Shark Tank: Yeah, right -- wireless
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Shark Tank: Yeah, we'll definitely go
with that second bid
Shark Tank: Yeah, we'll definitely go
with that second bid
09/08/2004 11:28 PMThis little not-for-profit organization has a computer room where the
temperature is routinely getting into the low 80s -- and there's no
way it can afford a new air conditioning system.
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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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.
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Shark Tank: DIMM sum
Shark Tank: DIMM sum
10/30/2003 12:37 AMThe standard amount of memory in PCs at this company is 256 MB. But
when managers decide they deserve a memory upgrade, IT staffers find a
way to solve two problems at once.
Shark Tank: Think Like a User
Shark Tank: Think Like a User
04/04/2005 01:37 PMUser has forgotten his ID to log into the network. No problem, says
support pilot fish, it's just your name. But that still leaves the
user puzzled.
Shark Tank: Really, REALLY broke
Shark Tank: Really, REALLY broke
10/29/2003 01:13 AMThe environment at this steel maker's mills is harsh to the extreme --
heat, cold, dust, dirt, even acid in the air. But the help desk isn't
sure what's wrong when a user will only say, "My computer is broke."
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: What could be easier?
Shark Tank: What could be easier?
10/29/2003 01:13 AMIt's this IT pilot fish's last day of work before vacation, and all he
has to do is make it through the day without any new issues cropping
up.
Shark Tank: The Army way
Shark Tank: The Army way
12/12/2003 01:58 PMFlashback 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: Efficiency
Shark Tank: Efficiency
09/16/2004 02:02 AMThis pilot fish's team gets a request from senior management to
configure a server for Internet conferencing. It's a simple task -- in
fact, it's simple enough that they don't really need fish's group to
do it at all.
Shark Tank: It's possible to be TOO
helpful after all
Shark Tank: It's possible to be TOO
helpful after all
10/29/2003 01:13 AMNo matter how many times this IT pilot fish makes adjustments on the
displays from the shipping department, they keep coming back -- with
more requests for adjustments.
Shark Tank: That's one way to cut down
on spam
Shark Tank: That's one way to cut down
on spam
04/29/2004 12:19 AMIt's been a year since this company beefed up its virus and spam
protection. And the effort has paid off, especially thanks to a new
rule for handling ex-employees' spam.
Shark Tank: Wired
Shark Tank: Wired
12/30/2004 12:27 AMThis pilot fish's boss wants network access in one of the company's
conference rooms so he can use his laptop during meetings. OK, fish
says, how about a wireless connection?
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: Hey, Whatever Works
Shark Tank: Hey, Whatever Works
09/24/2004 11:29 PMUsers complain that data they enter into a major application
mysteriously disappears, but programmer pilot fish can't find the
problem. So he adds an auditing system to record what data is added
and when.
Grok Description matches for Shark Tank: Yeah, right -- wireless
GrokA matches for Shark Tank: Yeah, right -- wireless
Shark Tank: Yeah, right -- wireless