If you're a WHIR reader, you probably already know about 3Tera's "
Grid University." Last week we reported that the grid hosting platform developer had launched a series of free educational sessions, and this afternoon we posted
a feature discussing some of the thinking behind the project.
And it's quite an ambitious project - more than just a series of tutorials, it's a genuine set of live lessons, complete with question and answer periods.
But in the news-and-features format, it's difficult to answer certain questions that may be running through your mind, such as.
What, practically do I stand to gain by sitting through these sessions?
Well, fortunately, I've actually got a lot of history at Grid University. My father is a graduate. And my older brother was a starting shooting guard for the Grid U basketball team. So it was fairly inevitable that I'd end up enrolling. My first order of business will be answering that question posed in the last paragraph, as well as relaying some of the more notable ideas from some of the sessions and maybe recommending some particularly choice sessions for actual attendance.
I'll try to keep you up to date on campus life, too, and all the wild goings on.
This post, however, I'll keep brief. I enrolled a little late, and I have a lot of cramming to do to prepare for tomorrow's "Application Architecture and Development" seminar.
Oh, and selection Sunday is this weekend. And everyone is super excited about Grid U maybe making the tournament.
Go Golden Grid Devils!!!
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This is the only method I can find on WHIR to contact you. I thought you should know that 4domains Inc., where my firm hosts over twenty web sites, has been down since Friday night, and there is no response from the company's support group.
After this weekend's downtime, combined with the total lack of communication from them, my firm is planning to move all of our sites to another provider next week. Can you recommend anyone?
James West
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Sorry to hear about your predicament. I'd be happy to help if I can.
We also have a request-a-quote service that you can use to have us run your requirements by participating providers and have them present you with offers:
http://www.thewhir.com/find/web-hosts/request-a-qu...