Thanks to everyone for the well-wishes. Some specific answers to
specific questions:
George Fogg wrote:
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/newlocation.htm
Nice digs, you get that nice corner office?
My boss gets the corner. Mine is nice though...
Gabriel Tully wrote:
Those beams on your raised floor seem odd. Were they placed like that
for aesthetics or are they actually structural? They seem to take up
some unnecessary real estate.
Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
... I'm little worried about that green diagonal
beams in that computer room, you'll need a hard hat to avoid headaches... ;-D
Those beams are structural. I assume you're supposed to hide them inside
a wall.
My boss wanted to put the computer room in the exact center of the
building. I'm not sure why those diagonal beams did not cause him to
rethink that plan. There might have been other factors that forced him
into the present layout.
I agree they are a hazard--and a PITA. (I kept having to avoid them when
doing some wiring yesterday.) Someone is supposed to install some kind
of tape rack and/or guard rails to make them more useful and prevent
people running into them.
I don't think hitting your head on a beam in the computer room is what
they had in mind when the phrase "lights out computer operation" was
coined. ;)
Mark Zelden wrote:
Does your current equipment reside at the old location and is it moving,
or is it already in the new location? Or is there some "duplicate" equipment
staged at the new location for the move like the "big boys" do?
We did the move yesterday. We don't have duplicate equipment. The z10,
DASD, tape and every thing else were powered down in the old space
starting around 2 PM on Tuesday. They were then packed up, moved, and
placed in the new computer room. That day ended around 11:30 PM. 8 AM
Wednesday we started pulling cables in the new space. By 1 PM we started
powering everything up. I got out of there around 7 PM and finished some
IPLs and other things from home. I declared us fully operational at 9
PM. Since about a week prior to the move, our web and email has been
hosted in our Tulsa, OK office.
Chris Craddock wrote:
Cool. How's the noise level there?
I assume that question arises from our close proximity to LAX.
Planes fly in/out of LAX in one direction: West. The (noisier) take-off
flight path is over the ocean.
Our old location was rented space on the 8th floor in the building at
5200 W. Century Blvd at La Cienega Blvd. Prior to that we rented at 9841
Airport Blvd at Century Blvd and prior to that at 5933 W. Century Blvd.
All three of those locations were directly in the (quieter) landing
flight path along Century Blvd just a couple/few blocks East of the
airport. Even so, we never heard much unless a plane got really close.
All the buildings in the area have excellent soundproofing.
It was kinda' neat to be able to watch planes land from the window of my
office... I'll miss that.
Our new space is South of LAX and no longer in any flight path. During
yesterday's move, I heard no airport noise at all.
Schwarz, Barry A wrote:
Was the absence of chairs in the conference room deliberate to keep meetings
from running to long? (Since most executives seem to prefer chairs with
wheels, I expect the obvious adjustment.)
I am surprised there is no sign or other identification. Most companies seem
to want there name in lights.
There are chairs in the conference room now. They do have wheels. :) Our
trademarked "P" logo is proudly displayed behind the receptionist's
desk. I'm not sure if we plan to put signage on the outside of the
building. I certainly hope so. We had it on the old building, and we
were only renting there...
Ganesh Rao wrote:
Ed, isn't that close to where Candle used to have one of their office in early
2001?
I remember Candle had an El Segundo address for a while. I have no idea
where that was.
Our new building is brand new construction in an area called the Edge at
Campus El Segundo http://www.edgeatcampuselsegundo.com/ Many satellite
and aerial views from the popular mapping services still show a big,
empty plot of land. Some of them don't even show Parkview Drive North
yet... I'll wait a while before I upgrade the GPS maps in my car. :)
R.S. wrote:
BTW: I was some time ago in the neighbourhood. Ugly smog, but
beautiful baech. Do you surf ? <g>
The smog is nearly gone in L.A. When I first moved here, Stage I Health
Alerts issued by AQMD were all too common: 84 in 1983, 97 in 1984, 83 in
1985, and so on. We've had only one in the past 11 years.
http://www.aqmd.gov/smog/o3trend.html
The beaches are still nice. I've never been much of a surfer. My other
gig was playing rock music...
--
Edward E Jaffe
Chief Technology Officer
Phoenix Software International, Inc
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-338-0400 x318
edja...@phoenixsoftware.com
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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