Well it is true - while working at Exodus Communications/Cable &
Wireless back in 1999-2002 camera's were absolutely forbidden. At one
point GE needed to see the physical setup of their cages for
GE.com and
GE Corporate Mail.... we had to have their lawyers and Exodus' lawyers,
I had to be given permission to bring a camera into the datacenter,
escorted by the security guards, took the photo's - the head of security
needed to view the images to make sure no other cage contents from
adjacent cages were in the photo and then they were given to the GE
lawyers, it was a big deal indeed...
Now I know from some old issues of Compuserve Magazine I have someplace
(not sure where they are right now) there were some fishbowl taken
photo's for a dramatic effect and I've seen one or two other photo's of
Compuserve data facilities, but no video. I've seen some photo's
that people took in the 80's of the outside of the Compuserve corp
headquarters, which appeared to be a massive campus.
I'm just hoping that somewhere a documentary film or internal promo film
may have been shot and we could see what Compuserve was like. When
you think about what they accomplished pre-internet, it was a very
ambitious and monumental undertaking and it would great to see if some
historical material exists on such a key and important part of the
on-line age.
Curt
Al Kossow wrote:
On 1/12/11 9:34 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> Taking any pictures or video inside the
machine
> rooms would lead to instant termination.
I wonder why, perhaps afraid to atract burglars?
Industrial Espionage
The same reason you can't take detailed photos of industrial processes
or bring cameras into any caged data center.
Something I've wondered about is how people learn to build and run the
large data centers that now exist. Are there engineering courses in this
now, or is it a 'trade skill'?