Turning Point

A handful of staff stopped me in the hall or came by my office to not only congratulate me on a completed job but also to express astonishment at how little impact this migration had on their workflow. I'll take that as high praise, thank you very much. Even my boss, in his way, complimented me, by forwarding on to me favorable remarks by other staff. I haven't even written my summary yet explaining what really went on and how much I appreciate staff cooperation.

They had a right to be stunned. It's amazing the scars bad IT Managers and Admins leave on staff. They were all preparing for a doomsday scenario with email out for days and files deleted. Apparently something of this nature happened last year but the details are sketchy.

I hope with more emphasis on security and stability the staff can perform their jobs a little easier so the company can expand what it does. There is room to do much more. If we can get Kintera working as it should and have it sync with Raiser's Edge I think a few paths will appear. Specifically the company should be able to market itself better by using statistical data gathered through Kintera. I would love to see the company triple it's online revenue in a year and I think it's possible. Currently the haphazard Kintera setup is generating decent revenue; a well managed Kintera could produce much more.

I see this migration as a transitional point. It was a very necessary step for this company. I hope the staff take the new setup and stability for granted because they should not have to worry about losing anything or expect network resources to be unavailable. That kind of computer infrastructure went out with the 80s...

...well, it should have anyway.