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  Be Less Annoying

You could say that’s our mantra… You must be thinking that’s an odd thing to say, after all, shouldn’t a company be “inspiring,” “amazing” and all those other superlatives? I don’t disagree, but it all starts with doing everyday things in a less annoying manner. The fact is that every company has tasks that are bound [...]

  5 things all IT buyers MUST ask before buying refurbished IT equipment

So you’re considering buying remarketed IT equipment (servers, routers, storage, etc.) but you’re not quite sure what to watch out for. Buying used IT gear is a great decision for stretching your budget but there are some questions you might want to ask when choosing a vendor so you get top-notch quality equipment and [...]

  Slashdot Anniversary Party Recap

Two weeks ago, two of our best techs, Erick and Kris, informed me that Slashdot’s 10th Anniversary was upon us and that we had to host a regional anniversary party for them. Of course I agreed, because all of the following are awesome: Erick and Kris, Slashdot, Slashdotters and Parties. I reeled in approval from [...]

  Cable Messes: Want Meatballs with that?

Spaghetti Cabling that would make a fully-grown sys admin cry. or… Cable management is for wimps. Most network and system administrators like a nice tidy cabled cabinet of servers and network equipment. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out that way. The following are some of my favorite images of nasty cable messes. =================== A Cable Mess of [...]

  Interview with Venderis Founder, Robert Davie

Robert Davie, Founder of Venderis was gracious enough to answer a few of our questions regarding his revolutionary new End of Life IT Asset Recovery software solution, Venderis Software Solution Suite. “Armored trucks, employee background checks, the issues that relate to sending systems off-site are all eliminated by our solution.” ——————————————————————————— In a nutshell, what does Venderis do? “I [...]

  Vibrant Technologies - Best Place to Work

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 9th annual “Best Places to Work” publication came out on Friday, and Vibrant ranked in the top 20 small businesses. It’s a great honor to work for a company that is even considered, and especially for one of the winners. I love working for Vibrant - and I’m quick to share [...]

  PS3: Your mother(board) was a blade server!

The Playstation Blog has drawn the curtain strings a salivating tad to show off their very impressive server cluster of rackmounted PS3s that run it’s multi-player game Warhawk. The Data Center Knowledge blog keanly observes: The powerful processor is no stranger to the data center, as it is also being used in IBM System X blade servers [...]

  Google runs 100 Billion Servers

OK, maybe not quite yet… but Pandia Search Engine News is reporting that Google runs more than 1 million servers. Pandia cites a Gartner analyst from the fair elven lands of Norway (the article is in Norwegian, so we’ll have to take their word for it). Google reports that it spends some 200 to 250 million [...]

  Open Source Server Hardware?

Earlier this year, Nat Torkington of the O’Reilly Radar blog, asked “Is ‘Open Source’ Now Completely Meaningless?” Nat is ranting about firms who exhibited at the OSCON Open Source Convention this year who probably didn’t fit in. Nonetheless, is the clear definition of open source deteriorating? Is “Open Source” more of a way of [...]

  Seven Wonders of the Tech World

Today, 07/07/07, the winners of a popular vote to become the new world wonders will be revealed. Naturally, we’ve also offered our personal picks for the Seven Wonders of the World - Tech Edition. Let the debates begin. ——————————————————————————- Googleplex Google has rapidly become a permanent cornerstone in the technology world, so itâ??s an obvious first [...]