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To open source, or not to open source? That is the question that CIOs have been asking themselves for the better part of a decade. And while the argument for open source grows stronger every day, especially at the enterprise level, questions still remain. Being the new CIO doesn’t help either. You just never know what political minefield awaits you.

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I am pleased to bring you the inaugural audio podcast here at The Pothole! Contrary to what some might think, you don’t need an iPod in order to listen to podcasts. Any web browser will do (simply click the play button below in order to play the podcast now!). There are lots of other ways to download and play podcasts, but that’s a discussion for another day.

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Search Professionals (i.e. Recruiters) should be a vital tool in a professional’s career strategy. Too frequently it is only when your job is in trouble that you even think about a recruiter; it is “Oh my God I am going to be out of a job; I need a recruiter!” You call a recruiter and say “find me job; I need a job!” People spend a lot of time on resumes, on networking or Web sites, but when it comes to recruiters they have a very rudimentary approach. Few people are really leveraging recruiters, except for immediate need.

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Welcome to this week’s batch of metro Atlanta business networking leads! Here you’ll find all manners of things networking related – job leads, appointments, news, interesting Georgia-based solutions, and more. Remember, you can contribute to this list each week by contacting me!

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According to IDC, corporate sales of computer servers was up 4.4% in 2005. Doesn’t sound like a lot until you realize that it represents a move from $49.1B in 2004 to $51.3B for 2005. That’s a nice bump. The usual suspects were in the mix (IBM, Dell, HP, et al). IBM remained ranked in the top spot with a 32.9% chunk of the overall server market. No big surprises there.

According to Red Herring:

Because servers are used by most companies ranging from small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) to large corporations, market figures indicate that enterprise tech spending increased.

On top of that, shipments of hard disk drives jumped up 21% in Q4, driven primarily by demand in the portable/mobile markets.

That’s good news, folks.

Also of no big surprise, Sun Microsystems continued to lose market share, falling down to 9.5% of the overall server market. How long they have left is anyone’s guess. The question to me becomes one of reinvention. Will Sun successfully reinvent itself a la Apple, or will they continue to dwindle in influence? Either way, and much to my dismay as I’m a big fan of Sun, it is only a matter of time.

Cheers.

Resume “spamming”, or blasting your resume out to thousands of recruiters , is a practice that most good recruiters recommend against. For good reason, too. It smacks of “desperation” and is viewed most commonly as spam. But lately, some recruiters have been utilizing some very similar (and questionable) tactics as well.

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So your firm has decided to progress beyond the simple web site and add on a “corporate blog”. You view it as a great way to get closer to your customers, and a mechanism by which you can keep an open dialog with them. But are you really sure you have the right approach? Want a great strategic tip for positioning your corporate blog?

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