Category Archives: RightStar

RightStar related posts.

ITSM Project Lessons from Obamacare’s Failure to Launch

By Dick Stark CGI Federal recently found itself in a place most companies hope they never appear: the front page of the Washington Post. In that article, senior VP Cheryl Campbell pointed fingers saying that CGI gave the government ample … Continue reading

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David and Goliath at RightStar

By Dick Stark But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him: for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the … Continue reading

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Ethics at RightStar + ToolBank

By Dick Stark Several months ago, I received a call from one of our consultants on-site at a government agency.  We were a subcontractor to a systems integrator.  The consultant explained that the systems integrator was having trouble with its … Continue reading

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Simplify, Standardize, and Automate

“Change is inevitable—except from a vending machine.             –Robert C. Gallagher By Dick Stark During our Automation webinar on Wednesday, I described how IT organizations must simplify, standardize, and automate in order to reduce overall costs.  Indeed, at the BMC … Continue reading

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The Boys in the Boat

By Dick Stark Note:  I just finished reading Daniel James Brown’s new book, the Boys in the Boat, about nine Americans and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.  This is a must read, but Warning: the following … Continue reading

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Next Generation PMO and Portfolio Management at RightStar

By Nikki Haase Two weeks ago we attended a three-day seminar called “Next Generation PMO and Portfolio Management” at a Project Management Institute (PMI) SeminarsWorld. We had two objectives. We both need the PMI credits, which will help us to … Continue reading

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RightStar’s New FootPrints MSP Offering

By Dick Stark RightStar has officially enter the Managed Service Provider (MSP) business, offering FootPrints in a managed service, or hosted model, rather than on the customer’s own premises. Why would a customer do this, rather than move to a … Continue reading

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ScanStar Breaks New Ground

By Brett Winston Q. What new barcode solution offers an innovative and cost effective way for FootPrints and Remedyforce users to receive, inventory, and reconcile discoverable and non-discoverable configuration items? A. ScanStar, RightStar’s second-generation barcode product for the BMC SMB … Continue reading

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RightAnswers vs. Google

By Dick Stark On Thursday, RightStar and RightAnswers hosted a webinar, Search Engines vs. Knowledge Management, the Case for KM. To some extent, RightAnswers competes with Google both from a user and support agent perspective.  Really, who hasn’t used Google … Continue reading

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Masters Running: It’s all Downhill from Here

By Dick Stark “If you had to pick one thing to make people healthier as they age, it would be aerobic exercise.” – James Fries, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine The annual Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run was run … Continue reading

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