Technology! ...comes at a cost

Technology is a great thing. It allows us to do…almost everything. Imagine life without technology;

• How would we commute without cars, trains, ships… even without bikes?
• How would we communicate without the internet, phones, letters, books and TV?
• How would we cook without microwave ovens, stoves?

Luckily, technology provides us with good solutions for each of these tasks.

But… technology comes at a cost; not just as a one time investment in hardware and software, but as a continuous investment in maintaining and improving the system, learning about technology.

Therefore, if you want to save money on technology - sooner or later - you will face challenges & problems.

Web server. Just like we have had during last 2 weeks. The particular issues we had with our web server are described in the Challenges, Results and the Budget article (along with some possible solutions).

Local server. This week we had a huge problem with our local network server.

What happened? Some irregularity with the electricity supply occurred in our office. Therefore, Monday morning, half of the lights did not work and –as you probably guessed – our server crashed! Some files were corrupted and we had no internet, no access to our files for almost three days!

How did it happen? We did not have money for Local Network Server IT support. As you probably know - Network Servers are the heart of every modern organization: all e-communication flows through them, all files are backed up on them. And yes, they are a powerful and essential part of an organization – just as a heart is a powerful and essential part of our body. And yes, they often require professional support.

Professional support & price. Chicago IT Help can provide us with server support for $300 per month. That is a very good price and their services are excellent. However that is $3,600 per year – and we can not afford that right now.

Help. Therefore we need your help.

Donate. If you want help us, so we can afford IT support for our servers you can do it through the www.cabriniconnections.net donation form, or if you have knowhow about the servers, your help would be more than welcome.

Together We Can. Help us – so instead of managing crises with our servers – we can focus on our mission – helping students to start successful careers. Help us, and become a part of each student’s success. >> www.cabriniconnections.net