Phoummala Schmitt

Networking Without Firewalls

09/19/18 We have all heard the saying “It’s who you know, not what you know.” There is truth in the statement. Your personal network can help you succeed in your career and take yo…

What Makes a Thought Leader?

09/05/18 What do The Guru, The Expert, The Maven, The Trailblazer, The Leading Light, The Practice Leader, The Heavyweight, The Opinion Shaper, and The Influencer all have in commo…

Beating Imposter Syndrome

08/22/18 “Hello! My Name is Phoummala and I have re-occurring imposter syndrome. I struggle with this frequently and it’s a battle that I know I am not alone in.” What is Imposter …

The Human Side of IT

08/09/18 The technology industry is about technology. Technology is the fastest changing industry there is, but the often-overlooked part of this industry is the humans that work w…

Defining Your IT Journey

08/01/18 The IT journey is really nothing more than your career plan or goals that you have for your career. It’s the story of you. I call it the IT Journey because it’s a journey …

Active Directory Monitoring

02/24/16 Active Directory, commonly known as AD, can be considered the heart of the IT infrastructure. It holds user account information, computers and servers, provides authentica…

Troubleshooting Exchange Issues

02/24/16 Now that you’ve configured monitoring and alerting for your applications, what are you going to do with the knowledge you’ve gained? Using some of the data that you receiv…

Daily Monitoring of Microsoft Exchange

02/05/16 Email is the lifeline for almost every business in this world. When email is down businesses cannot communicate. There is loss of productivity, which could lead to dollars…

Application Monitoring: From Fire Fighter to Psychic Powers

02/04/16 As IT professionals, we have all been there, the dreaded help desk call “Is email down?” (Replace with any business critical application). One of the worst things we deal …