[Info-vax] YouTube DEC Video's - New York VAX 8974 Cluster Install - Jul 1987

[Kerry Main]

Another video from DEC's past .. walk down memory lane: (5 min's)

https://youtu.be/vA13LA-D5vI
Digital Equipment - New York VAX 8974 Cluster Install - Jul 1987 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA13LA-D5vI>

"Otherwise known as "DEC", there were numerous products & strategies
that DEC created which largely went unnoticed after Compaq Computer
bought the company back in 1998.

One big Field Service differentiator was the concept of a dedicated SWAT
team to install an entire computer room in less than a week. This was
done with creative pre-installation activities at the DEC manufacturing
site by the actual team who was doing the install on site. A detailed
Customer questionnaire was also done previous to this so all Cust specific
parameters like IP info, naming etc. was all pre-loaded. Even things like
garbage removal planning was done in advance. Customer feedback was
"WOW". - Learning from the past to plan the future ... Kerry Main"

Hey - also nice shot of some cool Field Support types with more hair
than they have today .. timeframe 2.20 in video. J

[I was there in NY to assist and learn as Canada was part of GIA (General
International Area) and I was the lead for a similar computer room SWAT
Team install of a VAX 8974 a few months later in Seoul, South Korea]

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com