SCANA Data-Center Tour!

On Friday April 19th - I enjoyed a tour of the new SCANA Data-center in West Columbia. This was an exciting opportunity as that I am the one who initiated contact with the host (Jim McFarland - data-center manager) through LinkedIN as a result of his presentation on SCANA to the Internship Seminar class.

The tour was very interactive as Jim loves his profession and sought ideas and questions from the tour group. He showed the Control Room for the Data Center when it was staffed with 3 workers, one of which whom used to work for IBM. He taught about how IT helps delivers SCANA's core goals and values to it's employees and their customers - everything from call center management, network analytics to bill printing. From there he showed the data center with all of it's mainframe glory. He talked about how EVERYTHING has redundancy and how important it was in IT. From the data-center he then showed the bill printing machines and their giant rolls of paper, the generators, and some of the employee common areas - the gym was awesome.

This was a great beginning to my busy Friday!

SCANA is a corporation that has many opportunities and I may be interested in apply when I complete my Summer Internship with IBM!

IBM Presentation

Today we had an exciting presentation from Angelo Reid - Technology Sales Manager - of IBM. He suggested to the class a lot of great information about what IBM stands for and what they look for in its employees.

He made many valuable suggestions in regards to resume skills, interpersonal skills and impressions of your person.

Angelo was my first interviewer when I applied for my internship back in November and that experience alone has given me a lot of insight about professionalism and what it takes and means to be an IBM'er.

All in all, Miss McCutcheon's Internship Seminar class this semester has been a great experience and I offered a welcoming ear to all of the presenters and their valuable information.

Edens!

Today for our internship seminar class, we had a presentation from Edens! They are are retail development agency that started in Columbia SC.

They talked about various opportunities for internships and jobs.

I learned a lot about the company and I was surprised that they have a big emphasis on social media and social marketing.

More to come!...

Top Techie Sites!!

There are a few websites that I visit nearly on a daily, if not hourly basis - that are centered around the world of technology. What are some of your favorites?? Here's a few of mine!
BGR

Droid-Life

Android Forums

Cnet

Phone Arena

LinkedIN Info Session!!

I attended the LinkedIN information session today in the Library. It was very interesting and I actually learned some new thing! - Google me! Find me on LinkedIN!!

Magazines for you future IT Career

I have a lot of subscriptions to Information Technology magazines that have a lot of information, news, and tips in them! You can get the e-version for many or have it sent to your home FOR FREE!! Check some of them out!
CIO Mag
Information Week
Government Technology


If you have any that you subscribe to - let me know!!

CISCO Certifications...

Groupon has a deal for $99 and it is a complete certification material and help guide... who thinks this is interesting or worth while??? CISCO GROUPON