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The power of believing
anything is possible

War stories

Migrations and Support people live in the real world. In the real world, things happen. Funny things. Challenging things. Unexpected, high pressure, but ultimately rewarding things. What follows are a few stories about some of the things that have happened to us here at External IT. Our hope, here in War Stories, is that you'll get a bit of a feel for what life is like behind the scenes, and just how good our people are, even when things happen.
war stories
Colin VS. the router
"I had him put the
router on top of the ice"
war stories
Colin VS. the taxi
"Our remote software can really come in
handy some times"
war stories
Abraham VS. the merger
"We'll take the Pepsi Challenge against anybody"
war stories
Matthew VS. the unknowns
"400 users. Multiple offices. Problems accessing the drivers. A client who didn't know what the scope of their IT was, and a tight schedule"
war stories
Gabor VS. the terabytes
"We had to migrate terabytes of data over a single weekend"

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