based on what the article says, I agree with Telus's decision to ban access to the site. I think it's wrong to publicly post someones picture just because they crossed a picket line to support their family. I also think Telus is correct is trying to limit negative messages about itself onto its own network.
I have always used a small staging environment that emulates the production network. It is a nice safe way to emulate your production environment without actually affecting the users.
In a 10,000 person company I would belive the bean counters will understand spending a couple dollars per employee to ensure the enterprise network will still function. And throw phrases like "It will speed up our ROI, and lower the long term TCO for our infrastructure" if they don't bite right away.
Tickets are being used now instead of coin to simplify in-house accounting. Keeping 2000 machines full of coins take a lot of man power that isn't needed with the ticket-in ticket-out system. Plus its so much easier to carry a ticket than a couple hundred nickel tokens.
As for the odds games typically pay out between 75% and 95% of what goes into them, the same odds you get on the video lottery terminals in your local bar. The payout is averaged out over hundreds of games, so switching machines isn't going to help you win.
Well since no one, that I know of, makes ozone depleting Halon anymore, you may want to look at an FM-200 system. I still think this is a bit excessive for home use, most systems I've seen are more than >$10k after purchase and installation.
Don't forget WallBotz, expecially the new 500 series. It can support over 10 cameras and remote sensors, so you can monitor the whole room with only one box.
Call an electrician, preferably the one your colocation provider uses so s/he knows the existing system already.
You could also call a vendor like APC and ask about power distribution to x00 rackmounted hosts, I'm sure they have a solution they will sell/lease you.
For SQL servers (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft) more CPU's are typically better.
I would suggest buying a machine that is capable of going to 4 processors and only installing 2 in it at first. That way you can save money on software licenses and give yourself room for growth. Something like the Dell 6650 would be perfect.
Well if your going to go wireless between the buildings, you might as well spend the extra couple hundred and use 802.11a. The spectrum is much less used.
As for the VoIP solution, look at shoreline, they have a nice selection of VoIP solutions that use standard analog phones as well as soft phones.
I love the way they drive boats, cars, and fly to protests to try to stop the use of fossil fuels. I wonder if they have a plan on how to get home if one of the protests actually worked?
IANAL but since the government can go back 7 years and re-audit you for income tax, I figure it is safe to use that as a guideline. I mean, if no one has bothered you about something for seven years, and it hasn't had any changes since then it probaly isn't used anyway. But thats just my opinion, the company I work for doesn't have a formal policy.
Project Manager:
MS Project is $600US, Office XP is $300US, the CAL for SQL Server is $50, the CAL for Exchange is $50, the CAL for Windows 2000 Server is $50.
Developer:
MSDN is $2000US, Office XP Developer is $500US, then the 3 CAL come to $150US and a MS Project Central CAL ($200)
Average User:
Office XP ($300) + SQL CAL ($50) + exchange ($50) + windows 2k server ($50) + MS Project Central CAL ($200)
Even with a 50% discount, I'm running an average of $800/PC.
I'm not including windows 2k professional as it is included with the PC purchases ($1200 each)
If you work for a large company that likes using rlogin and telnetd, get them to switch to kerberos. It using the old commands (i.e. rcp, rsh, telnet, ftp, rlogin), but has updated them and includes single sign-on and encryption.
That way you don't have to teach all your developers and administrators to type "ssh" instead of "telnet" which has been working for them for years.
More information is at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
Well that breaks down to around $300/desktop/year. If you buy the equivalent products from Rational (ClearQuest and ClearCase) your looking at around $400/desktop/year.
Sourceforge isn't a bad deal at all.
Actually Shaw does a lot of there own network, and has the ability to do it's own email/web space. @home is just a more common brand name so they choose to use it.
Rogers on the other hand is completely dependant on @home for most of its cable infrastructure. But as with most big companies if it had to, I'm sure it could break free from @home.
Kind of like the way TELUS stopped using the Sympatico brand on its dial-up connections.
and all the user will see in the transition is a new email address. (i.e. @rogers.net or @shaw.net from @home.com)
Slashdot Mirror
I'm going to suggest IRM, it should do everything your looking for and keep track of the computer systems (inventory) on each site.
I used to use it and liked it.
who is guilty?
The students are guilty
Adware companys are just scum
and well the hospital has a small case of stupidity
Oracle is only free for non-production use if you are in ISV.
If you do in house programming, you are still suppose to buy licenses for Development.
Using this as a reference point (and from recommendations I've heard)...
I recommend CommuniGate.
based on what the article says, I agree with Telus's decision to ban access to the site. I think it's wrong to publicly post someones picture just because they crossed a picket line to support their family. I also think Telus is correct is trying to limit negative messages about itself onto its own network.
Polly want a cracker?
I use a blackberry from RIM and know several other people that do as well. Its a solid phone and it's great at messaging (email, sms).
Yet Another Get An Engineer Comment
They best quick guess formula is 500BTU/RU, so when you call an HVAC engineer in you know he isn't going to totally over sell you.
So (4 Racks * 40RU) * 500btu/U is 80,000 BTU.
(12,000 BTU = 1 ton, the engineer you get may use that term)
Easy to use, a 24x7 support line that actual has a real person on it, and the best part $8.95/yr.
I have always used a small staging environment that emulates the production network. It is a nice safe way to emulate your production environment without actually affecting the users.
In a 10,000 person company I would belive the bean counters will understand spending a couple dollars per employee to ensure the enterprise network will still function. And throw phrases like "It will speed up our ROI, and lower the long term TCO for our infrastructure" if they don't bite right away.
Tickets are being used now instead of coin to simplify in-house accounting. Keeping 2000 machines full of coins take a lot of man power that isn't needed with the ticket-in ticket-out system. Plus its so much easier to carry a ticket than a couple hundred nickel tokens.
As for the odds games typically pay out between 75% and 95% of what goes into them, the same odds you get on the video lottery terminals in your local bar. The payout is averaged out over hundreds of games, so switching machines isn't going to help you win.
I love the casino business.
Well since no one, that I know of, makes ozone depleting Halon anymore, you may want to look at an FM-200 system. I still think this is a bit excessive for home use, most systems I've seen are more than >$10k after purchase and installation.
Don't forget WallBotz, expecially the new 500 series. It can support over 10 cameras and remote sensors, so you can monitor the whole room with only one box.
http://www.netbotz.com/products/wb500.html
Call an electrician, preferably the one your colocation provider uses so s/he knows the existing system already.
You could also call a vendor like APC and ask about power distribution to x00 rackmounted hosts, I'm sure they have a solution they will sell/lease you.
For SQL servers (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft) more CPU's are typically better.
I would suggest buying a machine that is capable of going to 4 processors and only installing 2 in it at first. That way you can save money on software licenses and give yourself room for growth. Something like the Dell 6650 would be perfect.
-Vince
Well if your going to go wireless between the buildings, you might as well spend the extra couple hundred and use 802.11a. The spectrum is much less used.
As for the VoIP solution, look at shoreline, they have a nice selection of VoIP solutions that use standard analog phones as well as soft phones.
http://www.unixodbc.org/
Read... Enjoy...
Just from personal experience, unless you have another server to jumpstart from it will be hard to install/reinstall the OS.
I would say get a Sun V100 with a CD-ROM if you want a Sun box. But that will be the same price as an entry level IBM xSeries or Dell PowerEdge.
I love the way they drive boats, cars, and fly to protests to try to stop the use of fossil fuels.
I wonder if they have a plan on how to get home if one of the protests actually worked?
IANAL but since the government can go back 7 years and re-audit you for income tax, I figure it is safe to use that as a guideline. I mean, if no one has bothered you about something for seven years, and it hasn't had any changes since then it probaly isn't used anyway. But thats just my opinion, the company I work for doesn't have a formal policy.
Project Manager:
MS Project is $600US, Office XP is $300US, the CAL for SQL Server is $50, the CAL for Exchange is $50, the CAL for Windows 2000 Server is $50.
Developer:
MSDN is $2000US, Office XP Developer is $500US, then the 3 CAL come to $150US and a MS Project Central CAL ($200)
Average User:
Office XP ($300) + SQL CAL ($50) + exchange ($50) + windows 2k server ($50) + MS Project Central CAL ($200)
Even with a 50% discount, I'm running an average of $800/PC.
I'm not including windows 2k professional as it is included with the PC purchases ($1200 each)
Actually Trey Parker and Matt Stone were raised in Colorado (Matt Stone was born in Texas).
More information here:
http://southparkstudios.com/behind/bios.html
If you work for a large company that likes using rlogin and telnetd, get them to switch to kerberos. It using the old commands (i.e. rcp, rsh, telnet, ftp, rlogin), but has updated them and includes single sign-on and encryption.
That way you don't have to teach all your developers and administrators to type "ssh" instead of "telnet" which has been working for them for years.
More information is at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
Well that breaks down to around $300/desktop/year. If you buy the equivalent products from Rational (ClearQuest and ClearCase) your looking at around $400/desktop/year.
Sourceforge isn't a bad deal at all.
Actually Shaw does a lot of there own network, and has the ability to do it's own email/web space. @home is just a more common brand name so they choose to use it.
Rogers on the other hand is completely dependant on @home for most of its cable infrastructure. But as with most big companies if it had to, I'm sure it could break free from @home.
Kind of like the way TELUS stopped using the Sympatico brand on its dial-up connections.
and all the user will see in the transition is a new email address. (i.e. @rogers.net or @shaw.net from @home.com)