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Jun 11The Tell-Tale Cable
by in Feature Articles on 2011-07-26As an experienced IT professional, Drew had seen his fair share of network outages over the years. He had protected his company’s network from storms, earthquakes, and even floods, but more often than not, the problem was from within. His fellow coworkers found ways to bring down their computers far more frequently on their own, through a combination of sending virus-laden e-mails, unplugging cords, and in some cases just gross incompetence.
One afternoon, Drew was installing some software from the network onto an employee's computer when the system locked up for 10 seconds.