Month: November 2012
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Harpooning the whale
One data set, two locations – each with an EMC VNXe array. Big giant file sets. How do engineers in the US and Mexico share 3D models quickly and seamlessly? We receive engineering drawings and models from our customers. We comb through the files extracting bill-of-materials information, critical dimensions and other vital attributes. A single…
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No longer having to eat our own dogfood
There is a silver lining to all this. Back in April we decided to switch our US cell carrier from Sprint to AT&T. Sprint’s Mexico roaming options were not optimal, so after looking at competing bids we signed up with the Death Star. We also decided to deploy iPads to our US team at the…
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Transitions
“Hey John, got a minute?” My mornings are usually busy. Look at my email, review open help tickets and yesterday’s closures. Look over the logs and checklists. Swap tapes, and glance over the equipment in the server room. Review my open to-dos. That morning I was getting ready to head down to our maquila facility,…