@thecreativeone91 said:

I knew a DBA who we had to teach how to save a word document while she worked with us on some stuff.. and she was also the Database & Programming (C++, VB.NET, Java) professor at a local college

Sounds like someone who failed upwards into that position of DBA

AWESOME!

Makes sense.

http://www.wimp.com/christmascard/ I want one like this!

@Dashrender said:

Sounds like a new word is needed.

A few, I think. There are still different foci within the generalist ranks. There needs to be some amount of differentiation without getting crazy.

@JaredBusch said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

I know. I've got the Pro models.

This was going to be the one thing I brought up, but you got it handled.

I personally do not like NetGear Switches after too many crappy experiences with managing the "Smart" switches.

They do generally work well if you do not need to get into the configuration and I have upgraded the firmware in many of them over the years without any problems.

I have been buying the HP 1910 line lately, but I will be giving the Ubiquiti line a shot next time I go for a model needing PoE.

That's odd, I've always had an amazing experience with Netgear switches. Their smart line is actually a really good value for the low-end/SMB market.

Although I agree, I am going to see about getting one of the Ubiquiti switches in the future.

@scottalanmiller said:

@nadnerB said:

@scottalanmiller well, no one said it's a one size fits all :p. To keep within our requirements, that's how we have to play it. 😞

I understand, you are doing it because some civil servant decided that making a forced insecure requirement would look better on getting a promotion than actually protecting the government. Same way it works here. It's just a form of corruption - in this case, probably some combination of inept, lazy or just willing to be insecure to avoid the same issues from inept or lazy people above them. Somewhere, someone who doesn't understand security (we hope that's all that it is) makes the decisions as an administrator and not as an IT pro. It's corrupt because obviously they know that they don't know anything about security, yet they make the judgement call anyway. Hopefully their corruption is just in being inept and being willing to do a job they don't know how to do.

That's a lot of pent up frustration, bad experience or just frustration at ignorant buttheads making rules they don't understand?

Anyway... Yeah, sounds about right.

@technobabble said:

@thanksaj in my example I would need to find an new unopened Asus PT6 motherboard. At this time only thing available is new opened boxes from Hong Kong and China. There are some used ones available too.

NOS could be found as clearanced items since they are new items but old stock that most people don't want. Like a brand new 8GB harddrive from Maxtor.

Ok, got it. Refurbished might be your best bet for that class of stuff then.

I want to know too...I hate dealing with the "I didn't get that email"

It's worse when they are replying from an overdue invoice notice that was sent from teh same program that sent all the previous emails that payment was due.

@Carnival-Boy said:

What kind of stuff did you make?

I did data retrieval systems for manufacturing when I started. Taught for a bit. Did most of my work in infectious waste tracking and reporting systems.

@Rob-Dunn said:

@IRJ said:

@ajstringham said:

I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

Probably because you already drank the Kool-Aid. It's the *potential *customers they want.

Yeah, I mentioned it was because i was using the paid version in the next post

A full out exploded view of the entries side by side with the new one would give us the best results, but there is probably privacy in there so that might not be possible.

If you don't have a XP installation media with baseline SATA drivers in it (all the newer OEM ones did) then you can't install XP on a SATA without the BIOS being in ATA mode. Native XP doesn't know about SATA drivers.

It's a bit of a hassle to make a driver slipstreamed disk, but can be done in less than an hour usually, then you can install XP on the system fairly easily and gain the performance enhancements.

I've never used NAV, just the plain old Dynamics/GP. - Which is quite a beast of a system. I've only dealt with it in environments with lots of customization and the interrogator would provide yearly support contracts.

About price differences.... Keep in mind that there is a difference between hiring NTG to perform a service where it is NTG as a firm that you are engaging or working with a "names consultant" where you are engaging a specific resource which is vastly more expensive typically as you are not leveraging the ecosystem.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy we use LogMeIn and get emails at every connection.

I can't actually figure out how to do this and it would be very useful. Would you mind letting me know? Is it under the 'Manage Altert Packages' in LogMeIn Central? I've setup a few alerts but can't see one that handles this.

They aren't focusing on what makes you more secure, but are focusing on changing the goal that you are working towards.

Thank you. I like this one from Jim Collins

@Carnival-Boy sorry about Meriaki, we've seen a lot of that. Little response, no following through on commitments. They like big customers these days, they have high overhead. I think that you will be very happy with the Ubiquiti though!