information technology including quality assurance testing of web based and client/server applications.
· Experience in automated testing using Silk, Win Runner, Astra QuickTest, Test Director and Manual Testing.
· Extensively involved in Integration, System, User Acceptance and Regression testing.
· Experienced in developing test plans, test cases using requirements and design documents.
· Experienced in Bug Tracking and Reporting Systems.
· Experienced in manual testing of Web pages on both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
· 2 years experience in development using Oracle as backend and Visual Basic as front end.
· 2 years experience in development of large scale systems on Mainframes.
· Excellent inter-personal and written communication skills.
Technical Skills:
Hardware : IBM compatible
Operating Systems : Windows NT/95/98/2000, UNIX, MS-DOS 6.x, MVS/ESA, (OS/390)
Databases : DB2, dbase IV, FoxPro 2.5, Oracle 7.0/8.0/9i, MS-Access
Languages : C, C++, Java, SQL, COBOL, TSL, and 4 Test Languages
Tools :Silk, Win Runner, Astra QuickTest, Test Director, XPEDITOR, CA7 & Active-X Control Pad, Visual Interdev Developer 2000, JBuilder 7.0, Toad, WinCVS and PVCS
GUI : Visual Basic 5.0/6.0
Packages : MS Office
Application Server : Weblogic 6.1, Apache’s Tomcat
Experience:
CIBER Inc. Mar’05 to July’07
QA Analyst
Client: First Data
First Data Corporation provides electronic commerce and payment services solutions worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Payment Services, Merchant Services, and Card Issuing Services. Working as a QA Analyst.
Project: Client line
Client Line Reporting is a web based product for merchants to use for card processing information such as submitted deposits, funding, interchange, chargeback and retrieval, etc. that is used for reconciliation purposes and other reporting functions. The product also supports debit/EBT adjustment functionality and the ability for merchants to respond.
Project: Customer Management System (CMS)
CMS is an application which maintains all the information of the merchant, such as Owner info, Equipment, Reports, Orders, Logs, History of the merchant and much more.
Project: Automated Merchant Activation (AMA)
AMA is an application which is used for Merchant Enrollment providing services and equipment to perform Credit and Debit Transactions. This client server application is developed in C++ and Java on windows NT/2000/XP platform using Oracle as the DB.
Responsibilities:
Review Business Requirements Documentation, Technical Specs, Current and Proposed Database Architecture.
I have been involved in writing down the test plan and test cases based on the system documents.
I have been involved in Functionality, Security, Performance and Regression testing during the various phases of the development.
Later on worked on Maintaining the screens and enhancements testing.
Used Silk Central (Issue manager 3.3) for bug tracking.
Participated in Daily and weekly QA status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Environment: Windows 2000, xp, Windows Server 2003, VB 6.0, Silk Central, Crystal Reports 11, Java Script, JSP, XML, Oracle 8i,9i,10g, Toad 8.6.1, C, HTML.
Global Consultants Inc Jun’02 to Feb’05
Software Quality Engineer
Client: Verizon Data Services, FL
Verizon Communications is one of the world’s leading providers of communication services. Worked as a Software Quality Engineer.
Project:
Interactive Computer Graphics System (ICGS) &
Intelligent Design and Drafting System (IDDS)
ICGS is a system developed to automate the Outside Plant Network by managing the continuing property record "CPR". ICGS provides the ability to perform database operations in a controlled environment. Data Access gives the ability to make necessary changes to the database. Inquiries, adds, changes, deletes etc to the database are all done from within this module. ICGS product designed to help construction personnel manage the accuracy of Outside Plant (OSP) corporate assets.
Intelligent Design & Drafting System (IDDS) is a graphics Computer Aided Design
(CAD) System that provides solutions to convert manual outside plant records into a
Digital format, to Generate work orders, and to perform data verification against
Defined specifications for all Verizon telephone companies.
Responsibilities:
Involved in writing the test scripts for the enhancements based on the system documents for ICGS and IDDS.
Involved in FTTP release, and developed the scripts for the new OSP items.
Involved in testing the Interface systems in ICGS, which includes, COEP, iVapp, vPlan and vBuild.
Converted all the existing test scripts to web based format (HTML) and published the same in ICGS Intranet website.
Worked closely with the VZ telecom users on daily basis for production issues.
Used an Incident Report (IR Tracker) for the bug tracking purposes.
Participated in Daily QA and Development status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Environment: UNIX (hp), WindowsNT/2000, Lotus Notes, MDL, Java, Java Script, JSP, Servlets, XML, Oracle 8, Toad, C, C++, HTML, and WinCVS.
Project: Central Office Engineering Property (COEP)
COEP is basically a repository for central office switching and transmission physical inventory. Functionally it will facilitates add, transfers/moves, and retirement transactions against inventory, manually or auto
matically via the barcode interface. Barcode is also capable of supplying auditing and equipment repair information. Daily spare inventory is tracked, and asset information is supplied to the appropriate asset management system (Asset Management Property System (AMPS) in Network Services, SAP in the SDA and PeopleSoft).
Responsibilities:
I have been involved in writing down the test plan and test cases based on the system documents and scripting/execution of the test case using Silk test tool.
Written scripts for about 46 screens each containing 12-14 functions and interdependent on each other for database constrain and business requirements and securities.
Automated the test cases for different functional test cases, some of the test cases are data driven, reading from the test data from externally stored either in a excel spread sheet or stored in a MS Access data base.
Later on worked on Maintaining the screens and enhancements testing manually.
Used an Incident Report (IR Tracker) for the bug tracking purposes.
Participated in weekly QA and Development status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Worked on testing Web services for COEP.
Environment: UNIX (hp), WindowsNT/2000, Silk 6.5.1, Lotus Notes, Java Script, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, Oracle 9i, Toad, WebLogic 6.1, C, HTML, WinCVS.
Project: Power Information Management Systems (PIMS)
PIMS is an application used to manage and support all kinds of equipment used in the Verizon network. This application provides consolidated view of different networks and helps management make decisions about its expansion and also the budget allocation for the new required equipments. This system was migrated from Visual Basic based application to J2EE application in view of the expanding customer base across regions.
Responsibilities:
I have been involved in writing down the test plan and test cases based on the system documents and scripting/execution of the test case using Silk test tool.
Written scripts for about 40 screens each containing various functions and interdependent on each other for database constrain and business requirements and securities.
Automated the test cases for different functional requirements using Silk.
Used an Incident Report (IR Tracker) for the bug tracking purposes.
Tested batch process in Unix environment, written scripts to simulate the daily and weekly batch processes.
Written complex SQL queries to verify the results of the batch processes.
Participated in weekly QA and Development status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Environment: UNIX (hp), WindowsNT/2000, Silk 6.5.1, Lotus Notes, Java Script, JSP, EJB, XML, Oracle 9i, Toad, WebLogic 6.1, C, HTML, WinCVS.
Integrated Software Solutions Apr’01 to May’02
QA Tester
Client: Allmerica Financial, MI
In order to be competitive and more productive in insurance business with new technology, the company is upgrading their legacy systems (Policy Management System “PMS” on Mainframe) to Internet based systems. They named it as Point Of sale (POS.). It’s an Intranet application Agents and authorized users will access it through company website and do business. By this the company is offering highest level of portability/access to Agents to business wherever whenever they want.
Responsibilities:
I was involved in Integration/System/Production testing of Commercial lines of point of sale application, which covers Auto and Property of Business establishments from design stage to implementation for multiple states.
The application has complex functionality such as Data migration, Translation and Reverse translation across the different platforms (Mainframe and windows).
Since business territory is state it has state specific business rules and conditions.
· Performed manual testing to test state specific business rules/specifications of Insurance application using rating tools.
Performed Data translation testing on POS. and Mainframe PMS application, verified DB2 data tables, printQ s and spool files for errors.
Performed Regression testing Using Win runner and Astra Quick Test tools.
Designed, documented and Created Automated test scripts for regression test, for the application in final stages.
Used Lotus Notes as Defect Management System.
Environment: Astra QuickTest 5.02,WinRunner 6 and 7, Windows NT, Java Script, ASP, IBM s-390 Mainframe, db2, Novel GroupWise 5.5, Lotus Notes 4.6 and ABT.
Integrated Software Solutions Nov’00- Mar’01
QA Tester
Client: NASDAQ Stock Market, MD
Working as a Quality Assurance Tester for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) which is an Electronic Stock Exchange and it has various web sites, which people can trade online and know about the quotes etc. I have worked on NASDAQ’s two premier web sites WWW.NASDAQTRADER.COM, which gives the information about volume reports, historical data, quotes, last sale data feeds, NASDAQ 100 Index and News for trading community. WWW.OTCBB.COM, which provides market statistics, trading activity reports, OTCBB daily list and NASD and SEC rules governing to OTCBB.
Responsibilities:
· I have been involved in trial phase implementation of Silk Automation testing tool. This is a project to automate NASDAQ web sites on a very limited scale to evaluate the potential of silk as an effective testing tool, and has been using Astra QuickTest.
· Created test scenarios and test cases for the functionality and integration testing of the application.
· Used automation tools Silk and Astra QuickTest for testing the GUI functionality of the applications.
· Created test scripts using Silk and Astra QuickTest used Astra Site Manager for checking links.
· Functionality and system testing was initially done manually for compatibility of using multiple Browser and platforms.
· Used Beyond compare tool for data validation.
Environment: Windows NT, UNIX, Oracle, Java Script, HTML and Silk
Navayuga Exports Limited, India Jan’00- Oct’00
QA Tester
Client: Vitamin Shoppe, NJ
Worked as a Quality Assurance tester for Vitaminshoppe.com, which is a web application, it offers the online customers / buyers to purchase medical and health related products. Such as Herbal, Vitamin supplements, Homeopathic and personal care etc., the buyers can create their own online account, the team has tested different modules of the project, for which I was responsible for registration module.
Responsibilities:
· Created test scenarios and test cases for the functionality and integration testing of the application Performed end-to end testing.
· Used automation tool Win Runner for testing the GUI functionality of the applications.
· Performed Data Driven Test.
· Created test scripts using Win Runner.
· Functionality and system testing was initially done manually for compatibility of using multiple browsers and platforms.
Report on test requirement with referenced defects (MR).
Environment: Windows NT, UNIX, Oracle, SQL, Java, HTML, and Win Runner
Navayuga Exports Limited, India Mar’99-Dec’99
Programmer Analyst
Client: AP Dairy Development Co-Operative
Project: Integrated Dairy Information System
This system was developed to manage the data related to the dairy development, procurement and Milk products for the state government. This system stores the information pertaining to Personnel and A
dministration department, which deals with job creation, recruitment, Leaves & Loans, Increments, Suspension & disciplinary actions, Promotion & Transfer of employees and allowance & Deduction calculation and related activities by the organization and the employees.
I was involved in the System study, Requirement analysis, and Preparation of Transaction Design Documents and Database design of the system. The entire system was Re engineered from an existing Cobol based System to Oracle based system.
Involved in the development of the initialization screens, which help the personnel to initialize different units of the system, Transporters, Truck route plans, milk tankers owned by these units.
Also developed the transaction screens that help the personnel in the activities of milk procurement like tanker-weighment on the receipt of milk, Preparation of dispatch memo, preparation of milk test reports, preparation of cream delivery note with regular updating of stock in stock-on-hand table.
Responsibilities:
· Designed the forms layout for user interface.
· Created tables and views in the database with the required constraints.
· Wrote various triggers and procedures.
· Involved in manual testing, for the GUI and Functionality of the application.
· Created database connecting using ODBC connection with Oracle.
· Developing and executing test plans and test cases to help ensure the product quality.
· Analyzing the test plans to ensure sufficient depth of coverage.
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Developer 2000, Visual Basic 6.0, and Oracle 8.0
Navayuga Exports Limited, India Jan’98-Feb’99
Programmer Analyst
Project: Product Management
Client: SOL Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Took initiative in integrating islands of data to provide more reliable and timely information to facilitate right management decisions, in designing and developing integrated computer systems in Oracle. Played an active role in coordinating the functional and IT executives, prepared project scope, budget, schedule and closely monitored the implementation. The modules are described in detail below.
1. Product Contributions Sensitivity Analysis. Through this module senior executives can find out the impact of change in procurement rates of materials, yields of intermediates, selling prices (including payment terms, mode of shipment) of products and exchange rates on cost and contribution of products.
2. Expenditure information system. This module provides online information relating cost settlement wise, cost center wise and business area wise actual, budget and variance of overheads with drill down features. This module also takes care of provisional expenditure.
3. Sales and Distribution System. This module supports sales and distribution department in day-to-day operations right from sales inquiry to post shipment documentation and transfer finance related sales data to accounts receivable module.
4. Material Planning and Inventory Management. This module enables to raise purchase requisitions and also keep track of purchasing activity well in advance based on the production plan and also on past consumption history of the raw materials.
Responsibilities:
· Involved in the System study, Requirement analysis, Preparation of Transaction.
· Design Documents and Database design of the system.
· Involved in the development of the screens which shows sensitivity analysis and also the expenditure of the system.
· Developed the code for processing payments and handling shipment to the customers.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, Oracle 8.0, Developer 2000, Windows NT 4.0
Resource Technologies Private Limited, India Feb’96- Dec’97
Programmer
Project: Scheduling System
Client: National Council on Compensation Insurance
Scheduling System is a document, which indicates scope of dispatches to be made to the customer. This system comprises of 3 modules.
1. Completion Schedule Data Creation. The Completion Schedule Data Creation extracts the required data from relevant part list information and creates completion schedule.
2. Method of Creation Schedules. The Method of Creation Schedules is created in 5 ways, from part list with alpha document numbers. From part list with numeric document numbers, from Standard Spares Part list, from emergency material carts and The Online Completion schedule creation.
3. Printing and Distribution. Printing and Distribution module shall generate 4 copies of the completion schedule for main equipment, 8 copies in respect of spares. The Completion schedule printouts will be released immediately along with engineering documents.
Responsibilities:
· Involved in the System study, Requirement analysis, Preparation of Transaction.
· Design Documents and Database design of the system.
· Involved in the development of the initialization screens, which help the personnel to initialize different units of the system.
· Developed the transaction screens that help the personnel in the activities of creating schedules, printing and distribution.
Environment: COBOL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, ISPF, JCL, DB2 and XPEDITOR
Resource Technologies Private Limited, India Mar’95 – Jan’96
Programmer
Client: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
As a Developer, Reviewer and Tester Converted mail order systems as a pilot of the total conversion effort. The Conversion also included routines to perform file expansions of any impacted dates and new production JCL, which will execute all batch jobs within the scope of conversion, involved in code review and unit test of COBAL & DB2 programs using Xpeditor, modification of production JCL for the files, development of SUPERC JCL for file comparison.
Responsibilities:
· Development of SUPERC JCL for file comparison.
· Designed and developed user manual.
· Code review and unit test of COBAL & DB2 programs using Xpeditor.
· Involved in testing and implementation of the system.
Environment: COBOL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, ISPF, JCL, DB2 and XPEDITOR
Education:
MS in Commerce
Diploma Certificate in Oracle with VB
Diploma Certificate in S/390 (Mainframes)
Here is his resume:
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Summary:
· Over 10 years of experience in information technology including quality assurance testing of web based and client/server applications.
· Experience in automated testing using Silk, Win Runner, Astra QuickTest, Test Director and Manual Testing.
· Extensively involved in Integration, System, User Acceptance and Regression testing.
· Experienced in developing test plans, test cases using requirements and design documents.
· Experienced in Bug Tracking and Reporting Systems.
· Experienced in manual testing of Web pages on both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
· 2 years experience in development using Oracle as backend and Visual Basic as front end.
· 2 years experience in development of large scale systems on Mainframes.
· Excellent inter-personal and written communication skills.
Technical Skills:
Hardware : IBM compatible
Operating Systems : Windows NT/95/98/2000, UNIX, MS-DOS 6.x, MVS/ESA, (OS/390)
Databases : DB2, dbase IV, FoxPro 2.5, Oracle 7.0/8.0/9i, MS-Access
Languages : C, C++, Java, SQL, COBOL, TSL, and 4 Test Languages
Tools :Silk, Win Runner, Astra QuickTest, Test Director, XPEDITOR, CA7 & Active-X Control Pad, Visual Interdev Developer 2000, JBuilder 7.0, Toad, WinCVS and PVCS
GUI : Visual Basic 5.0/6.0
Packages : MS Office
Application Server : Weblogic 6.1, Apache’s Tomcat
Experience:
CIBER Inc. Mar’05 to July’07
QA Analyst
Client: First Data
First Data Corporation provides electronic commerce and payment services solutions worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Payment Services, Merchant Services, and Card Issuing Services. Working as a QA Analyst.
Project: Client line
Client Line Reporting is a web based product for merchants to use for card processing information such as submitted deposits, funding, interchange, chargeback and retrieval, etc. that is used for reconciliation purposes and other reporting functions. The product also supports debit/EBT adjustment functionality and the ability for merchants to respond.
Project: Customer Management System (CMS)
CMS is an application which maintains all the information of the merchant, such as Owner info, Equipment, Reports, Orders, Logs, History of the merchant and much more.
Project: Automated Merchant Activation (AMA)
AMA is an application which is used for Merchant Enrollment providing services and equipment to perform Credit and Debit Transactions. This client server application is developed in C++ and Java on windows NT/2000/XP platform using Oracle as the DB.
Responsibilities:
Review Business Requirements Documentation, Technical Specs, Current and Proposed Database Architecture.
I have been involved in writing down the test plan and test cases based on the system documents.
I have been involved in Functionality, Security, Performance and Regression testing during the various phases of the development.
Later on worked on Maintaining the screens and enhancements testing.
Used Silk Central (Issue manager 3.3) for bug tracking.
Participated in Daily and weekly QA status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Environment: Windows 2000, xp, Windows Server 2003, VB 6.0, Silk Central, Crystal Reports 11, Java Script, JSP, XML, Oracle 8i,9i,10g, Toad 8.6.1, C, HTML.
Global Consultants Inc Jun’02 to Feb’05
Software Quality Engineer
Client: Verizon Data Services, FL
Verizon Communications is one of the world’s leading providers of communication services. Worked as a Software Quality Engineer.
Project:
Interactive Computer Graphics System (ICGS) &
Intelligent Design and Drafting System (IDDS)
ICGS is a system developed to automate the Outside Plant Network by managing the continuing property record "CPR". ICGS provides the ability to perform database operations in a controlled environment. Data Access gives the ability to make necessary changes to the database. Inquiries, adds, changes, deletes etc to the database are all done from within this module. ICGS product designed to help construction personnel manage the accuracy of Outside Plant (OSP) corporate assets.
Intelligent Design & Drafting System (IDDS) is a graphics Computer Aided Design
(CAD) System that provides solutions to convert manual outside plant records into a
Digital format, to Generate work orders, and to perform data verification against
Defined specifications for all Verizon telephone companies.
Responsibilities:
Involved in writing the test scripts for the enhancements based on the system documents for ICGS and IDDS.
Involved in FTTP release, and developed the scripts for the new OSP items.
Involved in testing the Interface systems in ICGS, which includes, COEP, iVapp, vPlan and vBuild.
Converted all the existing test scripts to web based format (HTML) and published the same in ICGS Intranet website.
Worked closely with the VZ telecom users on daily basis for production issues.
Used an Incident Report (IR Tracker) for the bug tracking purposes.
Participated in Daily QA and Development status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Environment: UNIX (hp), WindowsNT/2000, Lotus Notes, MDL, Java, Java Script, JSP, Servlets, XML, Oracle 8, Toad, C, C++, HTML, and WinCVS.
Project: Central Office Engineering Property (COEP)
COEP is basically a repository for central office switching and transmission physical inventory. Functionally it will facilitates add, transfers/moves, and retirement transactions against inventory, manually or auto
matically via the barcode interface. Barcode is also capable of supplying auditing and equipment repair information. Daily spare inventory is tracked, and asset information is supplied to the appropriate asset management system (Asset Management Property System (AMPS) in Network Services, SAP in the SDA and PeopleSoft).
Responsibilities:
I have been involved in writing down the test plan and test cases based on the system documents and scripting/execution of the test case using Silk test tool.
Written scripts for about 46 screens each containing 12-14 functions and interdependent on each other for database constrain and business requirements and securities.
Automated the test cases for different functional test cases, some of the test cases are data driven, reading from the test data from externally stored either in a excel spread sheet or stored in a MS Access data base.
Later on worked on Maintaining the screens and enhancements testing manually.
Used an Incident Report (IR Tracker) for the bug tracking purposes.
Participated in weekly QA and Development status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Worked on testing Web services for COEP.
Environment: UNIX (hp), WindowsNT/2000, Silk 6.5.1, Lotus Notes, Java Script, JSP, Servlets, EJB, XML, Oracle 9i, Toad, WebLogic 6.1, C, HTML, WinCVS.
Project: Power Information Management Systems (PIMS)
PIMS is an application used to manage and support all kinds of equipment used in the Verizon network. This application provides consolidated view of different networks and helps management make decisions about its expansion and also the budget allocation for the new required equipments. This system was migrated from Visual Basic based application to J2EE application in view of the expanding customer base across regions.
Responsibilities:
I have been involved in writing down the test plan and test cases based on the system documents and scripting/execution of the test case using Silk test tool.
Written scripts for about 40 screens each containing various functions and interdependent on each other for database constrain and business requirements and securities.
Automated the test cases for different functional requirements using Silk.
Used an Incident Report (IR Tracker) for the bug tracking purposes.
Tested batch process in Unix environment, written scripts to simulate the daily and weekly batch processes.
Written complex SQL queries to verify the results of the batch processes.
Participated in weekly QA and Development status meetings, to discuss about the issues and the resolutions.
Environment: UNIX (hp), WindowsNT/2000, Silk 6.5.1, Lotus Notes, Java Script, JSP, EJB, XML, Oracle 9i, Toad, WebLogic 6.1, C, HTML, WinCVS.
Integrated Software Solutions Apr’01 to May’02
QA Tester
Client: Allmerica Financial, MI
In order to be competitive and more productive in insurance business with new technology, the company is upgrading their legacy systems (Policy Management System “PMS” on Mainframe) to Internet based systems. They named it as Point Of sale (POS.). It’s an Intranet application Agents and authorized users will access it through company website and do business. By this the company is offering highest level of portability/access to Agents to business wherever whenever they want.
Responsibilities:
I was involved in Integration/System/Production testing of Commercial lines of point of sale application, which covers Auto and Property of Business establishments from design stage to implementation for multiple states.
The application has complex functionality such as Data migration, Translation and Reverse translation across the different platforms (Mainframe and windows).
Since business territory is state it has state specific business rules and conditions.
· Performed manual testing to test state specific business rules/specifications of Insurance application using rating tools.
Performed Data translation testing on POS. and Mainframe PMS application, verified DB2 data tables, printQ s and spool files for errors.
Performed Regression testing Using Win runner and Astra Quick Test tools.
Designed, documented and Created Automated test scripts for regression test, for the application in final stages.
Used Lotus Notes as Defect Management System.
Environment: Astra QuickTest 5.02,WinRunner 6 and 7, Windows NT, Java Script, ASP, IBM s-390 Mainframe, db2, Novel GroupWise 5.5, Lotus Notes 4.6 and ABT.
Integrated Software Solutions Nov’00- Mar’01
QA Tester
Client: NASDAQ Stock Market, MD
Working as a Quality Assurance Tester for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) which is an Electronic Stock Exchange and it has various web sites, which people can trade online and know about the quotes etc. I have worked on NASDAQ’s two premier web sites WWW.NASDAQTRADER.COM, which gives the information about volume reports, historical data, quotes, last sale data feeds, NASDAQ 100 Index and News for trading community. WWW.OTCBB.COM, which provides market statistics, trading activity reports, OTCBB daily list and NASD and SEC rules governing to OTCBB.
Responsibilities:
· I have been involved in trial phase implementation of Silk Automation testing tool. This is a project to automate NASDAQ web sites on a very limited scale to evaluate the potential of silk as an effective testing tool, and has been using Astra QuickTest.
· Created test scenarios and test cases for the functionality and integration testing of the application.
· Used automation tools Silk and Astra QuickTest for testing the GUI functionality of the applications.
· Created test scripts using Silk and Astra QuickTest used Astra Site Manager for checking links.
· Functionality and system testing was initially done manually for compatibility of using multiple Browser and platforms.
· Used Beyond compare tool for data validation.
Environment: Windows NT, UNIX, Oracle, Java Script, HTML and Silk
Navayuga Exports Limited, India Jan’00- Oct’00
QA Tester
Client: Vitamin Shoppe, NJ
Worked as a Quality Assurance tester for Vitaminshoppe.com, which is a web application, it offers the online customers / buyers to purchase medical and health related products. Such as Herbal, Vitamin supplements, Homeopathic and personal care etc., the buyers can create their own online account, the team has tested different modules of the project, for which I was responsible for registration module.
Responsibilities:
· Created test scenarios and test cases for the functionality and integration testing of the application Performed end-to end testing.
· Used automation tool Win Runner for testing the GUI functionality of the applications.
· Performed Data Driven Test.
· Created test scripts using Win Runner.
· Functionality and system testing was initially done manually for compatibility of using multiple browsers and platforms.
Report on test requirement with referenced defects (MR).
Environment: Windows NT, UNIX, Oracle, SQL, Java, HTML, and Win Runner
Navayuga Exports Limited, India Mar’99-Dec’99
Programmer Analyst
Client: AP Dairy Development Co-Operative
Project: Integrated Dairy Information System
This system was developed to manage the data related to the dairy development, procurement and Milk products for the state government. This system stores the information pertaining to Personnel and A
dministration department, which deals with job creation, recruitment, Leaves & Loans, Increments, Suspension & disciplinary actions, Promotion & Transfer of employees and allowance & Deduction calculation and related activities by the organization and the employees.
I was involved in the System study, Requirement analysis, and Preparation of Transaction Design Documents and Database design of the system. The entire system was Re engineered from an existing Cobol based System to Oracle based system.
Involved in the development of the initialization screens, which help the personnel to initialize different units of the system, Transporters, Truck route plans, milk tankers owned by these units.
Also developed the transaction screens that help the personnel in the activities of milk procurement like tanker-weighment on the receipt of milk, Preparation of dispatch memo, preparation of milk test reports, preparation of cream delivery note with regular updating of stock in stock-on-hand table.
Responsibilities:
· Designed the forms layout for user interface.
· Created tables and views in the database with the required constraints.
· Wrote various triggers and procedures.
· Involved in manual testing, for the GUI and Functionality of the application.
· Created database connecting using ODBC connection with Oracle.
· Developing and executing test plans and test cases to help ensure the product quality.
· Analyzing the test plans to ensure sufficient depth of coverage.
Environment: Windows NT 4.0, Developer 2000, Visual Basic 6.0, and Oracle 8.0
Navayuga Exports Limited, India Jan’98-Feb’99
Programmer Analyst
Project: Product Management
Client: SOL Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Took initiative in integrating islands of data to provide more reliable and timely information to facilitate right management decisions, in designing and developing integrated computer systems in Oracle. Played an active role in coordinating the functional and IT executives, prepared project scope, budget, schedule and closely monitored the implementation. The modules are described in detail below.
1. Product Contributions Sensitivity Analysis. Through this module senior executives can find out the impact of change in procurement rates of materials, yields of intermediates, selling prices (including payment terms, mode of shipment) of products and exchange rates on cost and contribution of products.
2. Expenditure information system. This module provides online information relating cost settlement wise, cost center wise and business area wise actual, budget and variance of overheads with drill down features. This module also takes care of provisional expenditure.
3. Sales and Distribution System. This module supports sales and distribution department in day-to-day operations right from sales inquiry to post shipment documentation and transfer finance related sales data to accounts receivable module.
4. Material Planning and Inventory Management. This module enables to raise purchase requisitions and also keep track of purchasing activity well in advance based on the production plan and also on past consumption history of the raw materials.
Responsibilities:
· Involved in the System study, Requirement analysis, Preparation of Transaction.
· Design Documents and Database design of the system.
· Involved in the development of the screens which shows sensitivity analysis and also the expenditure of the system.
· Developed the code for processing payments and handling shipment to the customers.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, Oracle 8.0, Developer 2000, Windows NT 4.0
Resource Technologies Private Limited, India Feb’96- Dec’97
Programmer
Project: Scheduling System
Client: National Council on Compensation Insurance
Scheduling System is a document, which indicates scope of dispatches to be made to the customer. This system comprises of 3 modules.
1. Completion Schedule Data Creation. The Completion Schedule Data Creation extracts the required data from relevant part list information and creates completion schedule.
2. Method of Creation Schedules. The Method of Creation Schedules is created in 5 ways, from part list with alpha document numbers. From part list with numeric document numbers, from Standard Spares Part list, from emergency material carts and The Online Completion schedule creation.
3. Printing and Distribution. Printing and Distribution module shall generate 4 copies of the completion schedule for main equipment, 8 copies in respect of spares. The Completion schedule printouts will be released immediately along with engineering documents.
Responsibilities:
· Involved in the System study, Requirement analysis, Preparation of Transaction.
· Design Documents and Database design of the system.
· Involved in the development of the initialization screens, which help the personnel to initialize different units of the system.
· Developed the transaction screens that help the personnel in the activities of creating schedules, printing and distribution.
Environment: COBOL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, ISPF, JCL, DB2 and XPEDITOR
Resource Technologies Private Limited, India Mar’95 – Jan’96
Programmer
Client: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
As a Developer, Reviewer and Tester Converted mail order systems as a pilot of the total conversion effort. The Conversion also included routines to perform file expansions of any impacted dates and new production JCL, which will execute all batch jobs within the scope of conversion, involved in code review and unit test of COBAL & DB2 programs using Xpeditor, modification of production JCL for the files, development of SUPERC JCL for file comparison.
Responsibilities:
· Development of SUPERC JCL for file comparison.
· Designed and developed user manual.
· Code review and unit test of COBAL & DB2 programs using Xpeditor.
· Involved in testing and implementation of the system.
Environment: COBOL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, ISPF, JCL, DB2 and XPEDITOR
Education:
MS in Commerce
Diploma Certificate in Oracle with VB
Diploma Certificate in S/390 (Mainframes)
9/17/2007
IT Faculty Survey
Here is a post the Gene Babon has done on his Blog
http://beantownweb.blogspot.com/2007/09/it-faculty-survey.html
IT Faculty Survey
Young professionals looking at career options should heed the advice of information technology (IT) instructors at colleges and universities.
Survey Says . . .
According to a recent survey, the two categories of applications that IT instructors rated student proficiency levels as "limited" or “no proficiency” are as follows:
-database applications (68 percent)
-spreadsheets (46 percent)
Here are the remaining technology skills in which students are considered most lacking by IT instructors:
-graphic design software
-multimedia applications
-web creation
-web conferencing
According to the survey results, IT instructors expect that more than half of their students will utilize IT skills in their careers after graduation.
The survey results included nearly 800 faculty members, who teach IT courses at four- or two-year colleges and universities. Cengage Learning, formerly Thomson Learning, sponsored this second annual technology survey. A summary is available for review.
The Opportunity
The survey concludes: "This is not a skill set confined to particular major or career interest – it is a life skill."
The Web is calling and young professionals are surprisingly lacking in training in how to use graphic design software and related Web creation tools. Not-so-surprising, young professionals are most ill-prepared to manage data in database applications.
Conclusion
A web professional with database knowledge should continue to do well in today's knowledge economy. As reported consistently in Beantown Web, database knowledge in the form of structured query language (SQL) is the most in-demand technical skill (see right-hand column).
high SQL demand + low SQL supply = employment opportunity
If you are new to SQL, the best training opportunity available in September is self-paced training. Check out a newly released book entitled Head First SQL (Your Brain on SQL -- A Learner's Guide). A 50% discount coupon code offer applies until the end of September when ordering directly from O'Reilly Media. Combined with free shipping, an investment of under $23 is a nominal price to pay for an significant upside of career opportunities.
http://beantownweb.blogspot.com/2007/09/it-faculty-survey.html
IT Faculty Survey
Young professionals looking at career options should heed the advice of information technology (IT) instructors at colleges and universities.
Survey Says . . .
According to a recent survey, the two categories of applications that IT instructors rated student proficiency levels as "limited" or “no proficiency” are as follows:
-database applications (68 percent)
-spreadsheets (46 percent)
Here are the remaining technology skills in which students are considered most lacking by IT instructors:
-graphic design software
-multimedia applications
-web creation
-web conferencing
According to the survey results, IT instructors expect that more than half of their students will utilize IT skills in their careers after graduation.
The survey results included nearly 800 faculty members, who teach IT courses at four- or two-year colleges and universities. Cengage Learning, formerly Thomson Learning, sponsored this second annual technology survey. A summary is available for review.
The Opportunity
The survey concludes: "This is not a skill set confined to particular major or career interest – it is a life skill."
The Web is calling and young professionals are surprisingly lacking in training in how to use graphic design software and related Web creation tools. Not-so-surprising, young professionals are most ill-prepared to manage data in database applications.
Conclusion
A web professional with database knowledge should continue to do well in today's knowledge economy. As reported consistently in Beantown Web, database knowledge in the form of structured query language (SQL) is the most in-demand technical skill (see right-hand column).
high SQL demand + low SQL supply = employment opportunity
If you are new to SQL, the best training opportunity available in September is self-paced training. Check out a newly released book entitled Head First SQL (Your Brain on SQL -- A Learner's Guide). A 50% discount coupon code offer applies until the end of September when ordering directly from O'Reilly Media. Combined with free shipping, an investment of under $23 is a nominal price to pay for an significant upside of career opportunities.
Project Manager/Project Tech Lead
CIBER Memphis is currently recruiting for a Project Manager/Project Tech Lead.
Qualifications:
- Someone with experience facilitating large projects using use cases to help drill down the details from the business to start system requirements.
- Someone with sales or CRM experience in the past is preferred and knows how to drive the content needed using use case methodology.
-Leading JAD sessions on large projects is what we need here.
About CIBER:CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER’s global delivery services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., the company now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 20 European offices and four offices in Asia. Operating in 18 countries, with 8,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients’ systems to “competitive advantage status.” CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
Apply online at: http://www.ciber.com/jobs/return.cfm?jobid=8148
Qualifications:
- Someone with experience facilitating large projects using use cases to help drill down the details from the business to start system requirements.
- Someone with sales or CRM experience in the past is preferred and knows how to drive the content needed using use case methodology.
-Leading JAD sessions on large projects is what we need here.
About CIBER:CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER’s global delivery services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., the company now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 20 European offices and four offices in Asia. Operating in 18 countries, with 8,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients’ systems to “competitive advantage status.” CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index.
Apply online at: http://www.ciber.com/jobs/return.cfm?jobid=8148
9/14/2007
RedPrairie's DLxD WMS
Technical Lead /Consultants
The technical consultants are primarily responsible for the design, development and configuration of the WMS. They have technical knowledge and capabilities for development in WMS environment. One of the application team members will also serve as the interface technical lead resource, which will be responsible for the WMS interfaces.
Location: Memphis, TN
Pay Rate: Open
Send resume to Jason(at)memphisitwork.net
Intel inside Memphis
Intel inside Memphis
Business links lead to local tests of new chip
By Daniel Connolly - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Thursday, September 13, 2007
When computer chip maker Intel Corp. presents a video promoting its vPro processor, it will feature scenes from an unlikely place: a commercial real estate office in Memphis.
A string of business relationships led Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel to choose one of the Memphis offices of CB Richard Ellis as a test site for the new chip.
Intel plans to use the office as an example of how the new chip allows information technology professionals to manage computers from a long distance, even when the machines are turned off or have crashed, said J. Michael Drake, chairman and CEO of Bartlett-based masterIT LLC, a firm that offers a range of information technology services to companies.
Drake said the chip, formally known as Intel vPro Processor Technology, allows computer professionals to perform tasks such as installing software updates when computers aren't turned on.
"The other thing is that, God forbid, if there was a crash, whether it be of a server or a PC, we would have the ability to access the chip even if the computer is down," he said.
Here's how the real estate office ended up as a test site:
Intel worked on the vPro project with Ottawa-based N-Able Technologies, a company that makes software for remote monitoring of computer networks.
That firm, in turn, contacted masterIT, one of its customers, said Gavin Garbutt, N-Able's president and CEO.
"It's absolutely safe to say that masterIT is one of the top managed service providers in North America," Garbutt said.
Then the Memphis firm picked one of its existing clients, CB Richard Ellis, for the test. Drake said he picked the firm because it makes proactive use of technology. For instance, it recently installed a telephone system based on the Internet.
The real estate firm relies on computers for everything from accounting to dealing with maintenance requests at its office buildings, said Mary F. Sharp, CB Richard Ellis' chief operating officer in Memphis.
The testing only involved three of the Memphis market's 70 computers and didn't interrupt work, she said.
"We don't see disruption, and that's the most important thing for our operations because downtime is critical," she said. "We have very strict deadlines for reporting, and we have to meet those deadlines."
Intel plans to describe the test in a written case study and a video that is scheduled air in venues that include trade shows, Drake said.
-- Daniel Connolly: 529-5296
masterIT
A firm that offers a range of technology services to companies
Chairman and CEO: J. Michael Drake
Employees: 20
Address: 8024 Stage Hills Blvd. Suite 101, Bartlett
Web site: master-IT.com
Business links lead to local tests of new chip
By Daniel Connolly - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Thursday, September 13, 2007
When computer chip maker Intel Corp. presents a video promoting its vPro processor, it will feature scenes from an unlikely place: a commercial real estate office in Memphis.
A string of business relationships led Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel to choose one of the Memphis offices of CB Richard Ellis as a test site for the new chip.
Intel plans to use the office as an example of how the new chip allows information technology professionals to manage computers from a long distance, even when the machines are turned off or have crashed, said J. Michael Drake, chairman and CEO of Bartlett-based masterIT LLC, a firm that offers a range of information technology services to companies.
Drake said the chip, formally known as Intel vPro Processor Technology, allows computer professionals to perform tasks such as installing software updates when computers aren't turned on.
"The other thing is that, God forbid, if there was a crash, whether it be of a server or a PC, we would have the ability to access the chip even if the computer is down," he said.
Here's how the real estate office ended up as a test site:
Intel worked on the vPro project with Ottawa-based N-Able Technologies, a company that makes software for remote monitoring of computer networks.
That firm, in turn, contacted masterIT, one of its customers, said Gavin Garbutt, N-Able's president and CEO.
"It's absolutely safe to say that masterIT is one of the top managed service providers in North America," Garbutt said.
Then the Memphis firm picked one of its existing clients, CB Richard Ellis, for the test. Drake said he picked the firm because it makes proactive use of technology. For instance, it recently installed a telephone system based on the Internet.
The real estate firm relies on computers for everything from accounting to dealing with maintenance requests at its office buildings, said Mary F. Sharp, CB Richard Ellis' chief operating officer in Memphis.
The testing only involved three of the Memphis market's 70 computers and didn't interrupt work, she said.
"We don't see disruption, and that's the most important thing for our operations because downtime is critical," she said. "We have very strict deadlines for reporting, and we have to meet those deadlines."
Intel plans to describe the test in a written case study and a video that is scheduled air in venues that include trade shows, Drake said.
-- Daniel Connolly: 529-5296
masterIT
A firm that offers a range of technology services to companies
Chairman and CEO: J. Michael Drake
Employees: 20
Address: 8024 Stage Hills Blvd. Suite 101, Bartlett
Web site: master-IT.com
9/13/2007
Technology at School
Live and breath technology
I got out of the Army in 1997. As you all know 1997 was an amazing time in Technology. The world was amazed with the still relatively new Internet. I was and still am amazed. I am obsessed with how information is shared (among other things). I think THAT is the beauty of the Internet and Technology in general. The fact that I can sit here in the middle of a field in Tennessee while watching my daughter's soccer practice and post to my blog via my palm is still amazing to me. Live and breath innovation.
Jobless Claims Rise in Latest Week
By BRIAN BLACKSTONESeptember 13, 2007 8:47 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose slightly last week but remained at levels consistent with generally healthy labor markets, despite last month's surprising drop in employment.
Jobless claims rose 4,000 to 319,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended Sept. 8, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims for the Sept. 1 week were revised to 315,000 from 318,000. Last week's survey period included the Labor Day holiday.
Wall Street forecasts had called for a 2,000 rise last week to 320,000, according to a Dow Jones Newswires survey.
The four-week average -- which economists use to gauge underlying labor market trends -- fell by 1,000 last week to 324,000, the second-straight drop.
Investors are closely watching U.S. labor markets in the wake of a report last week showing that nonfarm payrolls fell 4,000 in August, the first decline in four years. That drop fueled hopes that the Federal Reserve will lower the fed funds rate by 50 basis points when it meets next week, though many economists expect a smaller 25-basis-point cut. Officials haven't lowered the fed funds rate in more than four years.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has that the Fed will watch the data to gauge whether the recent housing and credit crunch is affecting the broader economy. Jobless claims are the most up-to-date indicator the government publishes, giving them a higher profile than usual.
According to the Labor Department report Thursday, continuing claims for workers drawing unemployment benefits for more than a week fell 6,000 to 2,585,000 in the week ended Sept. 1, the latest week for which such data are available. The four-week average for continuing claims was at its highest level since January 2006, suggesting unemployed workers are finding it harder to get new work.
The insured unemployment rate was 2% in the Sept. 1 week, unchanged from the previous week.
There were 24 states and territories reporting an increase in initial jobless claims for the Sept. 1 week, while 29 reported a decrease. New York had the biggest decrease, 1,573, thanks to fewer layoffs in transportation, service and manufacturing industries. Texas reported the sharpest increase, 1,529, due to layoffs in public administration, service, finance and manufacturing industries.
WASHINGTON -- The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose slightly last week but remained at levels consistent with generally healthy labor markets, despite last month's surprising drop in employment.
Jobless claims rose 4,000 to 319,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended Sept. 8, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims for the Sept. 1 week were revised to 315,000 from 318,000. Last week's survey period included the Labor Day holiday.
Wall Street forecasts had called for a 2,000 rise last week to 320,000, according to a Dow Jones Newswires survey.
The four-week average -- which economists use to gauge underlying labor market trends -- fell by 1,000 last week to 324,000, the second-straight drop.
Investors are closely watching U.S. labor markets in the wake of a report last week showing that nonfarm payrolls fell 4,000 in August, the first decline in four years. That drop fueled hopes that the Federal Reserve will lower the fed funds rate by 50 basis points when it meets next week, though many economists expect a smaller 25-basis-point cut. Officials haven't lowered the fed funds rate in more than four years.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has that the Fed will watch the data to gauge whether the recent housing and credit crunch is affecting the broader economy. Jobless claims are the most up-to-date indicator the government publishes, giving them a higher profile than usual.
According to the Labor Department report Thursday, continuing claims for workers drawing unemployment benefits for more than a week fell 6,000 to 2,585,000 in the week ended Sept. 1, the latest week for which such data are available. The four-week average for continuing claims was at its highest level since January 2006, suggesting unemployed workers are finding it harder to get new work.
The insured unemployment rate was 2% in the Sept. 1 week, unchanged from the previous week.
There were 24 states and territories reporting an increase in initial jobless claims for the Sept. 1 week, while 29 reported a decrease. New York had the biggest decrease, 1,573, thanks to fewer layoffs in transportation, service and manufacturing industries. Texas reported the sharpest increase, 1,529, due to layoffs in public administration, service, finance and manufacturing industries.
9/12/2007
Mortgage Industry
The NBC Nightly News just said that the Mortgage Industry has let go over 63,000 people. I feel for these people.
Wireless Handheld Architect need for American Eagle Outfitters
The ciber Pittsburgh office needs help to fill a strategic position with American Eagle Outfitters.
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Wireless Handheld Architect / Wavelink
Requirements:
Experience with latest version of Wavelink Mobility Center/Avalanche.
Experience with Cisco 1100 series Wireless Access Point.
Fujitsu iPad100-14 and iPad100-20 handheld devices running Windows CE 4.2 and 5.0 respectively. OS ROM versions A5 and A8.
Cisco 1100 series Wireless Access Points running IOS 12.2(13)JA4
Desired:
Working knowledge of Oracle Database, IIS 6, Windows2K3 Server
Experience in a support role for a retail environment.
Strong understanding of Windows OS, security, and Active Directory - including troubleshooting and support.
if interested please contact: rspellman(at)ciber.com
Here’
Wireless Handheld Architect / Wavelink
Requirements:
Experience with latest version of Wavelink Mobility Center/Avalanche.
Experience with Cisco 1100 series Wireless Access Point.
Fujitsu iPad100-14 and iPad100-20 handheld devices running Windows CE 4.2 and 5.0 respectively. OS ROM versions A5 and A8.
Cisco 1100 series Wireless Access Points running IOS 12.2(13)JA4
Desired:
Working knowledge of Oracle Database, IIS 6, Windows2K3 Server
Experience in a support role for a retail environment.
Strong understanding of Windows OS, security, and Active Directory - including troubleshooting and support.
if interested please contact: rspellman(at)ciber.com
Confessions of Technical Recruiter
Sometimes I get sick of people thinking that I'm trying to rip them off. It's just business. I'm always upfront with people about what I can pay. I either can or can't.
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