June, 2010
by Denise P. Kalm, Managing Editor
Denise Kalm has 30 years experience in IT including application programming, enterprise systems management and performance management/capacity planning at Pacific Telephone and Bank of America. She moved to vendor land in 2000, spending 5 ½ years with BMC on the EPA product line, then recently became the senior product marketing manager for enterprise job scheduling products at CA, Inc., formerly Cybermation. She is a regional officer of CMG, has held many volunteer positions within that organization and is a frequent contributing author. Prior to entering the IT profession, she was a biochemical geneticist. Her hobbies include flying, Jazzercise, writing and scuba diving. Her book, Lifestorm, on the Oakland Hills fire, is available on Amazon. She is an executive and personal coach as well, offering phone and in-person coaching.
About the Author
Denise P. Kalm, CA, Inc. formerly Cybermation
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Mo Marikar brings us " Modeling Changes to Peak Volume Distribution," where he shows us how to use a simple spreadsheet tool like Excel to implement Neil Gunther's PDQ Analyzer quickly. The results play well to management and offer great results.
Manoranjan Dash has written , " A Model Based Approach to Predict Batch Performance & Validate Night Batch Window." Though many have forgotten the batch window, the work that needs to execute in that shrinking window is more important than ever. Manoranjan shows us a technique to model that window effectively.
Tom Wilson offers " Principles of Performance Measurement," which is designed to help everyone come back to basics and understand what measurement is all about. Whether you think you understand sampling and measurement or not, this is a great and complete review of the subject, useful to beginners and pros alike.
Michael Hines brings us another book review, this time on The Little SAS® Book: a primer, 3rd Ed by Delwich and Slaugher. If you find that the manuals that come with certain products are indecipherable, this book will prove invaluable in becoming a SAS pro.
Margaret Greenburg introduces us to Ken Kolence, the first Michelson award winner. In this article, you not only meet the man, but you also get a great idea of the history of computing and SHARE.
Denise Kalm presents another edition of "Your Career Coach" with "The Invisible Man," a guide to focused self-promotion. It might have been acceptable to be a cubicle troll in the past when jobs were rife, but now, self-promotion is a skill everyone must cultivate.
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Tom Kelman gives you the calendar for your local CMG in Upcoming CMG Regional Meetings. Check your calendar with the regional meeting in your neighborhood and plan on attending and bringing a colleague. Both North American and International meetings are highlighted. Midwest, NCCMG, St. Louis, and SCCMG are all coming up. Can't always get to National? Check out your local region for events.
CMG Brazil has a meeting soon. Check out the details here.
Ron Kaminski, speaker and Mullen winner, presents a summary of the UKCMG Eurotec 2010 Modeling Panel Session at UKCMG. If you can't make it to the international or even regional conferences, always check Measure IT and see what you missed. He provides some great insights from the panel.
Back in the states, Dave Thorn reports on Philly CMG - this venerable group has been meeting in the same location for quite a while (I've been lucky enough to be invited to speak there twice). They always provide a great forum.
Julie Hughes reports on the Greater Atlanta CMG meeting. I'm guessing there are many of you that weren't even aware that there was a great meeting in Georgia. Check it out.
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