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August-6-2010
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August 2010
US Airforce SNIM Contract Announcement
We are happy to announce a recent award on which Global CI is a named team mate on the SNIM vehicle. "This is another wonderful opportunity for Global CI to continue to grow our cyber-security group and contribute with our SMEs in Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Database Warehousing, Informatics, Infrastructure, Embedded Systems and Applications development." said Mike Ziman, Global CI's CEO.
Global CI as part of the team led by Battlelle has been chosen as one of a select number of teams given the chance to bid on computer software, network, information, modeling and simulation programs for the federal government under the SNIM contract.
Battelle’s selection by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) means we will be allowed to bid on up to $2 billion worth of task order contracts over the next five years covering cyber-security, networks, software design and other information-related programs in support of the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and other government agencies. Jeanette Miller, Global CI's lead Business Developer said "Our proprietary TOR (Task Order Review System), HCMT (Human Capital Management Tool) and Business Development style are made to order for this type of contract. We look forward to meeting the challenge everyday."
AFCEA Health IT Day
Right on the heels of HIMSS, Global CI is off to another Health IT event! Please join us at AFCEA Bethesda Chapter Health IT Day on April 6. More information can be found here -à http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=b1f75097-7adf-4da0-91b7-1f037ada28ab
March 2010
HIMSS 2010
Change is everywhere...Opportunity is here!
Transforming healthcare through IT.
Global CI is participating in the HIMSS conference again in 2010! We will be at booth 1162 to learn what is new and hot in Health ITand to continue to lead the way in developing the best applications of technology to solve the complexities of partnering government and industry for our clients and the benefit of all people.
Key Global CI consultants will also be speaking at the Interoperability Showcase representing SSA.
Please call us to arrange an on site visit at the conference...
Global CI...Your Partner for Building a Better Future!
For more info... http://www.himssconference.org
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7 Tips To Remembering Someone's Name
It has happened to virtually everyone . . .
forgetting someone's name. The good news
is that you can quickly and easily learn ways to improve your retention of
someone's name.
If You Follow These 7 Simple Tips, It Will Increase Your Ability To Remember Someone's Name:
Tip #1.
Listen Carefully - Many
people react to an introduction by quickly introducing themselves in
return. Slow down, listen carefully to the person's name and repeat it
back like this: "Hello, _____, it is very nice to meet you. My name is
_____." This will also give you a chance to confirm his/her name; just
in case you are not sure you caught the exact pronunciation.
Tip #2.
Repetition Is Key
- Make sure you repeat the person's name (out loud) when you first meet
them - such as during the introduction process. Also, be sure to use their name in the
middle of your conversation and again when you/they are leaving. Avoid using their name too often or it will
come across as insincere.
Tip #3.
Association Equals Retention
- Many experts have proven that associating a name
with something helps in one's retention.
Discover what method of association works best for you - you may want
to associate their name with the person who introduced you to them, someone
else you know with the same name, a famous person, or even a silly image that
rhymes or sounds like their name. My
favorite method is to imagine the person I am meeting doing something or
holding something that will trigger me to remember their name. Find what works best according to the way
you learn and remember details. If so,
you will find that remembering names can and will be easy.
Tip #4.
Write It Down - Write down the person's name and contact information as soon as appropriately
possible to help lock the information into your memory bank.
Tip #5.
Introduce The Person To Someone Else
- Another simple technique to
remembering names is to introduce this person to someone else. It is a great way to reinforce their name
in your mind's eye.
Tip #6.
Practice, Practice And Then Practice Again
- Practice using these tips and you
will find that remembering names gets a little easier each time you meet
someone new.
Tip #7. Be
Positive
- Don't think of yourself as someone who is "bad with
names." Instead, consider
yourself as someone who is "getting better with names." Staying positive will help you achieve your
goal of remembering names a lot faster.
If you happen to forget someone's name, be humble and ask politely, "I'm sorry, could you please tell me
your name again?" It is
better to ask again than to walk away not knowing because you were too
embarrassed to ask. Remember, a lot of
people are bad with names - it is likely they will understand and may even
ask you to repeat your name again.
Summary
- Remembering names
does not come easy to everyone but you can greatly improve your memory skills
with a little bit of practice. Doing
so will help you build relationships in business and help your personal life
too. In life, people won't remember
what you said and did, they remember how you made them feel.
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Focusing on the industry's most valuable assets
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Looking Back on 2008
-a message from our CEO
As 2008 comes to a close we, of Global CI, have much to look
back on. We experienced growth exceeding
39% in 2008 and prospects that bode well for another significant double digit
growth in 2009. Our client base is
comprised of highly rated stable fixtures in the federal government and private
industry sector. Our financial position
allows us to remain poised for growth. I
credit this to a staff of dedicated practitioners who constantly seek to
improve their diverse skills. From
technical consultants to human resource acquisition to account management to business
development and accounting "excellence in all aspects of the business"
remains our personal credo. With this, we have been able to deliver significant enduring solutions in support of the government
agencies' and private industry missions to whom we are dedicated and committed.
I would like to recognize our partners who through their
dedication continue to give small businesses like Global CI the opportunity to
contribute, prosper and provide employment and career growth to so many. "Thank
you", Lockheed Martin , Battelle Memorial Institute, General Dynamics, Science Applications International, Computer
Sciences, Data Systems Analysts, ManTech International, Sybase, Xenotran,
Nortel, Benovis, CGI, Dynamics Research
Corporation, XL Health and McCormick. We
look forward to serving you and with you.
We are very grateful for every opportunity you may afford us. At Global CI we put our clients first and
never take them for granted.
As 2009 opens at Global CI we know there are challenges and
changes ahead. And with these come
opportunities to those who remain diligent, optimistic, and perseverant. We remain focused on creating prosperity and
in the belief that each of us can make the world a better place.
Please have a safe, healthy and wonderful holiday season.
H. Michael
Ziman, CEO
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Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2009
-Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 12-16, in Orlando
STAMFORD, Conn., October 14, 2008 - Gartner, Inc. analysts today highlighted the top 10
technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations. The
analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held
here through October 16.
Gartner defines
a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the
enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact
include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a
major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt.
These technologies impact the
organization's long-term plans, programs and initiatives. They may be strategic
because they have matured to broad market use or because they enable strategic
advantage from early adoption.
"Strategic
technologies affect, run, grow and transform the business initiatives of an
organization," said David Cearley, vice president and distinguished analyst at
Gartner. "Companies should look at these 10 opportunities and evaluate where
these technologies can add value to their business services and solutions, as
well as develop a process for detecting and evaluating the business value of
new technologies as they enter the market."
The top 10
strategic technologies for 2009 include:
Virtualization. Much of
the current buzz is focused on server virtualization, but virtualization in
storage and client devices is also moving rapidly. Virtualization to eliminate
duplicate copies of data on the real storage devices while maintaining the
illusion to the accessing systems that the files are as originally stored (data
deduplication) can significantly decrease the cost of storage devices and media
to hold information. Hosted virtual images deliver a near-identical result to
blade-based PCs. But, instead of the motherboard function being located in the
data center as hardware, it is located there as a virtual machine bubble.
However, despite ambitious deployment plans from many organizations,
deployments of hosted virtual desktop capabilities will be adopted by fewer
than 40 percent of target users by 2010.
Cloud Computing.Cloud computing is a style of computing that
characterizes a model in which providers deliver a variety of IT-enabled
capabilities to consumers. They key characteristics of cloud computing are 1)
delivery of capabilities "as a service," 2) delivery of services in a highly
scalable and elastic fashion, 3) using Internet technologies and techniques to
develop and deliver the services, and 4) designing for delivery to external
customers. Although cost is a potential benefit for small companies, the
biggest benefits are the built-in elasticity and scalability, which not only
reduce barriers to entry, but also enable these companies to grow quickly. As
certain IT functions are industrializing and becoming less customized, there
are more possibilities for larger organizations to benefit from cloud
computing. Servers - Beyond Blades.
Servers are evolving beyond the blade server stage that exists today.
This evolution will simplify the provisioning of capacity to meet
growing needs. The organization tracks the various resource types, for
example, memory, separately and replenishes only the type that is in
short supply. This eliminates the need to pay for all three resource
types to upgrade capacity. It also simplifies the inventory of systems,
eliminating the need to track and purchase various sizes and
configurations. The result will be higher utilization because of
lessened "waste" of resources that are in the wrong configuration or
that come along with the needed processors and memory in a fixed bundle.
Web-Oriented Architectures. The
Internet is arguably the best example of an agile, interoperable and
scalable service-oriented environment in existence. This level of
flexibility is achieved because of key design principles inherent in
the Internet/Web approach, as well as the emergence of Web-centric
technologies and standards that promote these principles. The use of
Web-centric models to build global-class solutions cannot address the
full breadth of enterprise computing needs. However, Gartner expects
that continued evolution of the Web-centric approach will enable its
use in an ever-broadening set of enterprise solutions during the next
five years.
EnterpriseMashups. Enterprises
are now investigating taking mashups from cool Web hobby to
enterprise-class systems to augment their models for delivering and
managing applications. Through 2010, the enterprise mashup product
environment will experience significant flux and consolidation, and
application architects and IT leaders should investigate this growing
space for the significant and transformational potential it may offer
their enterprises.
Specialized Systems. Appliances
have been used to accomplish IT purposes, but only with a few classes
of function have appliances prevailed. Heterogeneous systems are
an emerging trend in high-performance computing to address the
requirements of the most demanding workloads, and this approach will
eventually reach the general-purpose computing market. Heterogeneous
systems are also specialized systems with the same single-purpose
imitations of appliances, but the heterogeneous system is a server
system into which the owner installs software to accomplish its
function.
Social Software and Social Networking. Social
software includes a broad range of technologies, such as social
networking, social collaboration, social media and social validation.
Organizations should consider adding a social dimension to a
conventional Web site or application and should adopt a social platform
sooner, rather than later, because the greatest risk lies in failure to
engage and thereby, being left mute in a dialogue where your voice must
be heard.
Unified Communications. During
the next five years, the number of different communications vendors
with which a typical organization works with will be reduced by at
least 50 percent. This change is driven by increases in the capability
of application servers and the general shift of communications
applications to common off-the-shelf server and operating systems. As
this occurs, formerly distinct markets, each with distinct vendors,
converge, resulting in massive consolidation in the communications
industry. Organizations must build careful, detailed plans for when
each category of communications function is replaced or converged,
coupling this step with the prior completion of appropriate
administrative team convergence.
Business Intelligence. Business
Intelligence (BI), the top technology priority in Gartner's 2008 CIO
survey, can have a direct positive impact on a company's business
performance, dramatically improving its ability to accomplish its
mission by making smarter decisions at every level of the business from
corporate strategy to operational processes. BI is particularly
strategic because it is directed toward business managers and knowledge
workers who make up the pool of thinkers and decision makers that are
tasked with running, growing and transforming the business. Tools that
let these users make faster, better and more-informed decisions are
particularly valuable in a difficult business environment.
Green IT. Shifting
to more efficient products and approaches can allow for more equipment
to fit within an energy footprint, or to fit into a previously filled
center. Regulations are multiplying and have the potential to seriously
constrain companies in building data centers, as the effect of power
grids, carbon emissions from increased use and other environmental
impacts are under scrutiny. Organizations should consider regulations
and have alternative plans for data center and capacity growth.
"A strategic technology may be an existing
technology that has matured and/or become suitable for a wider range of
uses," said Carl Claunch, vice president and distinguished analyst at
Gartner. "It may also be an emerging technology that offers an
opportunity for strategic business advantage for early adopters or with
potential for significant market disruption in the next five years.
Companies should evaluate these technologies and adjust based on their
industry need, unique business needs, technology adoption model and
other factors." View the complte Article
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IT Employment Drops Markedly in November; Finally Succumbing to Broader Market Trends
-Released by NACCB
Alexandria, VA, December 10, 2008 - After appearing to be largely resilient to the macroeconomic trends that has devastated the broader employment market through much of the year, IT employment finally succumbed to the inevitable. In November, IT employment dropped by almost 34,000 jobs or .87%---the most significant one month drop in over 3 years. With the decline, IT employment stands at 3,876,20 0. Despite the precipitous one month drop, IT employment was still up 2.1 percent over the past year (Nov. 2007 - Nov. 2008)---continuing to outperform the general employment marketplace on a yearover-year basis. "Given the continued deterioration of broad swaths of the economy, the marked drop in IT employment was not surprising. While IT employment continues to outperform the general employment marketplace on year-over-year basis, that is small consolation for those companies and individuals affected," commented Mark Roberts, CEO of NACCB. "While the drop appears to have affected a wide range of industries such as financial services, telcom, and manufacturing, the computer systems and design services sector seems to havebucked the trend. It managed to eke out a small gain (.19%) during the month." The IT employment index is published by the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB), the national trade association representing IT staffing and solutions firms.
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