Following a proactive
management and monitoring approach for your information
technology not only saves time, but also money.
What is the Difference?
Proactive
- Anticipating events and planning ahead.
Reactive
- Reacting to events when they occur with little to no
planning.
So how can you foresee a
future event and be ready for it?
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Plan for the short and
long term. Create an Information Technology Plan.
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Work together (Business
and Technical People) to determine needs and
opportunities. Align business processes and information
technology to the vision and mission of the business.
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Encourage innovation.
Look for and ask for new ideas.
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Monitor activities and
tasks. For example, computers have event logs that
contain errors, warnings and information. By reviewing
the logs periodically it is possible to assess the
health of your system.
Issue 45,
March 2009
