Lima gaya kepemimpinan yang hebat

Oleh Steve Tobak

Manajemen Steve Jobs
Dulu orang membicarakan baju turtleneck berwarna hitam yang dibilang konyol, jeans dan sepatu ketsnya. Lalu orang-orang mulai mengejek gaya bicaranya. Kini para eksekutif dan wirausahawan mencoba meniru gagasan manajemen sang legenda Apple tersebut.

Sayangnya, Anda tidak bisa sekedar menyalin dan menggandakan bakat, kebijakan atau kepemimpinannya yang mendobrak. Itu tidak akan berhasil. Sebab Steve Jobs yang orang-orang coba tiru itu, orang yang melejitkan Apple, adalah Steve Jobs yang berbeda dari Steve Jobs sebelumnya — yang dipecat dari perusahaan yang ia dirikan sendiri.

Peristiwa tragis dan menyakitkan tersebut mengubah dirinya. Itu merupakan sebuah proses yang harus ia lalui. Itulah yang menjadikannya orang yang membuat perusahaan teknologi terbesar di dunia tersebut menjadi hebat. Hal itu dinamakan pengalaman. Anda tidak dapat meniru pengalaman.

Keterikatan dengan karyawan
Tentu saja, setiap eksekutif dan pimpinan bisnis ingin agar para pekerjanya menyukai pekerjaan mereka dan merasakan bahwa mereka adalah faktor penting dalam penentu kesuksesan perusahaan. Itu mudah. Itu juga bukan merupakan hal baru.

Cara untuk membuat para pegawai termotivasi adalah dengan membuat sebuah budaya yang membuat mereka merasa diberdayakan, yang membuat mereka merasa melakukan hal yang berbeda, yang membuat mereka merasa tertantang sekaligus mendukung mereka. Itu bukanlah hal yang rumit dan Anda tidak harus menyewa konsultan pegawai untuk melakukannya.

Produktivitas individu serta manajamen waktu
Kapan memberdayakan setiap menit waktu produktif Anda menjadi tujuan utama? Sini saya kasih tahu: Jika Anda sulit hidup teratur, bukan orang yang rajin, memiliki ruang kerja yang berantakan, serta tidak rapih bukan berarti bahwa Anda terpuruk dan mengenaskan. Itu hanya berarti bahwa Anda seperti banyak orang sukses dan inovatif yang saya kenal selama beberapa tahun.

Dan jika Anda masih harus mencari sedikit waktu, cukup lakukan seperti apa yang saya lakukan. Kurangi. Kurangi sama dengan menambah. Prioritaskan hal penting. Anda akan menjadi lebih sukses dan lebih bahagia. Cukup seperti itu.

Kecerdasan emosional
Gaya kepemimpinan dan manajemen secara tradisional telah habis. Kini masanya soft skill, siapa yang tidak ingin menjadi seorang CEO yang memiliki empati dan mawas diri? Masalah kecerdasan emosional adalah hal yang sulit diukur.

Jika kecerdasan emosional bisa menjadi alat untuk memprediksi kesuksesan bisnis, lalu bagaimana Anda bisa menghitung kecerdasan emosional Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, serta puluhan wirausahawan dan eksekutif sukses lainnya?

Kepemimpinan berdasarkan kelebihan
Ini sangat sederhana. Kita hidup dalam masa yang berubah dengan cepat, dunia bisnis yang terus mengalami perubahan. Jika Anda memiliki kelebihan maka Anda mampu mengadaptasinya menjadi keuntungan yang kompetitif, berkonsentrasilah pada hal itu.

Namun, jika Anda memiliki kelemahan yang besar yang mungkin bisa saja membuat Anda dan rekan kerja terpuruk, maka jangan abaikan kelemahan tersebut

Pertumbuhan ICT men-drive ekonomi di 2013

Hasil review IDC bahwa pertumbuhan ICT akan meng-drive pertumbuhan ekonomi di 2013

Jakarta, November 21, 2012 – With a record growth of 22% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Indonesian economy in the third quarter (Q3) of 2012, IDC estimates that the inadvertent spill-over impact on ICT is set to continue into 2013. IT spending for the country is expected to achieve US$15 billion by the end of 2012, driven significantly by the growth of spending on client devices, and IT services.

A largely consumer driven market, IDC expects enterprise IT spending across key verticals such as Manufacturing and Retail to increase over the next year, as key requirements for integration, communications and mobility continue to cause CIOs to re-think current ICT policies and strategies. "As CIOs begin thinking on how ICT can be a key transformer within their enterprise to achieve business goals, we do expect a heightened interest across areas of Datacenter Services, Cloud, and Mobility to take center stage in 2013", says Sudev Bangah, Head of IDC Indonesia Operations.

IDC's 2012 Continuum Survey of Indonesian enterprises revealed that more than 53% of those surveyed are looking at utilizing IT more aggressively moving into the future, with more than 30% of them looking at reducing their overall IT infrastructure expenditure. While hardware spending is expected to continue, however, the beginnings of a shift in mindset towards outsourced services is at a crucial exploratory point.

In essence, IDC expects IT spending in the country to grow in tandem with the growth of GDP, with Indonesia continuing to lead all ASEAN countries. As a pre- cursor to IDC's 2013 Indonesia Predictions, IDC today revealed 5 key areas which will shape the way technology is viewed in 2013;

1. Vertical ICT Spending to Increase – At this point, IDC has witnessed an increase in IT Spending across major verticals. While FSI & Resources are "typical" IT spenders, however, Retail and Manufacturing are in the spotlight

2. Datacenter Services – IDC expects the interest and uptake of DC and Managed Services to dramatically occur, with Cloud leading the way via more understanding on the ROI of the investment.

3. The "Start-up" Movement – IDC expects a heightened increase of investments in tech start-ups to occur, where equity investors are going to begin looking for the "next big thing"

4. BYOD Discussions to Occur – With the launch of Windows 8, and the continued proliferation of mobile devices, the line between enterprise and consumer devices are blurred, causing more discussions on the BYOD trend to occur within enterprises.

5. East Indonesia Conquest – As business still is centered around West Indonesia, IDC expects vendors to heighten their quest into identifying areas to capitalize upon in the next 5 years. 

   
   

   http://cdn.idc.asia/files/6ba68b70-db21-4c54-ab56-79e2f011868a.pdf

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Jalur ganjil genap jam 6 - 20 wib

Jalur-jalur jalan yang akan diterapkan sistem ganjil-genap ini adalah:

1. Koridor three in one yang berlaku sepanjang jalur Blok M hingga Kota. Jalan Gatot Subroto dan Jalan Rasuna Said.
2. Sejumlah koridor timur-barat yang dilalui bus TransJ dari Pinang Ranti-Pluit.
3. Jalan Sultan Agung dari Karet-Manggarai dilanjutkan hingga Jalan Pramuka.
4. Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan dan Jalan Letjen Suprapto serta di sebelah barat.
5. Jalan Kyai Tapa dan KH Hasyim Anshari yang menghubungkan Grogol dengan Harmoni.
6. Jalan Gunung Sahari, Kramat Raya, Salemba, Jatinegara, hingga ke Cawang.
7. Jalur Cideng, Jl KH Mas Mansyur yang melintasi Tanah Abang, lanjut ke Jalan Prof Dr. Satrio dan Cassablanca hingga Kampung Melayu

Ayo mulai cari jalan tikus!
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Menyeimbangkan Ketegasan dan Kepekaan dalam Bisnis

Rabu, 07 Desember 2011 09:25

Karakter seseorang acapkali dikaitkan dengan bakat berbisnis. Jika terlalu baik hati atau cenderung tidak tega dengan orang lain, dianggap tak cocok menjalani usaha. Pasalnya, kurangnya ketegasan bisa membuat usaha merugi.

Anggapan atau pendapat yang berkembang seperti ini terkadang menghalangi sebagian besar orang untuk berbisnis. Keinginan untuk berbisnis dan mendapatkan penghasilan lebih dengan kemandirian yang dibangunnya, akhirnya pudar atau tertunda.

Berbisnis dengan menggunakan hati tak lantas membuat pemilik tak bisa tegas. Begitupun sebaliknya, siapa bilang jika bersikap tegas juga tak pakai hati. Tentunya dibutuhkan keseimbangkan ketegasan dan kepekaan dalam menjalani bisnis.

Berikut ini hal yang dapat Anda lakukan untuk menyeimbangkan ketegasan dan kepekaan dalam berbisnis seperti disadur dari laman mysmallbiz.com:

1. Fokuslah pada hal yang disenangi dan dikuasai
Anda dapat memulai suatu usaha dengan apa yang Anda senangi dan Anda kuasai. Jika Anda senang dengan usaha yang digeluti, Anda tidak ragu untuk menguasai setiap detil usaha Anda tersebut. Tidak mungkin seseorang menjadi ahli tanpa menyenanginya. Selalu ada korelasi antara kesenangan dan keahlian.

2. Memisahkan uang pribadi dan uang perusahaan
Ketika Anda menjadi entrepreneur, Anda harus pintar-pintar memisahkan antara uang perusahaan dan uang pribadi. Anda masih digaji dengan uang perusahaan. Setiap rupiah yang Anda pinjam dari uang perusahaan harus dikembalikan dengan jumlah yang sama.

3. Memperhatikan kesejahteraan pegawai
Meskipun Anda adalah pemilik usaha, Anda juga harus memperhatikan kesejahteraan para pegawai yang Anda miliki. Tanpa memperhatikan kesejahteraannya, Anda tidak dapat mengharapkan pelayanan yang baik.

4. Melayani dengan hati
Untuk membangun sebuah usaha di bidang jasa, pelayanan yang diberikan harus maksimal. Sehebat apapun suatu produk, jika pelayanan tidak terjaga dengan baik akan menjadi sia-sia. Mentalitas untuk melayani harus dimiliki tidak hanya oleh pegawai tetapi juga oleh pemiliknya.

http://ciputraentrepreneurship.com/tips-bisnis/174-rencana-bisnis/13302-menyeimbangkan-ketegasan-dan-kepekaan-dalam-bisnis.html
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ROI dalam social business, sudahkah Anda memulainya?

101 Examples of Social Business ROI

http://www.beingpeterkim.com/2008/09/ive-been-thinki.html

A few years ago, I put together a list of social media marketing examples. The list contains 324 examples of brands putting social media to use and at that point in the social media industry's evolution, it was the best of what was around (and still might be).

Now that initiatives have been in market, any reasonable business manager would expect to see program results. However, quantified results in social business and brands willing to stand behind them are difficult to find. But the truth is out there...

...and here are 101 examples of social business return on investment, roughly 60% revenue generation and 40% cost reduction. Each example lists brand, activity, and source + year.

1. Aflac. Community drove online payments increase of 3% led to $95,000 in savings. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
2. Alberta Common Wealth Credit Union. Blog, YouTube, Facebook - 2 million impressions, 2,300 new accounts, and $4 million Canadian in new deposits. (Forrester, 2008)
3. AT&T. Community: 21,000 customer issues resolved, driving 16% improvement in call deflections year/year. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
4. Audi. Audi A1 Community: Almost 40,000 people created customized versions of the new model. In total 5.5 million people visited the microsite 119 million times. And the company reports that this program helped generate the largest number of car pre-orders in its history. (Forrester, 2010)
5. Bank of America. Community drove High School segment sales increased 40 percent from 2008 - 2009; portfolio mix of high school students increased by 27 percent. (Communispace, 2010)
6. Benefit Cosmetics. Customer generated content drives 10X click-thru rate on “Buy Now” button. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
7. Best Buy. Community generates $5M value in annual support savings and sales advocacy. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
8. Blendtec. Viral videos increased company sales +700%. (Barnraisers, 2010)
9. Bonobos. 13 times more cost effective (CPA) to acquire a new customer from Twitter than from other marketing channels. (Twitter, 2011)
10. Bonobos. Exclusive sale on Twitter generated 1,200% ROI in 24 hours on promoted tweet. (Twitter, 2011)
11. Bupa. Community drove £190,000 savings through collaboration, online events. (Jive Software, 2011)
12. Burberry. Social microsites secured 1,000,000 fans and a 10% increase in same-store sales. (Barnraisers, 2010)
13. Burger King. Subservient Chicken video increased chicken sandwich sales 9% per week a month after launch. (Adweek, 2005)
14. CDW. Online community member Net Promoter Score 4x average and saved an estimated $4 million. (Communispace, 2007)
15. Cerner. Community resulted in 13% fewer customer support issues logged. (Jive Software, 2011)
16. Cerner. Community resulted in 70% decrease in internal HR issues logged. (Jive Software, 2011)
17. Cerner. Community resulted in shorter approval cycles for writing technical documentation, from 2-6 weeks to hours or days. (Jive Software, 2011)
18. Charles Schwab. Customer referrals drive 40% of new customers for Charles Schwab (ratings & reviews). (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
19. Charles Schwab. Online community drives 56% increase in Gen X customer base versus year ago. (Communispace, 2007)
20. Cisco. Community deflects 120,000 support cases each month. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
21. ConAgra Foods. Online community insights-based events produce a 24% higher gross margin ROI for retailers than other events. (Communispace, 2010)
22. Dell. @DellOutlet on Twitter generated $2 million direct sales, influenced $1 million addt'l (2007 - 2009). (Direct2Dell Blog, 2009)
23. Domino's Pizza. Foursquare drove 29% pre-tax profit through promotions. (Barnraisers, 2010)
24. Electronic Arts. EA was 2nd UK brand to use promoted tweets and trends to promote FIFA 12 video game. Trend engagement level was 11%, well above Twitter’s average ‘benchmark’ for trends, of 3% to 6%. Promoted tweet engagement averaged 8.3% over two-week campaign vs. Twitter benchmark of 1.5%. (Marketing Magazine, 2011)
25. Elsevier. Wiki drives 80% reduction in interdepartmental e-mail volume. (Socialtext, unkn)
26. Epson. Visitors interacting with reviews are 67% more likely to convert and have 25% higher average order value. (Bazaarvoice, 2010)
27. Epson. Reviews drove 98% higher revenue per visitor for Epson. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
28. FICO. Community: 850k customers served, resulting in 10% improvement in call deflections annually. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
29. FICO. By year three, forum members spend 41% more on products. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
30. FONA International. Wiki eliminated almost 50,000 e-mails a year from one specific process. (Socialtext, unkn)
31. Ford. Fiesta Movement WOM campaign: 31,000 pieces of original Fiesta content and 10,000 online vehicle reservations. (WPP Team Detroit, 2010)
32. giffgaff. 100% of questions answered by community members in average time of 93 seconds. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
33. Gilt Groupe. Online community insights drove 10% increase in shopping cart conversion and a five-point increase in Point-of-Sale Net Promoter Score. (Communispace, 2011)
34. Hershey's. House party: 10,000 parties, reached 129,000 people, and say their campaign was seen by 7 million people. (Forrester, 2008)
35. Honda. Friending Honda campaign increased Facebook fans from 15k to 422k, generated over 3,500 dealer quote requests. (RPA, 2010)
36. HP. More than 4.6 people have told HP that the forum solved their support issues,which HP says makes customer happier and saves the company millions in support costs. (Forrester, 2010)
37. IBM. developerWorks community saves $100 million annually from people who use this resource instead of contacting IBM support. (Forrester, 2010)
38. IHG. Saved the costs of stock footage or original photography and agency fees by using community member photos. (Communispace, 2009)
39. Indium. Company blogs increased B2B leads, prospects, conversions and sales by double digits. (Barnraisers, 2010)
40. Intuit. Internal collaboration platform: New ideas at Intuit now get to market in an average of 5 months, vs. 13 months previously. (Forrester, 2010)
41. Intuit Quickbooks. Business owners engaged with rated ProAdvisors 555% more often than unrated counterparts. (ratings and reviews). (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
42. Jewelry TV. Reviews drive a 151% lift in site conversion for Jewelry TV. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
43. Jewelry TV. Average order value increased 25% when reviews were present (ratings and reviews). (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
44. Jewelry TV. Customer reviews boost mobile sales by 30% (ratings and reviews). (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
45. Justin Boots. Exceeded sales goal for new product line by 30 percent, 95% of sales from social media marketing. (Social Media Explorer, 2010)
46. Kiddicare. 30% reduction in inbound customer communications and first call resolution increased from 60% to 98% via sCRM solution. (GetSatisfaction, unkn)
47. Kotex. 1.7 million Web site visits, 17,500 tweets about Kotex, 25,000 Kotex discussions in the social space generating 88.5 million impressions, a million girls "activated" on the brand site, 93,000 Likes, and 640 million impressions in major print, broadcast, and online channels. 750,000 people requested samples and these converted at a 42% rate. (Forrester, 2010)
48. L'Oreal. Facebook tools for local salons drive incremental $4,000 via program. (Mediapost, 2011)
49. La-Z-Boy. La-Z-Boy captures 13,000 new leads with comfort stories campaign. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
50. LendingTree. LendingTree users start the loan process 83% more often when reviews are present. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
51. Logitech. Bowiechick "Breakup" video on YouTube doubles Logitech webcam sales on Amazon.com. (CBS Evening News, 2009)
52. Mattel. Despite product recalls, online community helped support Q4 2007 sales increase of 6%. (Forrester, 2008)
53. Microsoft. House parties: 40,000 in 12 countries played a role in 3.4 million software purchases. (Forrester, 2010)
54. Mint. 75% reduction in number of support tickets via sCRM solution. (GetSatisfaction, unkn)
55. Movistar. Community delivers $5.75m in call deflection savings annually. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
56. National Instruments. Community resulted in 46% of all support questions answered by peers instead of support. (Jive Software, 2011)
57. NetApp. The NetApp community has impacted $500 million in sales and drives 28% of all NetApp web traffic. (Jive Software, 2011)
58. Old Spice. Old Spice guy Isaiah Mustafa commercials and YouTube responses increase web traffic 300% and contributed to a 106% year/year sales increase for the month. (Ad Age, 2010)
59. Orange. Listening: saved a few million euros in support costs and helped avoid several potential PR problems. (Forrester, 2010)
60. Paramount Pictures. #Super8Secret Promoted Trend created a tremendous spike in conversations: Tweets of the hashtag reached nearly nine million impressions in less than 24 hours and mentions of the movie skyrocketed to more than 150 per minute. Receipts for the sneak preview exceeded $1 million, and Paramount said weekend box office surpassed expectations by 52%. (Twitter, 2011)
61. Petco. Products with reviews decrease return rate by 20%. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
62. Petco. 1% of shoppers use “Ask and Answer,” influencing 10% of revenue on website. (Altimeter Group, 2011)
63. Petco. Q&A content powers 75% more sales; 100% more orders per session; 28% more items per order; 9% higher average order value. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
64. Precyse Technologies. $250,000 savings in crowdsourcing new product design. (InnoCentive, 2010)
65. Premier Farnell. Community drives a 3% purchase conversion rate. (Jive Software, 2011)
66. Rhapsody. 50% decrease in support costs and 53% decrease in weekly support contacts via sCRM solution. (GetSatisfaction, unkn)
67. Rubbermaid. Online sales of new products spike 21% with video reviews. (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
68. Sage Software. Community drove a +20 NPS increase. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
69. SAP. Community resulted in a 15% reduction in product release cycles. (Jive Software, 2011)
70. SAP. Community drive 5% increase in partner sales. (Jive Software, 2011)
71. SAP. Community resulted in over 90 ideas delivered or in product development. (Jive Software, 2011)
72. Scholastic. Online community insights resulted in a 3% lift in sales for test marketing message. (Communispace, 2008)
73. Scotiabank. Community eliminated over 300 intranet sites as well as the need to build new sites. (Jive Software, 2011)
74. Secret. Among women viewing the video, 57% said their impression of the Secret brand improved and purchase intent among women who participated on Facebook went up by 11% (33% for teens). Clinical sales increased 8% despite a 70% decrease in TV support. (Forrester, 2010)
75. Sephora. Community users spend 2.5x more than average customers, superfans spend 10x more. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
76. Spiceworks. Community members have produced more than 25,000 product reviews and over 100,000 discussions. (Forrester, 2010)
77. Sprint. Brand monitoring helped uncover conversation insights to drive campaign messaging changes, resulting in $133m in additional revenue. (MotiveQuest, 2011).
78. Starbucks. 75,000 product and service ideas suggested. (Forrester, 2008)
79. StrongMail. Migrated support calls to online community, reducing call volume by 50%. (Jive Software, 2011)
80. Subaru. Online community - 68% of respondents said they were "much" or "somewhat" more likely to purchase post-project. (Communispace, 2008)
81. Swiss Re. Community paid for itself in less than 12 months by decommissioning legacy systems. (Jive Software, 2011)
82. T Mobile. Employees have reduced sales & service product training from 1.5 hour sessions to 15 minutes. (Jive Software, 2011)
83. TechSmith. Saved about $100,000 annually in staffing costs via sCRM solution. (GetSatisfaction, unkn)
84. TomTom. In one month, community handled 20,000 cases resulting in $150k of savings. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
85. Toshiba. Saved $213,000 by adding online component to 5 events, doubling attendance. (Jive Software, 2011)
86. Toshiba. Community helps new sales reps and dealers reach six-month sales goals in four months, increasing sales revenue attainment by 30%. (Jive Software, 2011)
87. Toshiba. Retention rates for sales reps has increased 13% since using community. (Jive Software, 2011)
88. TransUnion. Estimated $2.5 million in savings in less than five months while spending about $50,000 on a social networking platform. (Socialtext, 2009)
89. Travelocity. Travelocity gnome on Chatroulette - 40 days, 350,000 impressions and 400 prospect conversations. (ClickZ, 2010)
90. TurboTax. 71% likelihood of customers interacting with @TeamTurboTax (Twitter support) to recommend TurboTax. (CoTweet, 2010)
91. TurboTax. Yahoo Answers: 58% higher engagement rate than people coming in from other channels. (Forrester, 2010)
92. TVG. Community members spend 36% more than average. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
93. UBM. Community allows for collaboration, saving $20,000 and more. (Jive Software, 2011)
94. UBM. Community reduced time from 3 days to 30 minutes for key sales information. (Jive Software, 2011)
95. University of London. Internal social network allows students to collaborate remotely, expected to deliver future savings in the region of £300,000 per year in print, courier and administration costs alone. (IBM, 2008)
96. UPS. POPURLs dashboard: 32,000 video views, 25% regular return visits to the site, and average of almost seven minutes spent on the site per visit. (Forrester, 2010)
97. USAA. USAA saw online account initiation increase by almost 16,000 new accounts across the five product categories the first year with Bazaarvoice. (ratings and reviews). (Bazaarvoice, 2011)
98. Virgin America. Exclusive flash sale on Twitter raised the maximum $50,000 in charitable donations for Stand Up To Cancer. It was also one of the top five sale days ever for the airline. (Twitter, 2011)
99. Virgin America. Exclusive flash sale on Twitter drove 25% increase in sign-ups over the previous week to Elevate, Virgin America’s loyalty program. (Twitter, 2011)
100. Vistaprint. Community tracked $30,000 in social revenue in 2009. (Lithium Technologies, 2011)
101. Yum Brands. Community helped new product launch internationally in 4 months instead of 18. (Jive Software, 2011)

Thanks in particular to Katy Keim and Paul Gilliham at Lithium, Gia Lyons at Jive, and Erin Nelson at Bazaarvoice for helping source much of this information.

Bagaimana Network Automation digunakan customernya?

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we at Network Automation want to give thanks to our customers, friends and families for such a tremendous year. With the successful release of AutoMate 9, this year’s ground-breaking sales, and a team who works diligently to surpass new goals, we have much to be thankful for.  To the thing that keeps us all employed, the thing that keeps us all a little bit more sane and all a little bit more crazy, we would like to give thanks to—what else?—AutoMate. 

So what AutoMate feature are you most thankful for? We asked some of our employees and this is what they said:

“I am thankful for the VMware Action. I use VMware every day and it’s nice to have AutoMate run them when I am not around.."

                                                                                --Nick Lira, IT

“The Windows Trigger. I use it at home to audit my kids opening certain programs! Sneaky!” Sneaky indeed.

                                                                                --Hamid Noorbakhsh, Developer

“The Excel Actions because it allows for easily manipulating of data to create lists and reports.”

                                                                                --Frank Pacheco, VP of Channel Sales

“The File Systems (write for file) Action because you can generate reports of executing tasks.”

                                                                                --Omar Castillon, QA

“I am most thankful for the Logon Trigger. I use it daily to open my email and log into the Intranet.”

                                                                                --Donna Horton, Automated Solutions Engineer

“The Twitter Action because I can leave the report generation of Twitter analytics to AutoMate and concentrate instead on writing pithy tweets in 140 characters or less.” Damn…29 characters over.

                                                                                --Morgan Harvey, Marketing

“I am thankful for the XXXXXXX Action* because I wrote it!” (*This top secret action is so top secret and so awesome that we cannot reveal it at this time.)

                                                                                --John Carter, Developer

“The Create Variable Action because we can do anything with variables, use it anywhere, without any repetition of steps.”

                                                                                --Anonymous (Apparently we have some shy folks)

“The email feature because it can send text messages!”

                                                                                --Cindy Requa, Admin

“The Flow Actions because it separates our product from the low-end macro solutions."

                                                                                --Nina Chou, Sales

“The SharePoint Action because of its integration and collaboration capabilities.”

                                                                                --Anonymous

And last but not least, our FTP Action, which gets as much thanks around here as friends and family:

“I am thankful for the FTP Action because transferring files is a process all companies employ. Therefore, everyone can use our software.” Spoken like a true salesman.

                                                                                --Terence Green, Sales

“The FTP and Jobs Scheduling Actions because it is simple, yet has millions of integrative uses with other actions.”

                                                                                --Jason Wise, Sales

“The FTP Action because it is now more robust, and more customers use it.” I’m sensing a theme here…

                                                                                --Ankur Patel, Developer

“The FTP Actions because everybody uses them!”

                                                                                --Liz Casale, Support

And what AutoMate feature are you most thankful for? Leave your answer in the comments below, and have a happy and safe Thanksgiving.  

36 Pertanyaan dalam interniew Networking

Basic Networking Interview Questions (That You MUST Answer)

• Can you define protocol?
• Can you explain the concept of OSI layer?
• Can you explain the different layers in OSI model?
• Can you explain Application layer in OSI model?
• Can you explain Presentation layer in OSI model?
• Is it compulsory that compression, encryption and translation functions will be used during communication?
• Can you explain Session layer in OSI model?
• What's the concept of Simplex, Half Duplex and Full Duplex dialogs?
• What are the different types of dialogs in Session layer?
• Can you explain Transport layer in OSI model?
• Can you explain the concept of Congestion?
• Can you explain Network Layer?
• Can you explain Data link Layer?
• Can you explain the Physical layer?
• Can you explain what an IP address is?
• How to convert Decimal to Binary?
• How many IP addresses can come in IPV4?
• Can you explain the concept of Unicast IP address?
• Can you explain the concept of IP multicasting or multicast IP address?
• How many different types of subnet classful networks are present?
• What are the IP address ranges for public and private IP address?
• Why do we need class and how many different types of class exists?
• How are the IP addresses distributed between different classes?
• Can you explain what is classful IP addressing?
• Can you explain the concept of subnetting?
• What are the advantages of using subneting?
• If the host has the subnet ID why do we need a subnet mask?
• How is network address calculated from the subnet?
• What is the advantage of using classless addressing over classful addressing scheme?
• Can you explain the concept of CIDR?
• Twist :- Can you explain superneting ?
• Can you explain concept of custom subneting?
• What is the implication of increasing and decreasing subnet Bits?
• Why do we need to subtract two from number of hosts?
• Can you explain the concept of VLSM?
• Can you explain IP protocol?