Industrial
Battery and Charger Mfg., for Forklift
Applications
April 19
2007: Spam
You may notice a large number of spam messages in Outlook
between 2:44am and 2:47am 4/19/07. We lowered the threshold on the anti-spam
filters after a few complaints of customer emails being blocked. After the
change, we received 74 spams’ the first minute and quickly changed it back.
We will try to address the lost message problem by re-evaluating the keyword
lists. All customer inquiries and orders sent through the Secure Server are
not affected, as they are actually from GB to GB. There is a .0009% chance a customer
message sent conventionally will be deleted as spam, but one should never
rely solely on email to communicate with a customer. We recommend occasional
follow up calls to ensure nothing is missed.
April 18
2007: How do you do it?
Apparently, many customers and competitors wonder how we
(the IT department) do what we do - over 3,000 pages of content and over 200
domains, with top 10 search rankings. Well, there is no way we would ever
divulge any secrets, but there are certain “do’s” and “don’ts”. We do
everything on the “do” list (and have made a few discoveries in the process)
and try not to do anything on the “don’t” list.
Are our sites perfect? No, there are always changes in the
works and new pages planned. That’s when we’re not addressing other hardware,
software and networking issues.
Are we going to fill the sites with interactive flash
graphics? No, we don’t feel customers visit for entertainment, and reworking
every page to reflect the new “theme” would not be cost effective. And, “flashy”
sites are distracting.
April 12
2007
We are going to schedule a maintenance window in order
to perform an upgrade our @mail (Atmail) version this weekend, April 22nd at
9:00 P.M EST.
ETA of such maintenance work is
between 2 to 3 hours from start to finish.
We are switching from the Perl
version to the PHP version of Atmail.
Inherently, without any major
changes, the PHP version is supposed to run faster than the Perl version.
Other
improvements, include, a cleaner user interface, more security settings,
functional PGP built in encryption etc.
April 11
2007: Photo Contest
Thanks to every employee who has participated in the
photo contest, particularly the NYC and NJ branches. We still need some
landmark photos, such as DC, Vegas, or any recognizable landmark (with a GB
vehicle or battery in the frame). See email memo.
 Special
interest photos that could not be used on the GB sites, but worth
checking out.
Please
remember:
No competitive logos.
Centered if possible and well lit.
Turn your camera’s time/date stamp OFF.
No face pictures of non-employees.
Send full size images – we will crop if necessary.
If you notice a photo op., take several shots and send
all – we will choose the best.
All photos must have something to do with GB, it’s
products or services.
Also:
Employees in the frame should be
working! Photos should be straight and clear!
 
Decals must be straight!
GB logo should be clearly visible
 
Shops should be free of clutter
March 2007:
Monthly Statistics – Visits
February 2007 set another record for unique
visitors to the site, and March is on track to break the record.
Nov 28
2006
Please be aware of the following
addition to regular Server Maintenance.
We have identified an
extraordinary amount of unchecked mail on the mail servers and have decided
to perform a regular "cleanup" to free up these resources. We will
be removing any messages that have resided on the mail servers for more than
6 months, without being read. This will not impact mail that has been read
and left for storage, only messages that have not been accessed/checked at
all for more than 6 months.
If you have any concerns or
feedback, please feel free to share them with us.
Nov 22
2006: Windows Vista Operating System
We have tested the new operating system. Pro’s
– It takes advantage of the 64 bit systems 2K and XP (32bit) can’t. Con’s –
None of the software and most hardware we currently have available will not
run without downloading updated drivers from every vendor. It’s very unlikely
we will be switching any time soon. Plus, there will be bugs hackers will
exploit until they are found and fixed.
Employees may feel free to experiment on their personal
laptops / home computers (do a full back up first), but under no circumstances
should they attempt to install it on any company owned systems. It takes one
full day to get everything working and we cannot be burdened with these
issues at this time. It will also result in disciplinary action (sect. 412.2-A
emp. handbook).
Oct.
2006: Monthly Statistics – Operating Systems
It’s always interesting to
see which operating systems our visitors are running.
CNN.COM:
Nearly half of top Web sites provide lousy service
This has nothing to do with us, but we have found that in
most cases, large companies do take way too long to respond to inquiries.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/11/lousy.idg/
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