Certification Magazine - January 2008 - (Page 27) scripts e-mail my phone when things are happening, so I know right away.” From there, Kern’s time is split between supporting his team and engaging in automated engineering, not so much putting out fires. “If any outages or any service interruptions come up, I deal with those as needed, but really it goes between doing the Level 3 support if any of the Level 2 people need help and then working on different projects that we have [ongoing].” Positive Networks has three data centers — racks of servers in a facility that provides security, redun- dant power, proper cooling and a 24x7 support staff — spread around the U.S. Kern helped organize the launch of these data centers. “I planned how those data centers were going to be set up, what we needed there and how they were going to be remotely managed,” Kern said. “I built the servers, installed the operating systems, got the Positive software installed and got them all networked.” When it comes time for a break in his work day, Kern has it better than most, obviously. He doesn’t have to make do with an iPod or Nerf toys: His office is January 2008 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE 27
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