When your business relies on keeping your computing operations running smoothly, you rely on your IT staff to make that happen. That crew is doing a great job for you, but they are stretched to the limit and you have a big project in mind that is going to push them even harder.

It’s times like this that give many business leaders headaches. The plans they have are going to save money and help the business grow, but hiring new IT staff is just not in the budget. 

Think of all the ongoing changes in the healthcare industry, particularly the challenges of staffing the IT component of a facility.

You’d think with the budget cuts happening even within hospitals and clinics that the big roadblock to hiring IT professionals would point to a lack of budget.

For once, it isn’t all about the money: it’s the lack of a qualified pool of IT professionals.

It goes without saying that if you really work on making your IT operations effective, you’re on the way to improving the bottom line.

But, how do you manage all the elements of your IT infrastructure?  

First, it’s more than just all that hardware and software defining your information systems. It includes a lot of services, like purchasing; setting up training as needed and ensuring that the capacity of your system is working to your benefit.

Business Analysis is a key function in the process of Software Development Lifecycle. A Business Analyst has to play a variety of roles in a software development project.  In a nutshell, it is a role of liaisoning with the clients and making sure that software being developed meets their requirements.

As a Denver IT Staffing agency, we're very supportive of bringing tech jobs back to the United States. So it's been interesting to see all the recent headlines about "insourcing." But is it all just political rhetoric? Or will companies really start reversing the trend of outsourcing jobs to other countries?

Information overload. It affects us on a personal level, and it is also creating unprecedented change for enterprises all over the world. Information is becoming more mobile, social, and dispersed. Your organization’s data is now spread out over a variety of locations, from databases to repositories to mobile devices. Our Documentum consultants can help you get the most out of all this information without sacrificing security, governance, and compliance.

Denver ERP conversion pain probably isn’t that different from anywhere else — but the trauma of conversion might not be as excruciating as living with older enterprise software, a new survey suggests.

There are many aspects to every IT project, and project management can be complicated by shifting business needs and demanding stakeholders. 

As this article from CIO.com points out, it’s crucial to ensure that project managers are keeping an eye on all of the project elements, or key disciplines: Planning, Scope, Requirements, Time/Schedule, Costs, Resources, Communications, Logistics, Procurement, Quality, Risk, Integration, Change control, Ethics, and Governance.

Denver Storage Architects...Sounds like people who design and build those self storage places on the outskirts of town. Since this is an information technology blog, you probably recognize that those aren't what we are talking about.

Here is what we mean by "storage architects": the information explosion has spawned the need to keep a handle on the data and content information systems spew out by the gigabytes. Storage architects design ways to store, protect, and access that data.

Business analyst. Put those keywords into CareerBuilder.com and see over 4,500 openings for this position in IT and general business, 50 in the Denver area alone. This means competition is stiff to get business analysts and this translates into a highly competitive hiring environment.  This is an important function of business strategy and tactics that makes the investment into business analysis very cost effective.

We read with interest the synopsis of a recent study showing that about one software development project in five is deemed a failure. Ouch!

The study, from the Standish Group, was covered by Computer World here.

In addition to the 21% of projects deemed a failure, another 42% had "challenges" such as coming in late, over the allotted budget, or the customers didn't like the end result.

The rest, a whopping 37%, were a success, according to that study.

The good news is that as an industry things are getting better!

The current economic climate has many companies focused on how to lower expenses. One option many businesses are exploring is outsourcing to Denver it consultants rather than having an in house IT department.

We are sometimes asked "Why should we partner with RTC for our IT Services needs in Colorado?" Here are some of the benefits you receive when working with us:

RTC is a full-service consulting and staffing firm. While small, flexible and agile, RTC has a broad range of services. We offer contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire placement services. Roles include: project management, business analysts, systems administration, software developers, network engineers, storage specialists, architects, QA testers and more. Our clients appreciate the fact they can turn to RTC for all of their IT staffing needs.

Be prepared to shift your code management and deployment processes when transitioning from prerelease deployments to post production releases. Plan to put into place a well defined build and deployment process as well as build management personnel. The more critical the system the tighter the controls will need to be to minimize risk in lost productivity.