[LINK] Roles and Responsibilities of System Administrators

[Marghanita da Cruz]

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<http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2012-September/098519.html>
grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been thinking a lot about my job recently.  Marghanita's thread
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> Thanks for reading this far in my Friday Rant. I assure you I am
> completely sane....  :/
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Rachel,

As I happened to be scanning my email today, I fished the Link postings about
ABC/iView out of my folder dedicated to LED energy efficient Lighting - guess,
I will have to improve the filtering algorithm!

Contemplating looking deeper into that link, your headline and then my
name, in your posting, caught my attention. So,  I read your rant.

Just bear in mind that ITIL is a Help Desk system. It is an attempt to apply
ISO9000 reproduceable quality to a dynamic environment. Prince II is the
art of ignoring what you are trying to achieve but ensuring you finish on time
and to budget!

I have been wondering whether I can be bothered writing a chapter on
the Role of the System Administrator in Corporate Governance.

And whether anyone takes any notice of AS8015-2005 - Australian Standard
for Corporate Governance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
http://ramin.com.au/itgovernance/as8015.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_8015

and the revisionist version of history, which completely ignores the
fact that ISO/IEC 38500-2008 is AS8015, with ICT changed to IT!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_38500

It is a beautiful day - go outside and get a dose of Vitamin D!
There is life outside the corporate workplace!

Marghanita
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Marghanita da Cruz
Ramin Communications (Sydney)
Website: http://ramin.com.au
Phone:(+612) 0414-869202