The number one word most associated with salespeople is “Pushy”.  

Everyone knows the password drill at this point. Don’t use words in the dictionary. Don’t share your password. Don’t use just letters, mix in numbers and special characters. Don’t use the same password for different websites or applications. Then change them every (insert your favorite number here) days. Oh, and don’t write any of them down - you need to memorize them all. Really? Have you ever tallied the number of accounts your average user has to keep track of?

I was recently tasked with helping a client compare going to Cloud (in this case AWS) vs. “Modernizing” their existing infrastructure. In this particular case, the client has a very consistent application environment. Their business applications are mature and are meeting the current needs of the business.

You know when the best time to buy something is? 

Recently, I met with an IT Director for a medium sized business. He began to tell me that things are not going so great.  The prior week, he was called into a meeting with the CFO and CIO. They said “Our data center strategy is calling for a forecast of cloudy skies.”  They were teasing him and having fun with it, but went on to explain how they want him to transform their entire business to the Cloud and he had 3 months to get it done.  He was visibly irritated and said “just between us” that he doesn’t know what that means exactly.