Are you using all your resources?

As the title says, "Are you using all your resources?" I am an IT person in a one deep slot. What does this mean? It means, I wear multiple hats. Webmaster, network engineer, helpdesk, etc... Often this means that I do not have the time to properly research issues, new products, etc... So what do you do?

One of the things is to have an account setup with a general purpose vendor like PCMall. My account manager is Rosemary. She has taken the time to learn my business and what I need. Thsi helps her keep me informed of products and services that I may need or would be interested in. We talk regularly. It's almost like having an extra person on my staff of one. She does the research and product comparison that I often don't have time to do. Thanks for all your help Rosemary.

I also subscribe to newsletters from PC Magazine. They have soooo many different one that I can't list them all here. But I get emails daily on new products, security risks, VOIP and many others. Again I let others simplify my research and keep me informed.

Comments

[fred buhler]

i just looked at windows xp and i was considering buying it. but i could not find what i was looking for and the index was not very helpfull.
let me give you some hints as to what my problem was.

i tried to learn how to find the mac of installed items.
well mac in the index is a computer! ya one can find mac if you spell it out but that is the end .

if you look under networking you will find lots of pictures on how to interconnect computers. what has happened to the quality of the que books ?