Biggest mistake made in IT: Not aligning technology with the business.
Most ill-timed VPN outage: Within 30 days of installing the data VPN at our Garland [Texas] facility, our service provider suffered a major line cut that took the office down for four hours. Nice way to start out our VPN. Since that time, we have gone over 24 months without any significant data outages. Knock on wood; we've had no voice outages at all.
In-house versus outsourcing the network: In-house, we tend to operate with a sense of urgency. Outsourcing: I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
For fun: Visiting our granddaughter, daughter and son-in-law in Iowa, attending University of Tennessee and University of Illinois football games with our sons there, and attending our youngest son's sports and school activities. Swimming, water skiing, yard work, home improvement.
Wheels: Honda S2000. Gets me where I need to be when I need to be there. I deny any rumors that I've been spotted on the Nonconnah Expressway driving in excess of 140 miles per hour.Donald Meewes and his IT team at GST produced a foot-high stack of documents and technical drawings for their proposal to company execs on the benefits of VoIP (voice over IP). Among the carefully prepared presentation and background materials was a list of ways that adding voice to the company"s VPN would save GST money"in equipment, conference calls, maintenance and service contracts with AT&T. In the end, it didn"t take all that to seal the deal with GST"s CEO and CFO.
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