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double trouble
Double the IT staff. Double the fun!Not Friends..
Just because I.T. helps you, does not mean we are friends.User Friendly..
We are not user Friendly.Dude..
Dude, we are not user friendly.send out the clones
You can clone meBut you can't drone me.
Break..
I.T. is on break,please put in a help desk ticket.Service Pack 2
So they're service pack too?Burn me a Copy
I said I got burned by the coffee! Not burn a copy of me!Hmmm...
Does this mean overtime starts at 20 hours?Well...
I told you we should have shutdown that worm hole, especially since we stopped maintaining it.Read the EULA...
It clearly states that copies may be made only for personal use.OK, you've got a backup...
...but it's the restore that really matters.We have met...
We have met on FaceBook, or was it MySpace? No, it was Twitter....hmmm...let me think...How many times do I have to tell you?
IT doesn't work on copy machines.It's a great plan...
...I'm beside myself with joy.The way I see it...
...you can't spell "multiplicity" without "IT."Geek Speak
Perhaps you didn't understand what we meant by dual processors.Upgrade
It was time for an upgraded versionless staff, same headcount
How did you think we were getting everything done after the layoffs?360 degrees
Think of us as the 360 degree mirror from 'What Not to Wear'cartoon caption submission
Dr. Strangelove told the Ballmer that if we seclude the IT departments in caves then when this is all over Windows will again be the dominate force.cartoon caption contest
yep. i'd say we're pretty redundant.Cartoon
Okay...who's the wiseguy who switched the martini shaker with the cloning test tubes?Backups
Our backup system's gone wacky, now we're duplicated. But which one is authentic?Copy and Paste?
Looks like Maureen got copy and paste happy again.cartoon caption
I think that when management said they wanted back up services installed, they didn't mean it to be taken quite that literally.cartoon caption
Considering how we are treated like slave labor here, this certainly brings new meaning to the concept of backup servers.Back me up or I'll back you
Back me up or I'll back you into the corner.cartoon caption
As you can see, plaid is the in thing to wear.Coffee
Even IT People need coffee!Cartoon Caption
"Thinkgeek was GOING to charge me extra for shipping but I got free shipping when I told them stephen hawkings favourite colour was blue, when we ALL know it's actually lapis.""If apple thinks I'm going to go out and buy a new macbook pro simply because they re-labeled my unibody macbook, they're absolutely right."
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And why wouldn't we use the panic room if Starbucks goes bankrupt?Spitting Image
Let me get this straight, you want us to help our doppelgangers set up a new parallel universe branch?Didn't you get the right
Didn't you get the right memo from IT or do you work for AT?Cartoon Caption Contest
Quick Guys..decide fast...we are five blokes and only two panic rooms..who wants to be Out?You can't get good help these days.
No way, man! The last time I bought one of your clones, he ate all the lunches in the fridge and threw up in the lobby fish tank.Cartoon Caption
Let's check out the panic room on the way to the panic room.outsourced
did you know, under our bailout contract, our free coffee will now be outsourced to starbucks?!full backup
I know I'm always preaching redundancy and full backups but this is really weirding me out . . .Clone Wars
Bob, stop cloning us! Even though they're our clones, you can't get two for the price of one.How do you like your JAVA, MAC?
I prefer Karmic Koala JAVA. What about you Hewlett? Ubuntu JeOS for me. I call it JAVA Juice for short. Good stuff.Wadda ya mean he looks like
Wadda ya mean he looks like the best one for the job?Caption
So I guess our support ratio is 60% PCs and 40% Macs.end
If this is the Apocalypse and WE'RE here to repopulate Mankind. Where are the women?caption
With all this coffee we'll need both of these panic rooms in about 10 minutes.caption
the it devlopers now are in terror that wether there place will be secured or not and trying to plan for getting the surity of getting there first salary.Disaster Recovery
Look Bob, tell management that somehow, I don't think cloning us qualifies as an IT disaster recovery planOh wow, so having your IT
Oh wow, so having your IT guy who actually does the work fill out two TPS reports instead of just the one like I make my guy do will actually improve productivity and morale!?return of the body snatchers
So Phil, still suffering from insomia I see....DR strategy
This is not what we meant with a cloning DR strategy