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Archive for August, 2008

Wifi on Airlines will fail

Sigh… The Airlines just don’t get it. American Airlines is planning on offering Internet access on some routes on their airlines, sounds good. But they want to charge $12.95 (USD). They didn’t learn their lessons from the overpriced phones that were on the airplanes some time back. If only they would make things more affordable [...]

Switched Rack PDU – Power Monitoring and Control in the Data Center

Reduce power consumption and costs in the Data Center with scheduled equipment shutdowns using WTI  Switched Rack PDU. www.wti.com The rising cost of energy consumption by computing equipment in general, and those found in data centers in particular, has become a tremendous concern to everyone—not just people in the computer industry. Awhile back, the government got involved when [...]

LinuxWorld…Yawn

Looking at the LinuxWorld online material it looks like a great show. Linux people merged with the NGDC (Next Generation Data Center Show) show, plus the added bonus of the Mobile Linux Show all merged into one. There was a reason they were all merged. They could fill a hall with just one show. I [...]

Costly “Truck Roll” or Tech dispatches to a remote site

The last resort to fix a network device or telecom equipment in a remote site is to issue a “Truck Roll” or dispatch a technician. These cost can be very high when you consider paying a technicians time + travel expenses. Not to mention the equipments down time, which can be substancial. Some of our [...]

Remote Reboot – Again this Weekend?

This is for all  Network Engineers, Network Managers, Data Center Managers whom might read this. Scenario: Your at home enjoying a nice weekend with friends and family or its midnight and your fast asleep. Suddenly, you receive an email or call that a Switch, Firewall, or Server is either hosed or down.  This device needs to be accessed and or [...]

It’s NOT a bunch of Tubes

One clear rule when writing this blog, was that I am not suppose to write about Politics, Religion or Sex. I will write about Politics this week, next week the other two. Seriously, Ted Stevens was indicated on charges this week of taking bribes. In case you had been hibernating the past year or so, [...]

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