Archive for the ‘Computers & Software’ Category

Found Good Prices On Poweredge Servers

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Rather than spend ten grand on new poweredge servers, I have opted to go with some used ones. I found a company online that refurbishes them and resells them with a guarantee. As soon as I read the word guarantee, they had me. I had been stressing about how I was going to pay for the new servers since I had not budgeted for that much when I made my business plan.

I had talked to a dell repair man that told me about this website company after I asked him if he knew where I could get some cheaper poweredge servers and he said that the new ones were pretty much all priced the same. I decided to check out the lead of the used ones and was pleasantly surprised with the prices, the quality and the selection of the servers that this company offered.

I was able to get both of the servers that I would need to make my office run more efficiently when I opened it. The dell repair man has already been hired to come by once a month to check over the computer equipment unless we call him sooner. I am hoping that we do not have to call him very often other than the monthly maintenance schedule.

Used Point Of Sale Equipment Site Offers Fast Delivery

Monday, January 4th, 2010

I may have to look into putting in a whole new system for checking people out. I knew that when people started using their debit cards more, my old cash register would just not do. I was even still one of the only places in town that accepted checks but I was going to change that too.

I checked out how much everything I would need on the used pos equipment site and decided to place the order before I changed my mind. I knew that I had enough money to buy everything, but it was a lot more than I had ever spent on anything at one time for the store since I first opened.

I was glad to see that the used point of sale equipment site offered fast delivery and I chose that option. I needed to get the new system and get it up and running before the holiday season so that all my staff could be trained and used to it prior to then. I made fifty percent of my yearly sales from October to December and I did not need for the new system from the used pos equipment site to slow that down by coming in too late.

Used Poweredge Servers Have Been Running For Two Years

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The cost of the used servers was so much lower than the new servers that I was able to pay someone to install them for me. I could not believe that we were actually going to have servers that did not go offline every other day. Going to work would be much more pleasant than before. We would all come in and just try and get work done before the breakdown that we knew would be coming.

I ordered the used servers from an online company that my secretary discovered. She was sick of hearing everyone complain and she also knew how much money we were losing every time the servers would go down. The used poweredge servers that I bought from the site were shipped overnight and by the following week, my computer team had changed out the old bad servers and the used poweredge servers were up and running.

It has been two years since the installation of the used poweredge servers and we have only gone offline once since then and I think that it mainly had to do with the thunderstorm that had moved through the area the night before. It only took a few minutes and we were back up again.

I Placed The Order For The Used Proliant Servers

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

My first job was at a computer repair shop in town and I was in charge of keeping all the parts and products in order in the back. If something sold, then I was to get one from the back and put it in that one’s spot. I had a hard time keeping up with the amount of used hp servers that we went through. I would sometimes replace them six or seven times in one day.

I remember one time when a customer came in and bought three used proliant servers, we did not have any left to put out, in fact I had to run to the back to get the additional two that he wanted. I informed my boss that we needed some more and he gave me permission to get online and contact the used hp servers company that he uses to get most of his used parts from.

I ordered some used proliant servers and some other things that my boss told me to add to the order. I am hoping that he lets me handle the ordering more often since I did so well my first time with it. This could mean that I could be in line for a raise or a promotion.

Ordered Used Cisco Backup Cables

Monday, December 21st, 2009

I ordered some backup used cisco cables to have on hand in case something happened to the ones we just had installed. The cisco repair company put in the new ones and told us that we must have a group of mice that is living in our building, and they are chewing at the cables.

The first thing that I did was go out and buy ten mouse traps to get rid of the problem. The mice must think that they are very smart, because it has been three days and I have not caught even one yet. Although according to the computer guys, the cables that the cisco repair company installed had some chew marks on them. I wonder what would happen to the mouse and the cables if it actually bit through to the wire.

I am worried that it may start a fire or something when no one is in the building or worse during the day while everyone is here. I have had the janitor checking the traps every morning and so far we have not caught anything. I am thinking that maybe we should order yet another set of used cisco cables until we start seeing some results in the traps.

Best Buy Used Cisco

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Every commodity or article that is bought passes through a time when it is best to buy them. Similarly a time also comes when it is best to sell them. As one of the widely used market products used Cisco also passes through these phases. As a customer you should therefore know exactly which the best time to buy used Cisco products is.

It largely depends on the model and the features. Discounts can range anywhere from 30% to 90% with these products. You can verify the prices and discount lists for the used IT hardware either in the local market or on the nets for the purpose.

Coming to the best time for buying the used Cisco products one can do better by checking all the options available. Resellers can typically provide the product overnight as they can ship it on call. Therefore, the closure of any session, like the month, quarter, or year end would be the best buying times for the used Cisco products. The most imminent needs of the sellers at these junctures are to meet their sales target and that is why they offer greater discounts and shipping facilities that you could avail to your advantages.

Moreover some products would be available at greater discounts after Cisco repair as there will surely be some questions about their ultimate use and quality. In any case they can not match the attributes of the brand new products how best they might have been refurbished. You can get better deals with discounts on such products.

I Bought A Used IBM From The Shop

Friday, August 28th, 2009

The ad in the paper stated that the local computer resell shop was going out of business at the end of the month. I had figured that this might happen, with the big chain store that had just popped up out at the mall. I had heard from some friends that the prices at the chain store were unbeatable.

I had bought a used ibm from the local shop about three years back, and had put it in my office at home to use. It had never given me any trouble. I also knew that my boss had purchased two of our last four iseries servers for the office from there. I remember the day that the owner of the computer shop came in to install the iseries servers, he was very nice to everyone in the office. He was a proud man.

Now, this new chain store is selling computers that are cheap, but I have never even heard of some of the brands. They all are very foreign, I do not even know if they offer installation or not. This is what happens when the big stores come in and put the little stores out.

I went in to the shop to see the man one last time and he remembered selling me the used ibm and he also remembered when he came to my office to install the iseries servers.

I Now Can Work On Pseries Servers

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

When you are looking to put in new pseries servers, you need to make sure that you have a very competent tech person to fix them if there is ever a problem. I believe that they are a bit more complex than the average server these days. I truly believe that the pseries servers are one of the best, but you just need to know what you are doing if you are working on one.

I once saw a company have to close its doors for a week, because their server had shut down and they could not find a competent person within sixty miles to come and fix it. I was not working in that field at the time. I was still a just a kid fresh out of school who only specialized in the iseries servers. I could fix them like nobody’s business back then.

So, the story goes as such the company finally found someone to travel the distance of two states to get their pseries servers up and running again. It cost them a ton of money and they lost a bunch too by being closed then also.

I have since graduated from my days of just working on the iseries servers and have learned many more systems since then. I even know how to troubleshoot for the pseries servers.