For my day-in-the-life story I followed Phillip Wyperd. Wyperd is the supervisor of West campus information technologies for the University of Northern Colorado. It was a very interesting class and very entertaining to follow him through his day.
We started the day off with a phone meeting about replacing two computers with new ones. Wyperd explained that computers were erased and redistributed to other government departments. Next we walked to the back rooms where the several servers for west campus are kept. He explained each server is the model for all other computers.
Next we visited several of the IT personal and were met by laughter. The sound of Geico’s music video was playing on the screen. One of the IT was assigned to figure out a way to play a video while a computer is booting up. He figured it out and decided to use a one of Geico’s music videos as a supplement until he received the video from UNC. We ended the eventful part of the day with helping a faculty member recover a program and pictures for her.
The IT department was very funny and was very easy group to get along with. I learned what happens to old computers, where they keep a few of their servers and even what plans are being made for the start up cycle of every computer on campus. I enjoyed writing the story and I hope you enjoy reading it. Use the 410 Forum link to read the story.
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