Shark Tank: Is there an echo in here?
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: That would explain it
Shark Tank: That would explain it
03/14/2005 05:10 PMSupport 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: Roadkill
Shark Tank: Roadkill
05/14/2004 12:29 AMThis business continuity pilot fish is on the team figuring out the
impact on the company in the event of a major outage at a remote
technology center. Now, who should they talk to?
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: 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: Perfect 10
Shark Tank: Perfect 10
09/17/2004 12:44 AMThis pilot fish gets his first full-time job in IT as assistant
network administrator for a college. It's not exactly the perfect job
-- it's second shift, and there's a 70-mile commute. And, it seems,
there's one other problem.
Shark Tank: Not fast enough
Shark Tank: Not fast enough
03/30/2005 05:01 PMComputer room operator calls hospital IT pilot fish at 2 a.m. "All my
terminal sessions vanished," operator says. "I think the system is
down."
Shark Tank: The best one really is
living well
Shark Tank: The best one really is
living well
02/01/2005 09:06 PMWhen this data analyst pilot fish is fired a week after a big fight
with his boss, he's furious -- and not just because the boss was wrong
about the technical issue they were fighting over.
Shark Tank: The right tool for the job
Shark Tank: The right tool for the job
03/14/2005 05:10 PMThe sales director for this company isn't very computer-savvy, and the
IT manager pilot fish who's setting up the guy's new laptop knows
that, so he decides to try a little color coding.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
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