• Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: September 9, 2024
  • Post category: Data & Recovery/ Scams/ Tech Talk

As she packed up after a long day debugging hundreds of lines of code, Lorraine was ready for some down time. She grabbed her backpack, trusty Android phone, and umbrella, and headed home. She hopped on the SunRail…

  • Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: August 29, 2024
  • Post category: Business/ Data & Recovery

Mitch is a seasoned IT professional. He’s been around the block, so much so that he remembers vividly the nightmare that Windows ME was. He’s seen operating systems come and go, he’s seen hardware rapidly change…

The alarm clock screamed to life and it was WAY too early. Harvey reached across the night stand, fumbled to find the snooze button and realized he got to sleep in for at least another hour.…

  • Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: February 19, 2024
  • Post category: Business/ Data & Recovery

The poor little guy held on for years. Lightning strikes, an overload of choking dust, power surges, accidental unplugs, and Leisurely Larry, the incompetent IT guy never taking care of the poor little fella. And then,…

  • Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: January 11, 2024
  • Post category: Business/ Data & Recovery/ Tech Talk

Chet had always longed to be in the C-Suite and when he finally got that big promotion at Techsters, Inc., he was beyond excited AND up for the challenge. Chet had worked his way up from…

  • Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: January 3, 2024
  • Post category: Data & Recovery/ Tech Talk

A time for renewal, a time for reflection, a time to change your old ways and embrace the new. Yes, it’s time to for us all to reflect on our technology storage strategies. Why all of…

  • Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: October 20, 2023
  • Post category: Business/ Data & Recovery/ Scareware

“Not today, Traffic.” Rodney shouted out while behind the wheel on the way to work. It was a zippity do da kind of day for Rodney. Birds were chirping, the sky was blue, the humidity was…

  • Post author: [Tom Jelneck](/content/author/tom-jelneck/ "Posts by Tom Jelneck"/index.html)
  • Post published: July 17, 2023
  • Post category: Business/ Data & Recovery

Mike knows his stuff, AND everyone else’s. It’s his job as an IT manager for the Delicious Double Decker Donut Emporium to know where all of the passwords are. He’s been with the Delicious Double Decker…

  • Post author: [Tom Craig](/content/author/tomcraig/ "Posts by Tom Craig"/index.html)
  • Post published: July 3, 2023
  • Post category: Business/ Data & Recovery/ Tech Talk

Mike is traditionally a pretty sound sleeper EXCEPT when he is abruptly awoken by a very distinct ringtone. It was 4:20AM and just like that, he was jostled by the Star Wars Imperial March theme song…

  • Post author: [Tom Craig](/content/author/tomcraig/ "Posts by Tom Craig"/index.html)
  • Post published: August 22, 2016
  • Post category: Data & Recovery

Unless they are sitting powered off on a shelf, hard drives fail 100% of the time. You read that right, running hard drives fail 100% of the time. The question is when will yours fail, will…