Internet Time

Internet time?  What is it?

I have really no idea but I'll take a stab at it.  It boils down to things
happen faster on Internet time.

First let's look at typical work hours. 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, 160
hours a month.  Let's assume Internet time is 24 hours a day, so 3 Internet
days occur every regular day. So for every regular week 15 internet days
occur.  But, Internet time occurs on the weekend so factor in 6 more days.
So in one week 21 internet days pass.  In one month 84 internet days pass.
See where this is going?  An Internet year only takes 121 days to occur.  So
3 Internet years pass during the course of one regular year.  Does that
bother anyone?  Who is getting paid for all that time?  Not me!  With this
time scale it isn't a big stretch for IT pros to get a raise every 4 months!

Now, this theory may be flawed.  But running 24x7 and serving customers
seems to be important these days.  People don't seem interested in paying
for that kind of service, UNTIL something happens that makes it clear that
they have to.

Here is formula I found for calculating the cost of downtime.

What is the client�s annual net income?  _____ = A
How many business days is the client open each year? (usually about 250)
_____ = B
How many hours are in a typical business day? (usually about 8) _____ = C

So the daily cost of downtime = A/B and
The hourly cost of downtime = A/(BxC)

For a small business client with just US$1M in annual net income, downtime
costs about US$4,000 a business day or US$500 per business hour.  500 bucks
an hour!!!!  I get paid what?

I have seen studies that estimate the cost of email being down at $1000 an
hour.  Now how much is my job worth?  If I keep that server up 24 hours a
day for 1 Internet year?  $121,000 for a third of a regular year!!!!  And I
get paid what? Ok, so that is 24x7 for 4 months.  Do the math for the year.
All of the sudden these IT guys hold the companies balls in their hands.

Stop and think for a minute.  What is the first thing a new employee gets
their first day on the job.  HR paperwork....NO!  A friggin' computer.  Why?
Because everything that employee does revolves around that piece of
equipment.  Can't get email, can't work.  Can't surf the web, can't work.
Can't get into Microsoft Word, can't work.  Can't check the stock
market.....whatever.  Does anyone see the pattern?  The IT guy is key to the
whole business process.  Do this.  Take the internet connection down for 15
minutes at work.  How many people start roaming the halls asking if there is
a problem.  Is the internet connection the key to doing work?  Every time
the network is down, a crowd gathers. Why?  BECAUSE THEIR FREAKING JOB
REVOLVES AROUND IT!!!!!  But, is IT treated like the company revolves around
it?  In 90% of the companies....NO!  I still don't get why, but I guarantee
that the companies that don't realize that IT is what will make or break the
company are going to fail.  And they will fail miserably.  Why, because they
didn't pay the IT guy enough to keep him.  They chose to settle for the
cheaper solution and that guy doesn't even know what a T-1 is.  This turned
into a huge vent, but whatever.  Maybe someone will read this and make their
company a big success because they made the IT staff happy and realized the
important role they played.

Do you realize you wasted 15 Internet minutes reading this!!!!!?!?!?!?!  -j


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