The green movement and economic pressures of the business world is forcing companies to look for ways to conserve energy and save money for every aspect of the business, particularly IT.  Making changes to the infrastructure has some benefits realized, but the heart of long-term changes will be the result of educating the workforce in the vocabulary and specifics of the concern.

Most companies have very little practical education in energy conservation, obtaining efficiencies in IT components, or the like.  ISO14000 training is the most prevalent education found and in most cases, attendance is an attempt to fulfill a requirement than to actually learn and apply what is taught.  The real change is when that education is applied.  Here’s some suggestions:

Change the daily vocabulary.  Make it a point to bring into conversation the need to understand where efficiencies are needed and what to do to obtain them.  For instance, data in most organizations is increasing at alarming rates.  The most data, the more storage which is needed and hence the more energy consumed.  Control the data, a department has more control over the energy consumed.  Though the elimination of data is not foreseeable, the proper management of that data is and can provide several additional benefits to the department.

To support the use of the vocabulary, expose the team to relevant discussions about energy consumption, space requirements, and IT technologies on a regular basis.  The closer the department is to managing the facilities or IT of an organization, the more meaningful the discussions are because actions based on the discussions are more prevalent.

Make efficiency gains a criteria for performance.  Ensure that everyone understands that they have a role in fulfilling the need for efficiency in the organization and encourage everyone’s idea.

In this world of certifications there’s always the hard part of passing the Examinations.
In this case, the PMP is a widely and accepted Certification Examination to undergo.
In fact, it is a part of a three stage levels of Certification.
For example, a person named Alex took the first stage, which is aptly named as Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) is considered to be the first tier, and he passed it.
This would then enable him to try out the next stage of Certification Examinations, which is the PMP.
There is however the third and the last of the many and different stages, which is the Project Management Professional (PgMP), which is newly released and is deemed as the hardest.
Now Alex may, after passing the PMP, take the PgMP.
There are many benefits that Alex may enjoy in having PMP Certification.
One of these is being able to use the abbreviation of PMP right beside their names.
But having one is no mere feat.
Aside from the Certification Examinations, the Project Management Institute (PMI) also has a series of stringent requirements that must be passed by the applicant.
Without these requirements, even a passing of the Examinations by Alex would go for naught.
In the end, it must be remembered that all of these is necessary as this Certification is mainly a tiered process of ascension from Project Team Members to Program Managers.
This is more likely to improve the quality of the takers or applicants than having a one-time Examination.
In the PMP, for Alex to become successful in his career, he direly needs to work harder, and of course, achieve better than average or passing Certification Examinations test results.

There is probably no aspect of business now which exists without some sort of risk. In any business decision that we make, there is a possibility of loss or failure which is the reason why risk management is critical if you want to take control of the negative impact that such loss or failure will make on your business. Both small and medium-sized enterprises employ some sort of risk management technique and if you want to learn more about the techniques that you can use, you need to learn about risk management architecture.

Risk management architecture is the basic structure of how you can control the elements to have the least impact when you take risky business decisions. You can have a person assigned for this particular task, or you can use an electronic risk management program to assist you with this task. No matter which method you choose, here is a basic structure for risk management architecture that you can use. First, you need to identify the risks involved. Here, you should make a forecast of what could possibly happen if you choose a particular option. Second, you need to determine the likelihood that such an event will occur. Assess the damage before it really happens and analyze how soon you can take action in the course of such an event. Third, you need to identify the best possible solution and know the means by which you can reduce the negative impact of a particular risk on your business. Finally, you need to implement your risk management plan according to this risk management architecture. If everything goes according to plan, you should be able to reach your business objectives with the use of risk management architecture.

Cisco has long been considered by many as an innovator and a leader in the
development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks and networking solutions.  The
Cisco Network Management has been changing and advancing network innovation
with more and more systems and devices being connected and interconnected.  As
businesses and organizations continue to grow and make their presence known online,
Cisco Network Management has been at the forefront of providing solutions and
technologies.

Cisco Network Management acknowledges that the network is ever changing and
going beyond the simple infrastructure.  Cisco Network Management recognizes that
in the 21st century, a customized and personalized user experience in a secure
platform is expected in every business—and goes true from the retail industry to the
entertainment industry.

Cisco Network Management assists business organization in the automation and
integration of every network through by simplifying redundant processes and
maximizing company resources.  Cisco provides diverse network management tools
that promise to deliver solutions to every company. 

Part of the Cisco Network Management is the Cisco Network Application
Performance Analysis or (NAPA) Solution which provides information on an
application and network performance through a detailed set of tools and services
thereby optimizing the performance of business applications.   Cisco is also able to
use the IBM Tivoli Netcool technologies in their Cisco Network Management.  This
better meets the demands and requirements of security and fault management.  Called
the Assurance Management Solution, this Cisco Network Management tool promises
to deliver real-time centralized monitoring system for service providers and other
large enterprises.

Metadata refers to a description about an item of various formats like documents, spreadsheet, music, photos and other types. Metadata can be automatically created with the item. Other details can also be added or created by the author of the item. Other data can even be edited or deleted as well.

Metadata come in handy when it comes to photos. With the metadata embedded with photos, it is easy to go back to the images one has captured.  If one needs to describe his images and how he took them to somebody else or to an audience it would be easy because the settings are recorded.

In an age of digital photography photos are typically processed through the use of various types of photo processing and editing software. The Adobe Lightroom is one of the most commonly used software around. Not only does it allow viewing and processing of JPEG images but of RAW files too. It is therefore useful even to more serious photographers.

And in processing captured images in Lightroom, metadata about the processing instructions is also recorded. The original RAW file remains as is but Lightroom metadata is recorded through XMP or eXtensible Metadata Platform. The effect is that the original image would appear unchanged when one opens the file again.

One can actually embed this metadata into the original file. However, most Lightroom users don’t practice this. One reason is that doing this process for a hundred images could take time. Another reason is the risk of corrupting the original file.

One good option for viewing the processed image instead is to record it as JPEG or TIFF files. It’s even more useful especially when one uses other software than Lightroom.