Have you hugged your SysAdmin today?
Martin LaMonica Former Staff writer, CNET News
Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT publication InfoWorld.
In celebration of System Administration Day on Friday, organizers are sponsoring a contest to recognize the outstanding achievements of perhaps under-appreciated system administrators.
As the official System Administrator Appreciation Day Web site says, "Let's face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year."
To remedy this sorry situation, sponsors have organized a contest, allowing people until October to nominate system administrators for their unsung heroics.
Grand prize is a trip to Washington D.C. to the annual Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) and a $2,500 license to Splunk Professional, a service for helping system administrators share information. First Prize is an Apple MacBook.
Says Splunk CEO Michael Baum: "We're calling on everyone to take out a moment to pat their sysadmin on the back for a job well done."