First thing is I got my 5-year award from my company on Monday. I got a plaque and a watch and somehow I’m an anomaly, a security guy in the DC area who’s been with the same company for longer than 2 years. But like I tell people, I cheated a little by taking a “one-year paid vacation” to “someplace sunny” in “exotic Asian locales”. =)
Second thing is that on Friday I’ll be “officially smart” by having a degree. Yes, it’s a BS in Liberal Studies with a focus in Russian but at least it clears me for the next couple of hurdles–GSA schedule and billable rates being the first one.
Think I’m incorrigible now, just wait. But hey, isn’t that how the Straw Man got smart? Anyway, in the spirit of the Straw Man, something about this movie makes me echo the one comment that it has: “wtf?” but something about it makes me chuckle and think that I have to put it here, junk or not:
I’ve been toying with the idea for about 6 months, but I think I’ve decided to go for a PMP.
See, one of my little foibles is that if you act long enough like you can’t manage a project, I eventually get impatient and end up taking it over. So I figured that since I’ve led a bazillion projects, I might as well get credit for it. =)
Anyway, I’m interested in a quick straw poll on how many security folks are out there doing PM jobs. It seems like we get pulled into PM stuff more and more because more often than not, we know how things are supposed to work.
I’m utterly shocked now. I’m used to getting vendor spam, but almost always is something like “buy our continuous compliance cr*p” or “make all your SoX problems go away at the drop of a hat and $0.5M”. A whole data center is way out of the ballpark for me.
Anyway, on to the spam:
Rybolov, I understand you are the correct person at $Foo Corporation to contact about data center requirements. If that is not the case, please let me know either by telephone or email reply as to who the correct person is so that I may contact them directly regarding this facility, or feel free to forward this email.
We’ve recently brought to market our Teaneck NJ data center, and it is available for lease at a significant discount to the replacement cost of $25+ million.
The Teaneck property is a 53,000 SF, free-standing secure facility with raised floor and office space. It was most recently occupied by the <large financial institution> as a primary data facility, and has undergone significant upgrades since its initial construction. Some features of the facility are:
– 18,047+/- SF of raised data floor
– 2.5Mw delivers 138 watts/SF and is expandable.
– Multiple fiber providers through diverse building entrances.
– Fully fenced and secured perimeter
There are few, if any, comparable properties available in the greater NYC/NJ area.
If $Foo Corporation is planning for additional data center space, then I’d be happy to talk to you in more detail about this facility or others we currently hold.
I have technical staff available for conference calls and site tours.
Regards. <name witheld to protect the not-so-innocent>
So all 5 of my blog readers keep coming back. That’s good. =)
But every time I go through my search strings–queries people put into a search engine that take them to my blog–some good questions pop up. I like to look at it every now and then to get a feel for the zeitgeist of who’s looking and reading my stuff. Maybe just deep down inside I’m all egotistical, but really it’s fun to look at the anomalies.
Here is the long tail of my search strings:
c-word: 2 searches. Yes, I want this meme to stick around for a couple months more. Of course, the post is The C-Word.
compliance without “liance”: 1 search. Part of The C-Word.
A synonym for guerillas: 1 search. Oddly enough, it points to SBU Must Die.
do financial institutions need a ciso: 1 search. If you have to ask, the answer is “yes”. Next question, please. =) I just can’t find where this search string points to.
skilcraft us gov pens: 1 search. Yes, the same pens we all know and love. This one also goes to SBU Must Die.
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