FYI: I block mail with the word "pharma" unless it comes from a known sender. Something to think about.
-- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Joe Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in the Pharma space and we are doing very well. We just went over my > budget for next year, and now are prioritizing it (must have, nice to have, > don't need right now). Not many of my items have made it to the "don't need > right now" rating. > > -Joe > > -- > Joe Fox > Systems/Network Administrator > > Mobile# (716) 846-9308 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Gene Giannamore > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I work for a Project Management company (minority owned small business). >> We also do a lot of gov and mil jobs also. We are an 8(a) general >> contractor. I have been told we live and die via Federal Acquisition >> Regulation (FAR). We don't spend much per year, but we haven't slowed >> spending much recently, and if things keep going the way they have, we may >> not have a normal slow season this winter (or so I am told). >> >> >> >> Gene Giannamore >> Abide International Inc. >> Technical Support >> 561 1st Street West >> Sonoma,Ca.95476 >> (707) 935-1577 Office >> (707) 935-9387 Fax >> (707) 766-4185 Cell >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Devin Meade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:56 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? >> >> We are commercial architecture and enginnering firm. We are pretty >> diversified. We do a LOT of military and govt jobs at many levels, some >> educational work. We are hiring left and right. We expanded our facilities >> a year ago - added about 30 cubicles and they are almost full now. Total >> around 120 to 130 employees at any time. Next Tuesday may change the govt >> landscape, about a year out from now, but we have plenty of work in the >> pipeline. We purchased about 90 high end workstations/laptops in Jan of >> this year. We upgraded the whole shebang to AutoCAD/Revit 2009 suite which >> aint cheap. Then we bought a few licenses of microstation v9(?). Then >> upgraded a bunch of engineering apps for Vista (that was fun). We will prob >> replace most of our real servers this year (5 PowerEdge's 29xx and 28xx's) >> and move to Exch 2007 on VMWare ESX if I have my say. I am pretty much able >> to ask for anything and get it within reason, and to ring my own bell thats >> because I only ask for things that we can use. Heck last year I asked for >> double take for our main file server and got it approved in minutes. Never >> had to use it though. If I want I could show up at 5AM and leave at 10PM. >> If anyone knows any experienced project manager types that could move to >> Oklahoma, email me off list (I get a bonus if you hire on!). Over and out. >> -Devin >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Alex Eckelberry >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> You're all the admins who actually buy the stuff that people like >> Sunbelt (and many, many others make). How are you seeing the recession >> impact your buying decisions? >> >> Are you being told to hold off until "later"? Is it business as >> usual? Or is it a bloodletting? Are you still buying cheap stuff but not >> buying expensive stuff? Etc., etc. >> >> Maybe I'm opening the Pandora's Box here, but I think we need to >> all look at the situation realistically. >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Devin >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
