Smart Panda Newsletter – December 2015

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Message from Wade

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Don’t be fooled by this weather (t-shirts and shorts while running in Canada) its December and this year is all but over, which means its time for New Year’s Resolutions!  Do you have your resolutions figured out? We at the Smart Panda have our sights set really high for 2016 – doubling staff, more clients, more projects, more offerings and more giving back!

We have found that if we set our goals (resolutions) and state them to everybody – the funniest thing happens – THEY HAPPEN! Do you need some help working out your goals for 2016, or do you have goals but need to figure out a way to achieve them, or do you already know goals and the way but know it isn’t going to happen?  Maybe its time to grow your team ——

Smart Panda Newsletter – November 2015

Smart Thinking Newsletter

Message from Wade

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Well would you look at that — December is here. I remember when I was 13 driving on a back country road with my cool Uncle, and I told him “I wish things would just go faster, this school year is taking forever to finish.”  His response was “enjoy the time moving slow, because every year will go by faster and faster, and one day you will look up and wonder where the heck the time went.”  It is a good plan to look up and really assess what it going on around you. I was reminded of that just today by a friend who just looked at me with “that look” as I was about to go on about an absolutely stupid problem that doesn’t deserve a second of my time, but yet I let it consume a lot of my time lately — the lesson was simple “focus on what is important.”

Are you focusing on what is important? Do you need a Panda to give you “that look?”

Smart Panda Newsletter – October 2015

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Message from Wade

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Can somebody slow this world down! It just feels like yesterday this year started, and now we are facing down Christmas.  October found the Panda unbelievably busy finishing up several upgrades, and bringing on several new clients.  The new web hosting, domain and email services are coming together and everyday we are bringing more and more people into the the world of reliable and effective hosting.  As well, we continue to have great success with our custom hosting running PeopleSoft Upgrade Labs, Training & Demonstration environments and PeopleSoft ERP Production environments.

Something I am recommending to everybody I talk to these days is to discuss your options with a trusted advisor. The Smart Panda has been able to help many clients this year achieve great results for their business/enterprises just by enabling them to have the understanding that is needed to make Smart Infrastructure decisions. Do you want/need to have that conversation?

Smart Panda Newsletter – September 2015

Smart Thinking Newsletter

Message from Wade

Smart Panda - Newsletter PostmanSeptember came and went in a blink. Surprisingly, we had some of the best summer weather the minute the kids went back to school, I had sweat dripping off my forehead watching them close our pool for the winter. However, it was great for getting out and getting back on track with running and biking, and looking forward to some great new challenges next year!

Speaking of challenges, this entire year we have received a significant amount of requests for maintenance and support plans for Enterprise Systems.  In the world of Oracle PeopleSoft, maintenance is standardizing however, its implementation can be a significant challenge.  If you are facing ERP challenges The Smart Panda has some excellent solutions.

Smart Panda Newsletter – August 2015

Smart Thinking Newsletter

Migrating Securely to a Hybrid IAAS Environment

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Managing network security across a hybrid cloud environment is still an emerging area with many challenges, as highlighted in a recent AlgoSec survey that looked at the issues IT teams face in trying to unify security policy management across on-premise and public cloud environments. Of the 360-plus senior IT professionals surveyed, 66 percent agreed that it’s difficult for them to extend the corporate network security policy to the public cloud.