Network Performance Miscellany for Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008

So much happening in the world of network management software today, here’s a quick look:
2008 Network Computing Awards Finalist – Cast Your Vote Today
The NetQoS Performance Center has been named as a finalist for the 2008 Network Computing Awards for “Test and Monitoring Product of the Year” based on the number of user nominations. Network Computing readers are now able to vote for finalists in each category until March 3rd – all you need to provide is a valid e-mail address when casting the vote. The results are announced on March 13th.
We really want to win this thing, mostly because there’s a rumor going around the office that if we win, everyone in the company will get a cookie and a gold star sticker, so please go vote for us.
Jogging and drinking. It’s almost a good idea.
Donald Johnstone, one of our QA testers wanted to promote the “First Annual South Austin Gulp It Down And Run Around,” coming up on February 2nd at Austin’s Circle C Metropolitan park. It’s a one mile race with required beer drinking every quarter mile, and the proceeds from the $10.00 entry fee goes to help April Delaware, who was diagnosed with MS.
Designated drivers are required for all runners, so I suppose the only problem with it is that they scheduled it for the cold February and didn’t wait until it got a little warmer around St. Patrick’s Day. You could also get rid of that long name which is hard to remember, and replace it with something memorable, say, “The Green Mile.”
The Obligatory Link to A Story from Slashdot
Slashdot is such a cool site and Rob Malda, a cool enough guy, that you really should be visiting it every day. That is, provided you haven’t already subscribed to its RSS feed. In case you missed this one, one IT/Ask Slashdot post poses the question: How do I become an IT/IS Manager? The answers run the gamut, but mainly boil down to: “Know the business side of IT,” “Show you can do it,” and more than a few guys asking: “Why?”