It isn’t any secret…organizations around the globe are shedding workers like huskies shed hair on a hot day. From the board room to the broom closet, everyone is concerned and fearful even if they won’t readily admit it.

Industry analysts are dispensing sage advice advice on “IT Cost Optimization” and “Optimizing Existing Assets.” Businesses and individuals alike are scrambling to cut costs and improve efficiency. We have to become part of a Smarter Planet to survive and thrive.

During the last 24 years, I have survived several layoffs, taken the ax in one, and been in the unpleasant and unfortunate circumstance to instigate another. To my friends, peers, and blog readers around the world, this is my heartfelt advice.

First Things First – Start with You.While the world spins in a sea of tumultuous financial chaos, you are always in charge of YOU. Set some new achievable personal goals and pursue them relentlessly. You need to be happier, healthier, and smarter during stressful times. Resolve to change your diet or exercise more. Be more charitable and compassionate. Volunteer your time. Be helpful. And be sure to learn some-thing new.

You must invest in your knowledge and skills. It doesn’t matter if you learn basket weaving or a new technical skill – commit to feeding your mind and achieving your personal goals. Your value as a human on this planet is not measured by your paycheck, but rather who you are, what you know, and what value you can potentially bring to the table.

YOU have to be happy. Miserable people that gossip, complain, and harbor bad attitudes are on the top of every organization’s cut list.

With your personal house in good order, next let’s focus on your contributions to your organization. You need to be an active part of business solutions and not perceived as contributing towards your organization’s problems. Help your organization innovate new ways to improve efficiency, better utilize existing assets, increase productivity, eliminate waste, and optimize costs and profitability.

It is imperative to squeeze more juice from your lemons, more business transactions into every hour, and yield more productive value from everything you do everyday. You don’t have a minute to waste. To keep your IT job, take a leading role in business performance management and cost optimization initiatives.

Demonstrate and execute plans for bottom line cost savings that simultaneously improve performance and efficiency, and pay little attention to those who say it can’t be done – they are at the top of the cut list alongside the complainers and gossipers.

At DBI, we are very helpful people.“Your Performance IS Our Business” is more than a catchy slogan – it is our commitment to your success. We specialize in automated software tools that help tune IBM DB2 LUW and Oracle databases to improve performance, efficiency, and productivity.

We can help you get more juice out of your server lemons, more transactions and decisions per hour for your business, and help you defer or avoid unnecessary and costly hard-ware upgrades while lowering energy costs. Despite vendor claims, databases do not tune themselves – people do. Be aware that CPUs and their associated software license costs are usually like underwear – not returnable.

We probably cannot help you with marriage or automobile problems, but we would try if you ask. We don’t try to be the best looking. We are not flashy. We are not eye candy. We are all about real, measurable, and verifiable RESULTS that benefit Your Performance.

We have helped hundreds of world-wide customers and we are confident we can help you be a valuable hero in your organization’s eyes – and people that are an integral part of delivering great value to their organization are on the bottom of the cut list alongside other MVPs. This is where you want to be.

We can help. It’s all we do. It’s the fabric of who we are.

Visit www.DBIsoftware.com/help for free database tuning tips, success stories, and more information about how we can help you help your organization thrive in these challenging economic times.

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