Couple Says 'I Do' in Shark Tank (Reuters)
Grok Headline matches for Couple Says 'I Do' in Shark Tank (Reuters)
Italian couple say "I do" in shark tank
(Reuters)
Italian couple say "I do" in shark tank
(Reuters)
07/31/2004 12:31 PMReuters - Most people get married flanked by friends but an Italian
couple tied the knot in a shark
tank surrounded by the creatures they want to save.
Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs
Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs
09/22/2004 12:32 AMThe company's executive offices are being recarpeted over the weekend,
so this IT manager moves all the bigwigs' PCs on Friday, then heads
out for a conference. But on Monday, the president isn't happy.
Shark Tank: Because it's there
Shark Tank: Because it's there
07/09/2004 12:05 AMThis software company is eager to show its investors that it's
spending money wisely. So when someone suggests using offshore
development, the CTO begins courting offshore vendors.
Shark Tank: Get it?
Shark Tank: Get it?
08/20/2004 11:15 PMThis university's server center is in a space never intended for that
purpose -- dark, moldy, carpeted, with wonky air conditioning. Then
management finally agrees to move it to a more appropriate space.
Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help
Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help
07/31/2004 12:20 AMRemote server goes down hard, and it appears to be due to overheating.
So a tech is dispatched to the remote site to replace the server's fan
-- but that's not the problem.
Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask
Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask
06/05/2005 10:55 PMSysadmin pilot fish works in a hospital, and he works hard to keep the
staff happy -- especially the pharmacists. So when a networked machine
that dispenses medications goes off-line, fish knows what to do.
Shark Tank: If I can get around it, it
must be OK
Shark Tank: If I can get around it, it
must be OK
04/06/2005 02:42 PMThis company's sales system has been modified to block orders from
customers with credit problems. But according to a branch sales
manager, the credit check doesn't work.
Shark Tank: Ya think?
Shark Tank: Ya think?
03/17/2005 02:55 AMPilot fish is on the team deploying a management system for a medical
practice. And because some of the users are computerphobic, the team
tries to make things as mistakeproof as possible.
Shark Tank: Two-fer
Shark Tank: Two-fer
03/17/2005 02:55 AMPlant foreman comes to this pilot fish with a challenge: He wants a
way to display important operational statistics so machine operators
can see them at a glance.
Shark Tank: Just doing our bit
Shark Tank: Just doing our bit
04/20/2004 11:29 PMIt's the 1970s, and this pilot fish is working at a site in the Far
East for a U.S. organization when communications problems set in.
Shark Tank: What's in a Name?
Shark Tank: What's in a Name?
03/28/2005 01:18 PMState agency's data warehouse project is renamed: It's now officially
an "administrative systems reporting database." But why not just call
it a data warehouse?
Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks
Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks
03/06/2004 01:53 AMThis software-based simulator is huge, it's more than a decade old,
it's the division's cash cow -- and the project to deliver a new
version is on track to miss its February delivery date by about four
months.
Shark Tank: Who is he, again?
Shark Tank: Who is he, again?
11/05/2003 12:43 AMWhen it's time for this consultant pilot fish to install the mortgage
application he's written for a local bank, he walks into the bank and
informs a teller, "I'm the computer guy..."
Shark Tank: Possible
Shark Tank: Possible
01/17/2004 10:38 PMIt's back in the days of punch cards and paper tape, and the school
district where this student pilot fish lives has a minicomputer just
for student use.
Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad
Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad
12/19/2003 11:34 AMIt's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish is working for a government
contractor when an order comes in from an Air Force legal office for
three cutting-edge, top-of-the-line handheld scanners.
Shark Tank: Just because
Shark Tank: Just because
01/05/2005 01:35 AMIt's the mid-1990s, and this IT pilot fish works in a small support
department at a big company where some processes are handled the
old-fashioned way: through paperwork and sneakernet.
Shark Tank: Don't DO That!
Shark Tank: Don't DO That!
08/06/2004 11:59 PMIt's years ago at this busy circuit-board manufacturing facility, and
the new component-insertion machine suddenly starts sticking
capacitors and resistors everywhere but where they belong.
Shark Tank: And we certainly can't have
that, can we?
Shark Tank: And we certainly can't have
that, can we?
03/13/2003 10:22 AMThere's a vote coming up at this international association of
educators, so the executive director gives the IT manager pilot fish
the job of estimating how much it'll cost using paper ballots and
scanning equipment.
Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it
Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it
12/19/2004 03:19 PMIt's the spring of 1999, and this pilot fish has just set up a
computer as a time server for the steel mill where he works -- which
should make the switch to daylight-saving time a breeze.
Shark Tank: Can't be!
Shark Tank: Can't be!
12/19/2004 03:19 PMIt's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish working at a big insurance
company is facing the kind of miserable weekend project that only a
penny-pinching mainframe shop can provide.
Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that
Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that
03/13/2003 10:22 AMThis assignment is technically pretty straightforward: Write an
application to track how long it takes to process each document at the
company. But the politics of putting it in place are a little more
complicated.
Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know
Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know
12/03/2003 12:36 AMIt's the early 1980s, and at a big Midwestern bank, this mainframe
programmer pilot fish is part of a project that will revolutionize
general ledger -- except for a billion-dollar problem.
Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it
Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it
12/19/2004 03:19 PMThis big construction-equipment dealership has locations in several
states -- and one IT pilot fish who's responsible for all of them.
Shark Tank: Who needs it?
Shark Tank: Who needs it?
03/06/2004 01:53 AMIt's the mid-1990s, and this site has two networks. One is an
under-construction Ethernet network running Novell NetWare to
Windows-based PCs. The other one -- the mainframe network -- is, well,
interesting.
Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you?
Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you?
03/14/2005 05:10 PMIt's the late 1980s, and new-on-the-job IT pilot fish gets his first
important project: Expand the Ethernet backbone into a new office area
at this manufacturing company.
Shark Tank: You're very welcome
Shark Tank: You're very welcome
01/22/2004 02:11 AMThis IT pilot fish, the technical guru at a small company, needs
copies: 50 pages, double-sided, collated and stapled. So he loads his
originals into the copier and, unfortunately, gets help.
Shark Tank: They don't really care; they
just want help
Shark Tank: They don't really care; they
just want help
04/29/2004 11:29 PMFor this new pilot fish on the help desk, troubleshooting over the
phone is second nature. So when a a panicky user calls believing he's
destroyed his computer and lost all his files, fish doesn't miss a
beat.
Shark Tank: So THAT'S what it means
Shark Tank: So THAT'S what it means
03/23/2005 05:33 PMThis IT shop has a chargeback system, billing other departments for
the amount of disk space they use. But this user wants to know: What
day is disk usage calculated?
Shark Tank: Professional help
Shark Tank: Professional help
01/03/2004 12:07 AMCollege student pilot fish has been the self-taught IT guy for this
small business since he was 17. But after he has upgraded, revamped
and secured the entire network, the boss decides to bring in
professionals.
Shark Tank: Otherwise, what's it good
for?
Shark Tank: Otherwise, what's it good
for?
08/13/2004 11:14 PMThis pilot fish works at a big PC company, handling support for
point-of-sale systems, when a call comes in from a user who says her
store's computerized cash registers aren't working properly.
Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!
Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!
03/22/2005 03:47 PMEnvironmental sensor goes off on Monday at 8:25 a.m.: water in the
computer room. But when help arrives, no water is to be seen.
Wednesday, it happens again -- and again, no water. Maybe it's a bad
sensor?
Shark Tank: Boom!
Shark Tank: Boom!
12/22/2004 01:18 AMIt's the late 1980s, and this support pilot fish is in the Air Force
and working the graveyard shift when he gets a 2 a.m. call from a
high-priority user who says his terminal just blew up.
Shark Tank: We have a winner!
Shark Tank: We have a winner!
06/10/2004 11:48 PMThis pilot fish works for a vendor that installs specialized software
for state lottery departments, which is why he's on-site at a state
lottery headquarters one evening when some lucky lottery player wins
big.
Shark Tank: One more bit of tidying to
do
Shark Tank: One more bit of tidying to
do
12/19/2004 03:19 PMThis consultant pilot fish has spent the past week and a half cleaning
a major infestation of viruses, worms and spyware from this company's
servers and PCs. So who calls the next morning?
Shark Tank: Well, it always helped
before ...
Shark Tank: Well, it always helped
before ...
05/20/2004 11:35 PMThis elementary school has an ancient PC running a $35 proxy server
application to provide Web filtering for the entire school -- and a
support pilot fish decides to do something about it.
Shark Tank: D'you think that might be
it?
Shark Tank: D'you think that might be
it?
03/06/2004 01:53 AMIt's been two years since this office supply company installed a new
order fulfillment system in its warehouse -- and suddenly it's not
working.
Shark Tank: It's not a bug, it's a
feature -- really!
Shark Tank: It's not a bug, it's a
feature -- really!
08/12/2004 11:38 PMFlash back to the early 1980s and a major upgrade for this wholesaler:
At all 11 remote locations, the minicomputers are being swapped out
for the latest models and new software.
Shark Tank: Priorities
Shark Tank: Priorities
01/16/2004 11:01 AMThis desktop support pilot fish returns from a Saturday day trip with
his wife to find his answering machine overflowing with increasingly
desperate calls -- all from one user.
Shark Tank: Sure it's fun -- until
someone puts an eye out
Shark Tank: Sure it's fun -- until
someone puts an eye out
03/06/2004 01:53 AMThis pilot fish is hard at work in the network control center for a
big bank when the computer room infrastructure manager strolls in,
carrying his newest toy: a magnet the size of a baseball.
Grok Description matches for Couple Says 'I Do' in Shark Tank (Reuters)
GrokA matches for Couple Says 'I Do' in Shark Tank (Reuters)
Couple Says 'I Do' in Shark Tank (Reuters)