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Forget planning your summer (or winter, for our friends South of the equator) holiday—it’s time to prepare for System Administrator Appreciation Day 2017! From blasting performance bottlenecks and slashing application downtime to defending against data loss and endlessly having to instruct end-users to “turn it off and on…
*Cue wolf howling in the background We’ve all heard spooky tales of hardware stored in rooms where the temperature was up to 140 degrees, servers drowning because someone left the window open during a rainstorm, and IT tickets that made the hair on the back of an admin's neck stand up.. Tell us about the strangest request…
If a bunch of SysAdmins all went out for a beer (or two) after work, there is a 99% chance they would swap user stories from their “hall-of-shame” collections. It’s hard to believe this day in age that they still receive the deer in the headlights look when they ask a user, “what version of Windows do you have?” At the end…
SysAdmin Day is coming up, but we think you deserve more than one day of recognition. That’s why we’re commemorating the occasion for a full month. After you’ve marched in the parade, posed for a statue, and had brownies and ice cream in the break room, join us for a fun game of SysAdmin Squares! That’s right, it’s…
We know that the key to every super SysAdmin's success is their IT lair. Post a picture of your server room or work space to help us celebrate SysAdmin Day and complete this activity for the July mission for 150 points. If you cannot share a picture due to internal policies, you can simply post a comment and describe it.…
Ten years ago IT was a very different space for SysAdmins than it is now, and I too remember the day when server sprawl needed wrangling (hello virtualization), work silos were everywhere (what is that storage guy's name again?), and datacenter space was in short supply (maybe something's never change). As I read through…
As we go on We remember All the times we... Managed massive mainframes Okay, okay, so maybe those aren’t the exact lyrics to Vitamin C’s “Graduation.” But as time has passed and technology has evolved, the role of SysAdmin has sort of graduated, too. From managing mainframes to servers, mainstream virtualization, the cloud…
The month of July is always special for various reasons. We officially welcome the summer heatwave, and it’s also one of those times where we look forward to taking a break and spending time with family. Another reason why July is special is because it’s time to give thanks to your friendly Systems Administrator, yes, the…
We’re getting ready for July 25 with a few fun projects. We need your help, though. We know System Administrators wear many hats and are often unsung heroes who do a whole lot more than what the “official” job description says. So, if you’re a SysAdmin—or even if you were previously a SysAdmin but have since changed…
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