Are you an IT wannabe or a IT cert hog or something. I did ask . what industry are you with? If IT, Where in IT are you?

sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I was reffering to day-to-day IT needs/staffing within non-tech orgs like banks, petro-chem and realestate etc. This includes most , if not "many"

Referring to "As a part of vendor...."
How much can vendors look into the needs of small and medium organizations. They have their own needs which are outside ...say Acer's support boundaries. Their own customer crm apps, database apps, accounting apps....Whom are you kidding. This calls for an in-house IT support (depending upon the IT model). How can vendors assist you with network issues..

About the sofitel retailers. You call them the real IT people. They are just sellers for gods sake. They choke on questions like raid setups, cache memory etc.

Referring to "How about poeople who installed the open source software....". IT in qatar is not completely eye candy. I have met many with solid computer science/IT background slaving behind the IT scene. Then again OST (Not many) of the entry level to mid tier (non programming/ software) jobs are taken up by people from a non IT background. People like "computer operator" with experience in word/ecxcel. Or rookies with some IT certs.

Bad hair day?????

Well, no....I am a network specialist in sydney. I am moving into sonet/sdh soon. Been doing some research into the Organisational IT model adopted my non-tech orgs in qatar. Found it really disturbing

ICT Qatar. Who was talking about that new ICTQATAR. I wasnt.

ICT - 'Information and Commucation Technology'. I meant the ICT INDUSTRY. Just like Entertainment industry, Construction Industry.