Category Archives: Work

Amdocs OSS – Cramer Resource Planner Plan

Last year, we decided to invest in the Cramer Resource Planner Plan module at Interoute. Cramer is an inventory system used by Telecommunications companies. It tracks a company’s network, assets and infrastructure. Resource Planner Plan allows the system to be … Continue reading

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Uptime

One of the team just sent me this: F1$ uptime 6:34pm up 1964 day(s), 8:24, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.03 The server has been up for 5 years and 139 days! It has just been retired. I remember … Continue reading

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Hiring again

I’m currently expanding my team of software developers in Prague and I’m interested in your CVs. Essential to working in my team is a good background in the relevant technology area and also a good attitude towards work. Looking to … Continue reading

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Solaris for the pro

We have a system that has been up for over 4.5 years. It runs Solaris 8. Fra-1$ uptime12:56pm up 1706 day(s), 2:46, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.19, 0.18

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"I’ve just sent you an e-mail…"

As a general day of being disturbed at my desk, today was a particularly bad one. We’ve all done it at least once in our lives, but today I was subject to the phenomenon too many times. Basically someone sends … Continue reading

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Dumping systems for dummies

Today was a good day. We removed a system that was costing us too much money. The final pieces fell into place this evening at 2200hrs – a few bits we could have lived without, but all the same completeness … Continue reading

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TUC and the web

The TUC think we have a right to view websites at work. We all do it, but frankly they are a distraction. I think people are paid to do a specific job and they should get on with it. Many … Continue reading

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