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New Not at this stage.
Although I don't agree with this model, we're taking my boss's job and turning it into a DBA position. We'll have five people directly in IT:

A domain sysadmin (main servers, e-mail, security)
A Siebel sysadmin (supports siebel-specific servers)
A DBA (manages actual database activity)
A Siebel support specialist (Will handle all end-user support related to Siebel itself)
A desktop support specialist (me - everything else workstation-related)

We'll all report directly to my boss's boss, who is insanely busy already. I think that's a recipe for an extremely disorganized and chaotic IT department.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
New Or...
An extremely good chance to get some pet projects going... under the radar. So that they can become tailored and nicely done and show a benefit when noticed.

Not to undermine him, but help him see the light and explain the saving/benefit for something that usually costs \\$$LICENSE_COST, whereas this costs \\$$FREE_AS_IN_FREE_BEER.

I usually start with Fringe stuff. Things that are less than optimal and out of mind right now and could be significantly improved with $OPEN_SOURCE_PROJECT and $MINIMAL_AFTER_HOURS time.
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  Security: We got another Mass Exodus Doorway Jam.
New See my Mozilla thread in Security. :D
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
New That's not under the radar
Too much open convincing and politics that needs to be done with that one. Under the radar is Samba, or a Linux box doing spam catching in front of the corporate email server, or DNS, or firewall, or (insert infrastructure here) project that is invidiable, doing good things, and THEN you show how wonderful it is.
New In my position...
...that's about the best I can do right now.

I've already got a box running Ghostview+Ghostscript doing stuff that Acrobat couldn't do.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
     Well, that's it. - (inthane-chan) - (10)
         Was it a sacking of convenience? - (Meerkat) - (3)
             Nope. - (inthane-chan) - (2)
                 wonder why he/she did'nt use the obvious defense? - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                     There's a procedure in place for monitoring others. - (inthane-chan)
         so, you need a new boss? -NT - (boxley) - (5)
             Not at this stage. - (inthane-chan) - (4)
                 Or... - (folkert) - (3)
                     See my Mozilla thread in Security. :D -NT - (inthane-chan) - (2)
                         That's not under the radar - (broomberg) - (1)
                             In my position... - (inthane-chan)

Consider the job: to build a structure based on live bone and meat that has to perform under extreme forces in one of the most corrosive environments on the planet. Has to look good too.
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