IT AVENGER

In the war of man against computers, the computers were winning.  Cries of pain would come from the server room as crash after crash rendered the system slower than molasses on a November morning in Kentucky.

Accounting couldn’t bill.  Purchasing couldn’t purchase.  People in Marketing couldn’t check their Fantasy Football stats. 

Not only was the system not working, neither were the attempts by a particular Tech to hide from the multitudes who beat on his door, sent him emails, and left snippy voice mails complaining about how the system was working.  Or wasn’t working.

Our Tech began to feel like the Celery character in The Flaming Rutabaga, Issue No. 22, when everything fell down around him and Country Ham was about to receive his Crown of Tacos.  Ah, yes.  You remember that fateful moment, don’t you?

But in the nick of time a solution came forth, an HMS Hospital Information Solution, to be specific.  Just as his complexion cleared up when he turned 19, so did the problems with the system.  And all those belligerent bytes turned meek and tame. 

Suddenly, this one particular Tech was no longer the go-to guy when things needed fixing.  He was different.  He was confident.  He was the IT Avenger.

Warp speed? Phfft!  His system flew at lightning speed.  Nano speed.  Nano speed to the infinity power, even.  Things that were supposed to work actually worked.  The 1s and 0s lined up. 

There was calm in the hospital and serenity in the server room. 

Strengths: 
• Is now on a first name basis with the CFO since eliminating costly interfaces
• His near elimination of unplanned downtime brought tears of joy to hospital staff
• His system has never been breached or infected by a virus
• No longer runs floor to floor installing software and fixing computers thanks to HMS’ Desktop applications hosting option

Weaknesses:  Eyesight.  Attention span.