You may have stumbled across Agate Beach on your way to Newport, but it’s easy to pass through with hardly a glance. However, on October 16th, every telecommunications and Internet luminary in the state will show up to hear from one of the guys who can truly call himself “one of the fathers of the internet.” Vinton Cerf, co-designer of TCP/IP, and long standing Internet evangelist, will present the keynote presentation at this year’s Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference www.oregonconnections.info. Vint will also participate in a panel addressing Oregon’s Broadband policy. Representatives from the public and private sector organizations from around the state, including yours truly will discuss the matter.
This session leads a 1-1/2 day event that explores a variety of telcomm and Internet issues affecting the state. Anyone can attend, and it’s a great way to learn more about what’s going on and network with folks that you might not otherwise have easy access too, in a relaxed setting.
I hope to see you there.
Some people don’t like to use the “O” word. Some people think “outsourcing” is the same as “offshoring.” But EasyStreet is located in good old Beaverton, Oregon, and is essentially a place where companies can outsource a little bit or a lot of their IT. Some of our customers just want to offload the mundane stuff like patching and backups while others rely on us to manage the whole enchilada.
I recently came across a cautionary InfoWorld article about the possible pitfalls of outsourcing, including the story of “outsourcing’s biggest horror show” between the U.S. Navy and global services provider EDS. Scary stuff.
Now there’s no way EasyStreet could handle a customer as big as the U.S. Navy. But to avoid any horror shows of our own, we use an internal process called “Yes Management” when necessary to make sure our capacity and capabilities are clearly in line with a potential customer’s expectations. There are many times we’ve decided to say “no thanks” rather than risk appearing in an article like this one.
You can read the InfoWorld article here.
Rich Bader here. As EasyStreet’s President and CEO, I have the privilege of writing the first entry in our new company blog. I hope to be a frequent blogger here, and to share and comment on some of the “bigger picture” stuff happening in the IT world that affects EasyStreet and likely your organization as well. Stuff like epidemic power consumption, what it means to “go green” or how to balance technology advances and costs.
We also intend to have many other blog contributors, including folks from Customer Support, our Engineering and Operations team and the Network Operations Center. They can offer useful, obscure and sometimes curious technological insights at a much deeper level than I can.
So enjoy. Engage. Comment. Share. Most of all I hope this new blog will be of continued interest and use to you.
