CONSULT THIS!

AT CLC, the Grand Illusionists known as Sungard, have BUCKED our bandwidth deal for Internet speed-of-access.

Apparently we are now all sharing a 100mbps connection (over at least 2 OC3's - if not, more) instead of the GB connection we have enjoyed until only a week ago! This translates o 10MBps as opposed to 100MBps we were getting - and even that is a joke compared to ALL OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN ILLINOIS!

BULL, SHIT.

I know who to talk to to get either our GB back, or put Rat's office on a 28.8 modem for the rest of his limited contract here. Don't think it won't happen. You want to talk productivity? You just KILLED productivity.

Now, it looks like I am going to be here to 4am regularly instead of 2 am. Kevin's gonna LOVE that.

Thanks a lot ASSHOLE! I can't even get the meebo clients to function properly.

Do you honestly think you are saving the college money? Think about saving your contract renewal for consulting. You SHOULD have consulted with END USERS FIRST - you are NOT the end users of the Internet, anymore than an Administrator would be (and certainly less). That is the first rule of consulting: KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE.

I can't WAIT to see how pissed off the board members are going to be when they can't get remote access to CLC services in the TIMELY MANNER THEY'VE EXPECTED AND RECEIVED. Forget about Dick being able to deal with it. I mean, it's not like you are going to give them any special privlededges (ie; extra-special bandwidth) - as that would violate CLC's Ethics Policy.

You know what? Do you even have a Masters degree? You are making decisions WITHOUT consulting the people who need the bandwidth.

Distance learning?
IPTV?
Are you fuckin' kidding us?
STUDENT SELF SERVICE REGISTRATION? PEOPLESOFT - the GUI ALONE!

ORACLE BACK-END REMOTE ACCESS DATA ACQUISITIONS?

There are even more serious consequences that you have not though of - and for ethical reasons I cannot mention here. Morons of Collegis unite, and leave CLC.

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And this thought, too:

Sungard (who merged with Collegis last Summer?) uses on their website, the Looooooongest cookie I have ever seen. This alone could be an attempt at a DOS Attack!

Anyway, the cookie is certified by Omniture, a company big on webstats. Omniture also has the customer Cancer Treatment Centers of America to Improve Online Patient Care with Omniture SiteCatalyst Read more...

That is scary. And it's almost Halloween, kids!

So, with this new Slooooow speed internet access UP or DOWN load, can you just imagine how happy all of you would be if clcradio.org was hosted ON SITE at CLC?

Holy Crap, Batman! Yep. Last December 2005, there was actually a committee of the Information Technology Commission of CLC that had minutes of a meeting (AQIP allows for all open session meeting minutes to be made public - not just published) asking the question: Should CLC clubs pay outside for their websites?

My answer is YES - it's called OUT SOURCING. If the admins want so much for certain things to be out-sourced, website hosting is the MOST COMMON among outsourced things. And, yet we are actually , now, going to outsource a wall measuring 8' high by 20' long by 5" thick.

I want a tax break.