http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/the-mystery-of-the-russian-server-room-plus-a-server-room-hall-of-shame-slideshow/ What's new and what matters in IT news, opinion and analysis. Wed, 08 May 2013 17:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/the-mystery-of-the-russian-server-room-plus-a-server-room-hall-of-shame-slideshow/#comment-187 Batye Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:09:16 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/?p=977#comment-187 just a short update about life of the server in Russia….
I’m just off the phone with one of my Polish/Ukrainian customer –
his Co. have office in Moscow…
last week Russian Police in Uniforms with badges ad weapons drop by the office ” fishing trip” to check for pirated software…
with out search warrant….
the police took most expensive server away under pretenses police department IT will check server for pirated software…
leaving paper slip – server been taken away…. to local/regional police station for investigation
today IT office manager called police station and asked – when server would be returned back to the office…
after few hours (6 hours) on the phone – he got advised by local Russian Police station officer. – server never get to the evidence rooms – it got lost on the way…
but paper slip – is still valid…

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