Shark Tank: The Navy way

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Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask

Shark Tank: It's all in how you ask 06/05/2005 10:55 PM
Sysadmin 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: Don't DO That!

Shark Tank: Don't DO That! 08/06/2004 11:59 PM
It'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: Thanks for All Your Help

Shark Tank: Thanks for All Your Help 07/31/2004 12:20 AM
Remote 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: Just our way of saying
thanks

Shark Tank: Just our way of saying
thanks 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
This 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: Well, that's one way to do
it

Shark Tank: Well, that's one way to do
it 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
It'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: Possible

Shark Tank: Possible 01/17/2004 10:38 PM
It'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: Yep, that would do it

Shark Tank: Yep, that would do it 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
This big construction-equipment dealership has locations in several states -- and one IT pilot fish who's responsible for all of them.

Shark Tank: You're very welcome

Shark Tank: You're very welcome 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
This 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: Sometimes they just don't
want to know

Shark Tank: Sometimes they just don't
want to know 12/03/2003 12:36 AM
It'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: Ya think?

Shark Tank: Ya think? 03/17/2005 02:55 AM
Pilot 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: Because it's there

Shark Tank: Because it's there 07/09/2004 12:05 AM
This 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: What's in a Name?

Shark Tank: What's in a Name? 03/28/2005 01:18 PM
State 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: Who is he, again?

Shark Tank: Who is he, again? 11/05/2003 12:43 AM
When 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: Two-fer

Shark Tank: Two-fer 03/17/2005 02:55 AM
Plant 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: It's all the PC he needs

Shark Tank: It's all the PC he needs 09/22/2004 12:32 AM
The 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: Who needs it?

Shark Tank: Who needs it? 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
It'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: Just like it says in the ad

Shark Tank: Just like it says in the ad 12/19/2003 11:34 AM
It'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 AM
It'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: Just doing our bit

Shark Tank: Just doing our bit 04/20/2004 11:29 PM
It'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: Aw, would we do that to you?

Shark Tank: Aw, would we do that to you? 03/14/2005 05:10 PM
It'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: Get it?

Shark Tank: Get it? 08/20/2004 11:15 PM
This 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: Sure, we can do that

Shark Tank: Sure, we can do that 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
This 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: 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 PM
This 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: 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 AM
There'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: Can't be!

Shark Tank: Can't be! 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
It'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: Timing Is Everything

Shark Tank: Timing Is Everything 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
This site has hundreds of ancient reels of backup tape listed in its inventory, and the drives to read them are long gone. But getting a manager to sign off for their destruction still isn't easy. ...

Shark Tank: Well, d'oh!

Shark Tank: Well, d'oh! 08/11/2004 11:06 PM
This contractor pilot fish is a network tech at an Air Force base, and one of his jobs is forwarding and explaining status messages to users. In fact, he even gets to have fun with that part of the job.

Shark Tank: Someone told me not to

Shark Tank: Someone told me not to 07/20/2004 11:05 PM
These government offices get long-awaited server upgrades, and each arrives complete with a new UPS. But before they can be installed, word comes from HQ: Do not install the new UPSs.

Shark Tank: For everything else, there's
an upgrade

Shark Tank: For everything else, there's
an upgrade 12/31/2003 12:25 AM
This direct-marketing company's sales VP for the New York region complains that the computers in his office are so slow staff can't get their work done -- and something must be done now!

Shark Tank: Let me repeat that

Shark Tank: Let me repeat that 06/05/2005 10:55 PM
This retailer's director in charge of stores decides that every time a store employee gets an e-mail, a copy should automatically be sent to the employee's supervisor.

Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!

Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already! 03/22/2005 03:47 PM
Environmental 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: Doing the numbers

Shark Tank: Doing the numbers 07/23/2004 11:41 PM
This pilot fish at a major bank is working on the team that's installing a new international finance application. The go-live time is 5 p.m. on Friday, and it looks like they're going to make it -- until they find a bug.

Shark Tank: Well, it always helped
before ...

Shark Tank: Well, it always helped
before ... 05/20/2004 11:35 PM
This 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: The Army way

Shark Tank: The Army way 12/12/2003 01:58 PM
Flashback to the 1980s, and an Army base where computer password security policies are very, very tight -- or at least they're supposed to be.

Shark Tank: Will you just shut up?

Shark Tank: Will you just shut up? 07/31/2004 12:20 AM
This state government department makes a big, expensive IT purchase -- and IT managers are so proud of the new acquisition, they want everyone to see it.

Shark Tank: That would explain it

Shark Tank: That would explain it 03/14/2005 05:10 PM
Support pilot fish gets a frantic call from a secretary at another site who tells him that her computer screen has gone completely blank in the middle of typing a document that's needed ASAP. Can he help?

Shark Tank: Through obscurity -- and
beyond!

Shark Tank: Through obscurity -- and
beyond! 01/07/2004 05:18 PM
Security is tight at this managed service provider's facility. So when a key server suddenly needs a hard reboot on New Year's Eve, it's plenty secure -- so secure that no one on-site can get access to it.

Shark Tank: By any other name, it still
smells

Shark Tank: By any other name, it still
smells 08/06/2004 11:59 PM
It's 1999, and this pilot fish has just started work as the sole IT guy at a very small marketing company that uses spa-- er, "marketing e-mail blasts."

Shark Tank: Priorities

Shark Tank: Priorities 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
This 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.
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Update on Spellbound kid Ashley from DC

Update on Spellbound kid Ashley from DC 06/04/2004 03:40 PM
Profile of DC’s Ashley, .. where are they now?

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Ashley shooting police sue force

Ashley shooting police sue force 05/21/2004 05:36 AM
Five police officers involved in the shooting of an unarmed naked man, sue their force for damages.

Laura Ashley chief stepping down

Laura Ashley chief stepping down 01/06/2005 06:54 AM
Retailer Laura Ashley announces that its chief executive Ainum Mohd-Saaid has resigned for personal reasons.

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen are, um,
legal

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen are, um,
legal 06/13/2004 06:20 PM
legal as of today

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Ashley Olsen Cancels Trip to Be With
Twin (AP)

Ashley Olsen Cancels Trip to Be With
Twin (AP) 06/24/2004 11:15 AM
AP - Ashley Olsen has canceled a trip to Australia to stay with her twin sister, Mary-Kate, who is being treated for "a health-related issue."

Ashley Olsen cancels trip to be with
twin

Ashley Olsen cancels trip to be with
twin 06/24/2004 04:26 PM

Ashley Highfield answers questions about
BBCi

Ashley Highfield answers questions about
BBCi 11/14/2003 06:59 AM

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen face age 18

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen face age 18 05/05/2004 05:06 PM

Ashley Olsen Says Twin 'Hanging in
There' (AP)

Ashley Olsen Says Twin 'Hanging in
There' (AP) 06/28/2004 05:59 PM
AP - The "health-related issue" Mary-Kate Olsen is seeking treatment for is something she has struggled with for some time, her twin sister, Ashley, told People magazine.

Identity Management Experts Jeff Curie
and Larry Ponemon and Ashley Hannant
from Smart Computing to

Identity Management Experts Jeff Curie
and Larry Ponemon and Ashley Hannant
from Smart Computing to 04/02/2005 04:39 AM
ClickPress Apr 2 2005 7:58AM GMT

Identity Management Experts Jeff Curie
and Larry Ponemon and Ashley Hannant
From Smart Computing to Be Feature

Identity Management Experts Jeff Curie
and Larry Ponemon and Ashley Hannant
From Smart Computing to Be Feature 04/02/2005 11:22 AM
WebWire Apr 2 2005 3:25PM GMT

A Plus for Old Navy

A Plus for Old Navy 07/15/2004 08:20 AM
The Gap offshoot targets the market for plus-sized teens.

Navy Tries Out Vocera

Navy Tries Out Vocera 12/16/2003 01:42 PM
Crew on the USS Coronado are trialing Vocera's Wi-Fi badges: I know that hospitals and other organizations are already using the system from Vocera but I just don't see it. Depending on what the Navy wants to use them for, this sounds like a recipe for disaster. What if it's noisy and the badge can't pick up the user's command to dial someone? I'm still very cautious about anything that uses voice recognition because I've yet to see anything that works well....

Navy Loses an AUV

Navy Loses an AUV 05/07/2004 01:34 PM
Noah Shackman noticed a Canadian Press report saying that the Navy can't seem to find their Battlespace Preparation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (PDF format). The bright yellow BPAUV weighs 800 pounds, is 122 inches long, 21 inches in diameter and was last seen off the coast of Norway where it was taking part in a military exercise. The BPAUV was built by Bluefin Robotics where you can find more photos and video of the robot sub. The Navy's highly automated and futuristic-looking HSV-2 Swift vessel is still out looking for the little lost robot.

US Navy shows of new Toys

US Navy shows of new Toys 05/28/2004 10:46 AM

The US Navy showed of some of it's newest technical toys during fleet week and makes me proud to say that American ingenuity is still alive and well. [Wired ]

Navy puts its men out at sea, on
computers

Navy puts its men out at sea, on
computers 08/08/2004 07:24 PM
NewIndPress Aug 8 2004 10:28PM GMT

US Navy Drafts IBM for Supercomputing
Needs

US Navy Drafts IBM for Supercomputing
Needs 07/29/2004 01:26 AM
The US Navy is welcoming IBM onboard at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC). Big Blue will deploy its ultra-scale high performance computing (HPC) systems to produce what will be the fastest supercomputer in the US military arsenal.

Linux in Government: OSS in the US Navy?

Linux in Government: OSS in the US Navy? 02/05/2005 10:13 PM
The Navy's Program Executive Office for Information Technology is giving open-source software a look.

Navy awash in new IBM supercomputers

Navy awash in new IBM supercomputers 07/26/2004 11:22 PM
Defense Dept. to buy second supercomputer for Naval Oceanographic Office.

US Navy buys IBM supercomputer

US Navy buys IBM supercomputer 07/27/2004 07:33 AM
The military machine

EDS CEO: Navy contract under control

EDS CEO: Navy contract under control 02/18/2004 08:09 PM
MIAMI - Calling the project to build a massive intranet for the U.S. Navy "the elephant in the living room," Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) CEO Michael Jordan on Tuesday said the company has now gotten that assignment under control, although he acknowledged it has taken longer than he expected.

Mirror.co.uk - OSAMA'S NAVY

Mirror.co.uk - OSAMA'S NAVY 02/13/2004 07:16 AM
Claim: Bin Laden Has Bought Fleet Of 15 Ships For Terror Attacks .. Mirror.co.uk - OSAMA'S NAVY

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SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals

SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals 11/19/2003 12:59 PM
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Navy Killer Drones

Navy Killer Drones 06/06/2005 12:08 AM

These beasts appear to be next generation predator drones will full firepower and electronic countermeasures. Not something you'll want to invite to the kid's birthday party. The X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air System, built by Northrop Grumman for the Navy, can operate from land bases and aircraft carriers and can ""suppress enemy air defenses, perform electronic attack, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and perform precision strike attacks."

Killer Drone Construction Begins [DefenseTech]

U.S. Navy formalizes XML management

U.S. Navy formalizes XML management 03/13/2003 06:13 PM
The U.S. Navy is setting the standard for managing the use of XML across an enterprise with more than 500,000 IT users. And the Air Force may soon follow suit.

Navy Starts Blogging

Navy Starts Blogging 12/31/2003 10:49 PM

Blog, Blog, Blog: The Navy Tests Web Logging For Team Communications: If the Navy can use it to evaluate top secret technology, you're description of the cheese sandwich you had for lunch should be pretty safe.

The Office of Naval Research and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) are testing out the idea that weblogs can be powerful communication tools to bring together teams of people. [...]

The first program to use the blog is evaluating a night-vision technology developed by Ford Motor Corp. The team members include Ford, the Marine Corps, the Army's Night Vision Lab, the Defense Acquisition University, and the New York Police Department.

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Navy lab uses Web search to help
identify MIAs

Navy lab uses Web search to help
identify MIAs 07/12/2004 04:11 PM
USA Today Jul 12 2004 8:12PM GMT

Navy, Marines Prepare for Fla. Exercise

Navy, Marines Prepare for Fla. Exercise 12/07/2003 07:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 7 2003 6:33PM ET

Entire Ala. Family Enlists in the Navy
(AP)

Entire Ala. Family Enlists in the Navy
(AP) 09/07/2004 08:04 PM
AP - Navy recruiter Wendy Chunn visited the McIntyre home hoping to persuade their 18-year-old daughter to enlist. The sales pitch worked better than she had imagined: The entire family signed up.

Shark Tank: The Navy way

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