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Where's the fire?
This data center has a high-end mainframe, Halon to protect it from fire and an operator who never smokes in the computer room. So which one brings the firefighters?
Not that I ever doubted you...
This government office has two mainframes side by side in its computer room -- and a big problem that only shows up when a computer operator happens to reach out to them.
Christmas has been cancel--er, rescheduled!
Flashback to late 2005, when this pilot fish is part of the 24x7x365 staff for a bank's data center and Christmas is coming -- but not on the day you would expect.
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So you think anyone will want this 'timesharing' stuff?
Flashback to the days when the mainframe is king and timesharing is a huge boon for programmers -- who get more than a little jealous when they can't get access to it.
Throwback Thursday: Bin there, done that
It's a few years before eBay, and this IT shop is upgrading one of its oldest machines with external tape drives -- and some obsolete but expensive interface cards.
So much for THAT excuse
It's 2:30 a.m. when this data center pilot fish is awakened from a sound sleep by a call from an inexperienced mainframe operator -- with a show-stopping problem.
Oh, THAT SMP!
Mainframe database admin is responsible for supporting two divisions at this big bank -- and they're not on the same page when it comes to rolling out software updates.
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Your emergency isn't MY emergency
This data center's monitoring console is lit up like a Christmas tree when the staff arrives at work one morning -- but the power outage isn't their biggest problem.
Upgrade, downgrade
This small government agency has its own "data center," with a handful of systems and a starvation budget -- but at least an air-conditioning upgrade is on the way.
Little IT Shop of Horrors III: The eyes! The eyes!
Flashback to the mid-1960s, when the Control Data 6600 supercomputer is the fastest thing going -- and for programmers using it, the console has one very creepy feature.
Little IT Shop of Horrors II: Another fine mess
Pilot fish figures it's safe to store four pumpkins under the mainframe room's raised floor for a month before Halloween. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?
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Throwback Thursday: Well, he was busy, OK?
Hurricane's storm surge hits this Gulf Coast chemical plant and inundates it, and in the aftermath there's lots of cleaning up -- and counting up the damaged computers.
Apple, Amazon server spy story is wake-up call to security pros (u)
While Apple and Amazon deny claims that spy chips were found inside their servers, the story illustrates the complex security challenges enterprises face.
Throwback Thursday: How (not) to save money in IT
The servers in this computer room are having problems with their disk drives, but fortunately there's a simple short-term fix -- and, unfortunately, a longer-term agenda.
Throwback Thursday: Wait, it's not fixed yet!
Pilot fish works the late shift, so he's not due into the office until 10 a.m. But at 8:45 a.m., he gets a call from a colleague with bad news: The server is dead.
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When the going gets tough...
It's a few decades back, and this IT pilot fish is on the team converting a system at an organization in the Midwest on a grueling schedule -- and then there's bad news.
Speed kills
It's the 1980s, and this IT pilot fish figures out a neat hack to speed up a data entry job for his company's minicomputer -- but there's just one small problem with it.
China once again cracks down on cryptocurrencies, news outlets
The Chinese government has banned more than a half dozen online media outlets after they published information on cryptocurrencies, and a regional government authority clamped down on all venues hosting crypto events.
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