A "Enterprise & Server" Forum?

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An interesting proposal to make for you guys... i know a lot of us frequenters of [H] also work in IT and do a lot of various jobs for everything from mom and pop shops to Fortune 500 companies... i often find a lack of information out there on theories, practices, etc when it comes to how we organize our IT environments...

i was wondering if perhaps as a "pseudo-professional" group it would be a good idea to add a forum where us IT pros can talk to eachother and bounce ideas off eachother for how to implement new technology, best practices for setting up environments and things of the such...

it would make for a great "professional support group"... and could be a pretty big boost for some of what the [H] is :)

doesn't have to be a seperate form... just a sub-section ... would be a cool idea
 
This sounds like a good idea. I second the request for some sort of Business/Enterprise Systems forum.

EDIT: I think it might work as a subforum of the Networking forum, but I can;t see it working as a subforum of anything else.
 
CEpeep said:
This sounds like a good idea. I second the request for some sort of Business/Enterprise Systems forum.
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i like his title for it better than the one in the title of the thread :)
 
I think this is a great idea. Since this forum is all about computers and most of the users deal with other people's computers, be it freelance or fortune 500.

I think this would be a great idea and would help out alot of businesses. It would give companies ideas on how to deal with customers and how to deal with problems in addition to all the things mentioned above. I think that it would put alot of people on the same page and give some people ideas that would help their companies.

I know that Tow411, another forum that deals in the towing industry, has a forum like this. People post customer problems and how to deal with them and things of the nature. It helps to give a deeper insight into a subject from an angle you may not have seen before.
 
I know they were gonna have an [H] Enterprise section like the Enthusiast, Consumer, and Console sections, but it was delayed cuz there wasn't any content yet. Maybe if they get that up and running they'll add a forum section too.
 
I know the forum isn't a democracy...but I think this would be a nice addition; and may draw in some people who weren't previously interested in participating in the forums. It may even be a nice way to premarket some of the crowd that may be drawn to the Enterprise section if it's still in the works.

Thanks

 
This sounds like a wonderful idea, but I'm afraid it may end up full of threads with titles such as, "Stupidest comment ever heard over phone support" and "Why my network would be great without users". It might be difficult to moderate.
 
I agree. But as long as it is enforced my moderators, it will be fine. We just need Kyle to appoint mods to the forum as soon as it is made in order to enforce it and make sure it isn't turned into a GenMay. Also, someone would have to write up rules to be enforced.

If I was smart in the Enterprise & Server area, I would do it myself. But, I'm not, so I leave that on someone elses shoulders. :D
 
TeeJayHoward said:
This sounds like a wonderful idea, but I'm afraid it may end up full of threads with titles such as, "Stupidest comment ever heard over phone support" and "Why my network would be great without users". It might be difficult to moderate.
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I love those threads!
 
I voice my support for such a forum as well, since I'm one of them IT geeks at work.
 
A sub-forum for Enterprise systems was discussed under the Networking forum when we reformulated to forum several years ago....it was going to be Enterprise forum and Security forum, but at the time we were concerned with creating too many sub forums right off the bat so Enterprise lost out. Could be the time is right now if the interest was there. That would be a Kyle call.
 
TeeJayHoward said:
This sounds like a wonderful idea, but I'm afraid it may end up full of threads with titles such as, "Stupidest comment ever heard over phone support" and "Why my network would be great without users". It might be difficult to moderate.
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My hope would be that rather than that it would end up with threads title more like...

"How does your company control release schedules between dev/test/prod"
"What kind of measured throughput do you have for you EMC SAN?"
"Any ideas on the best way to consolidate servers?"

those are just some of the questions i've gone looking for answers for lately and found it hard to find info on online... i think a forum like this could REALLY take off... assuming there are as many professionals on here as i believe there are (and not as many 16yr olds as it often seems there is)
 
KarmaPoliceSTL said:
"What kind of measured throughput do you have for you EMC SAN?"
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And related to that, "What is an EMC SAN?" :p For the people like me who work in a small company and see the need for enterprise "stuff" down the road but don't really know where to begin and need someone to hold my hand. The little bit of Windows Server stuff i've played with leaves me feeling :confused: Same with volume licensing issues. That's why i was really looking forward to the [H] Enterprise section.
 
Danith said:
I love those threads!
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IT: "Hello Ma'am welcome to tech support"
Woman: "yeah the retractable cup holder on the front of my case just broke off, how do i fix it"
IT: "..."
 
KarmaPoliceSTL said:
My hope would be that rather than that it would end up with threads title more like...

"How does your company control release schedules between dev/test/prod"
"What kind of measured throughput do you have for you EMC SAN?"
"Any ideas on the best way to consolidate servers?"

those are just some of the questions i've gone looking for answers for lately and found it hard to find info on online... i think a forum like this could REALLY take off... assuming there are as many professionals on here as i believe there are (and not as many 16yr olds as it often seems there is)
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If you have a GenMay sub you'd know from the poll in there that most of us are in the 21-30 age range. Lots of us started here much younger, but have stuck around and are now filling those jobs mentioned.

I think an enterprise forum is an excellent idea. Such a forum could also contain all of the career type stuff (resume thread and certification questions) as well.



 
Hey gents, long time lurker here - read lots and post little.

I'm actually in the process of making an Enterprise IT Forum with a basic front end (news, etc) and a phpbb back end.

I've been in the enterprise area for a long time as a consultant with a household name, working around storage, compliance, backup, recovery, archiving, etc. I've found exactly the same thing you mentioned about having nowhere to have decent discussion about enterprise IT.

My colleagues and I have a wealth of knowledge and no place to share it!

I'm hoping the site will be up and running over the next week or two and of course i'll post the link. It's important to get a good start so your time and posting would be appreciated.

Not meaning to steal from [H], if they do put in an Enterprise forum i'll contribute heavily. In the current form I find it hard to notice threads that would benefit from my comments as they tend to be scattered all over the place! I tend to periodically do searches for key words like 'EMC' and 'IBM' every so often to see if I can offer advice regarding Storage (which is how I found this thread funnily enough!).
 
I too am interested in an Enterprise forum. It is sometimes much too difficult to find an answer to the more elusive (or should I say exclusive) world of enterprise IT management.

Information on SMS, Distributed computing uses, SAN technologies (to included switch management decisions), and of course the always interesting security conversations.
 
Forum is up

http://www.URLremoved.com/

As I said it's very simple, just a place for the Enterprise level discussions. Hopefully in time it'll grow and more forums can be added as topics become popular.

Feedback welcome.

As I said, if [H] do put an enterprise forum in i'll contribute heavily.
 
While I applaud your effort, the topic was a forum on this board. As well meaning as your imtentions may be, we don't allow advertising for other forums, sorry. :)
 
MajorDomo said:
While I applaud your effort, the topic was a forum on this board. As well meaning as your imtentions may be, we don't allow advertising for other forums, sorry. :)
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No, that's fair enough, sorry if it wasn't allowed :)

Now hurry up and get an Enterprise forum here for us high-end geeks ! ;)
 
I would also like to see such a forum. I spend a lot of time at the [H] and many other sites. It would be great to have the input of other people here. The atmosphere is nice, the people are knowlegeable, and its fun here.
 
Right now any such questions would definately go in the Networking Forum. Do we need another subforum specifically for Business/Entrerprise? I don't think so. In my mind Networking has always been about Business/Enterprise so making another forum for it would be stupid.

I wouldn't go in it if it was there, but I do go in Networking, so questions wouldn't get as much exposure. Kinda like how I don't go in our Console Gaming Forum. I used to read the console threads but now since they have moved I don't even go in there. My loss I guess, but really it's the thread starters loss. Less exposure, less chance for question answering. Less subforums = +12 to coolness.

It's fine the way it is. You wanna know about good Cisco config's for T3's or how your VLAN's are laid out or business policy on internet browsing and email time, go to the networking forum. Nuff said.
 
n my mind Networking has always been about Business/Enterprise so making another forum for it would be stupid.
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No, that's not what its always been about. A quick glance in that forum now reveals a bevy of questions ranging from "Do I need a wireless router AND a network card to get wireless on my desktop?" to questions about a career in networking.

For me, the former question should stay in the Networking forum. But questions like the latter, aswell as questions like "good Cisco config's for T3's or how your VLAN's are laid out or business policy on internet browsing and email time" need a forum of their own, lest people knowledgeable to answer a question like that will be scared off with admittedly n00b questions about home networking stuff.

Obviously, I strongly support the creation of a Buisness/Enterprise Subforum.
 
It's still networking and it still should all go in one place. I'm still against a new forum creation.
 
im all for a new section. it would be easier to see it all by itself, instead of a forum subsection.

this is a good idea and would help immensely for us that are just starting out, as well as those who are thinking about a career in IT, so they know what they are getting into :p
 
I know it's not a democracy, but I think it would be a great addition. I would definitely read it.
 
Sounds good to me, would seperate the small end user threads vs large enterprise threads. Would help me out a bunch seeing as how im just getting into things from a server side and starting out in a large enterprise isnt always the easiest thing.
 
I'd support it.

what section would I ask about hmail/surgemail/sendmail/postfix email server...and actually have a knowledgable pool of readers? gen software? no. Networking? Yeah...but it may be a configuration issue and totally not networking...same goes for mysql, mssql, apache, IIS...I've made several posts where it would go into the "server" forum.

For the most part, most of us are IT...a good portion of us run servers. It is only natural that we'd have questions regarding them.
 
I have to agree with several of the above posters, the Enterprise forum is a good idea.

99% of the time I look to the Networking thread for Enterprise support, but get frustrated with the number of threads asking basic questions about how IP addresses work, or which cable modem or wireless AP should I buy for less than $30. :rolleyes:

The biggest problem I see with an Enterprise forum would be if frequenters of the Networking forum became frequenters of the Enterprise forum and stopped frequenting Networking. I just hope I don't get banned for asking Apple/Windows LDAP/AD integration questions :D "Who uses Apple in Enterprise settings" *sigh*
 
I've been a pretty regular poster in the Networking forum for a few years now. I think the Networking forum would be the best place to post anything about enterprise IT and networking, but I've found myself recently being turned off from browsing the forum more and more because of the abundance of very basic questions that have been answered time and time again in other threads. I don't have a lot of time as it is, with me about to graduate college in two months and preparing to start a job with Cisco, and I've been finding that it takes a lot of time to wade through all new topics to find the posts that genuinely couldn't be answered from doing a forum or a simple google search. Simply because of my time constraints, I'm likely going to be one of those people who starts frequenting the enterprise subforum and rarely visits the main networking forum.


I think it would be great to have a subforum just for the "enterprise" type of questions, I just dont know if it would really work. I think the mods of that subforum may be busy for a while moving and deleting inappropriate threads until people get a feel for what belongs there and what doesn't.

There's a lot of bright people on the forum that can help with the more complex, enterprise-type questions. While I don't speak for them, I think a lot of their feelings are probably pretty close to mine.
 
DragonNOA1 said:
It's still networking and it still should all go in one place. I'm still against a new forum creation.
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No, it's NOT still networking.

"Networking" is all about networks, whether at home or at work.

Business/enterprise would be all about:
- Backup/recovery systems (disaster remediation)
- Enterprise solutions for automation, security, workstation/server administration, etc.
- IT/IS policies
- Enterprise OS's and other applications
- Enterprise programming help
- Enterprise server/terminal/workstation setup recommendations
- Enterprise network topologies
- Etc., etc.

Now, of all those things I listed above, which fall under the category of "Networking"? The "Enterprise network topologies". The others do not fall under "Networking". It would be nice to have a forum that could encompass ALL the topics I listed above instead of breaking them out in multiple forums. Many of us work in IT/IS for a living, and being able to come to one subforum for all Enterprise/Business talk would be quite efficient.

I still don't know why you think all Enterprise/Business is "still networking", whereas networking is only one aspect of Enterprise/Business.
 
im all for this. I have a enterprise server and its hard to discuss anything about it or get help in the multiprocessing forum cause its 95% ppl who have dual processors.
 
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