15th Annual SysAdmin Appreciation Day
Today — Friday, July 25, 2014 — is the 15th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day! Please join us in thanking the server, network, and data center people who keep all our technical ships running smoothly — no matter what time it is, day or night, weekday, weekend, or holiday, 365 days a year. We designed […]
Your Data is Telling You Something
I found an article this morning through my daily cruise through tech news. I mentioned the company mentioned in the article, Codespaces, yesterday when I was talking with our management team. Codespaces was wiped out of existence by an attack that ultimately led to the near total destruction of their data. The timing is serendipitous […]
Leigh Sandy’s Fiber-to-the-Home Initiative
After founding the company with me and David Hughes in 1995, Leigh Sandy has left DataYard to start working on a project that is near and dear to his heart: fiber to the home. Leigh has been wanting to do this for some time, since at least 2010 when he worked with the Dayton Development […]
Masten Worley Joins DataYard
I am very excited to announce that, effective 3/21/2014, Masten Worley officially joined our team as DataYard’s Director of Sales and Marketing. Before joining DataYard, Masten was the CEO of MacTown — the Premier Apple Specialist in Dayton, Ohio. There, Masten oversaw retail operations at two locations in the Miami Valley, as well as the […]
Forging a Team of Technical Professionals
Forging a Team of Technical Professionals Over the last year, I’ve had the pleasure of watching DataYard’s Technical Operations team work under intense pressure. On the surface it may seem oddly sadistic for me to talk about it being my “pleasure” watching the team perform under these conditions, but I mean it with the deepest […]
Build Update 14: Real Ultimate Power
Build Update 14: Real Ultimate Power It has, unfortunately, been a few weeks since my last Facility 2.0 Build Update. The activity level has been extraordinarily high as we work to get the facility operational and tested. As you can see in the panoramic photo below, the data center is, structurally, very nearly completed. Our […]