Since we kicked off our A Wider Net series of offbeat and oddball stories two-and-a-half years ago, we’ve taken readers all the way from under the tiled floors of their data centers, where devastating but nearly invisible zinc whiskers lurk, all the way into space, where Cisco has extended its reach. We’ve gotten under your skin with stories about people implanting RFID chips in their bodies and tickled your funny bones with IT pros’ tales of inept end users.
We’ve plowed through the Wider Net archives to find the most colorful, surprising and funny stories. Catch yourself up on these articles and let us know if you have ideas for other topics we should be exploring through “A Wider Net.”
Will the real Bill Gates please stand up
Cell tower camouflage artists just want to blend in
Cisco in space: Router in orbit puts more wide into WAN
Cell phone tossing contest catching attention abroad
IT pros recall their favorite stories of clueless end-users
Roller coaster packs more technology than some data centers
When animals attack… corporate networks
RFID is really getting under people’s skin
Couple sees old missile silo as data center disaster recovery site
Testing your mettle: zinc whiskers in the data center
Pneumatic nets haven’t gone down the tubes
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