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Training is over and I would have to say that the training did it's job. I feel a little more comfortable with HP OpenView for Windows and I am impressed with the scope of the monitoring available through OVOW. I didn't drink the HP Kool-Aid but I would have to say that the product allows you to know when there are events anywhere within your IT enviornment, and take actions on that knowledge. I still think that there is a total disconnect from IT folks and their senior management and HP sales. One thing that I really liked about this training was that Ron the trainer completely understands all aspects of this product and what it can do. We were also made to feel how big the scope of implementing HP OVOW within your environment. I felt slightly that I was in a HP Cult meeting because there was a HP Sales Engineer in the class, so forget making a joke about the product; that would lead to a chickle and an explanation of why HP's OV suite is amazing and what is can do. This week of training was good for me I learned alot about the product but also about the IT folks out in the real world. During the class discussion come up, you are with these folks 8 hours a day for 5 days. I mentioned I was a gamer and from that point on I felt like some of the folks in the class looked at me differently. No way a person that uses computers for gaming could actually know about serious business stuff. But the discussions/arguments did get amusing some high points in closed-mindedness were :

• "Yeah I look at games a a way to teach programmers how to program now they can make something worthwhile"
• in response ot my statement that the most powerful computer in your home this year and in the year to come is and Xbox 360, "No way how is that possible it isn't a computer really"
• and my favorite was mentioning IP TV or podcasts I might as well have spoken in Chinese.

It is sad that IT folks, or jsut anyone that works with technology can be soooooo closed-minded, and bigoted, or just completely out of the technology loop. There is alot of interesting technology out there that you aren't working with on a day in and day out basis, as a tech person we should all strive to keep abreast of tech news. You never know where the next big thing is coming from, wouldn't it be nice to know about it before guys like me :) Thanks for reading, the geek out...