Harvard Offers Sneak Peek Into Their Network

Bob Brown writes "Harvard University doesn't usually talk much about its internal network, but here, the guy overseeing it opens up about the homegrown and commercial tools used to manage the massive system." From the article: "Harvard, as of late, has been exhibiting another telco trait - considering the network as part of the university's critical infrastructure. As such, its construction is considered during the initial planning phases of building renovation, new construction and campus expansion projects. The data networks that are being built today, at Harvard and similar institutions, are being built to host a variety of IP-based traffic. Most every physical-plant control device, whether it be security cameras, chilled water-valve actuators or parking garage card readers, are being designed to work with the IP network"

Comments

Wait ..

[karvind]

Wait till MIT hears about it !! :P

Re:Wait ..

[Globby]

Oh... you mean that trade school down the River... :)

Re:Wait ..

[kfg]

MIT was MIT when Harvard was a pup
And MIT will be MIT when Harvard's time is up
And if any Harvard son of a bitch thinks he's in our class
He can pucker up his rosey lips and kiss the beaver's ass

And should we find a Harvard man within our sacred walls
We'll take him to the physics lab and amputate his balls
And if he should cry uncle well I'll tell ya what we'll do
We'll stuff his ass with broken glass and seal it up with glue

KFG

Re:Wait ..

[Globby]

Reminds me of another tale... When the Massachusetts Avenue bridge was built it was examined by MIT engineers who said, "This will never last... let's call it the 'Harvard Bridge'"

I'd like to work there.

[qualico]

I'd like to work in that size of environment.
*sigh*

[goes back to fixing another spyware ridden windows box]

Re:I'd like to work there.

[lucabrasi999]

I'd like to work in that size of environment.

Why don't you apply? I hear they are looking to fill at least one position.

Re:I'd like to work there.

[StarfishOne]

You ..can't.. do that... Dave.

Re:MIT already knows. (was Re:Wait..)

[blinder]

huh, interesting. i take the t every day between harvard and central and i've always thought, as i stand in the car... looking at those bundles of cables, "what if i chopped through them?"

so... if that is right... i could, theoritcally, break the intarweb for all of harvard?

oh, did i just say that outloud? i mean come on! what do you think when you see large bundles of cable?

Re:Incompetence

[s88]

You can call me pendantic, but the proper spelling is pedantic.

I interviewed at Harvard

[drewzhrodague]

Twice, actually. Once for the design/architecture area. Nice gentelman interviewed me, and I was delighted to see that he was also into printing things. I was bombarded with recruiters at the time.

The other person I interviewed with was an asshole, insulting me in the interview. It was a Solaris shop, and at the time, the guy said that E10Ks were 'small', and that I needed experience with something bigger before I 'wasted any more' of his time. I scratched my head, and wondered what part of Sun's product line he was thinking of.

After repeatedly trying to get the position of someone I *knew* who's slot was now open, I gave up on Harvard, and worked at MIT's media lab as a volunteer. Besides, MIT had more interesting coffee machines, and lots of legos.

Disclaimer: I have only a GED.