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In This Issue: 20 Days of Giving: Day 20 | Dell PowerEdge R610 | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – 20 Days of Giving: Day 20
At our recent 20 year celebration, we invited several former team members to eat and celebrate with us. It was fun to walk down memory lane with everyone and highlight some of the milestones we’ve hit along the way. Without a doubt, CK would not be what it is today without the influence of our former HR Manager, Susan. She brought joy and excitement to our company culture (we still miss her presence) and helped set us up for success in the future by implementing things like personality testing into our hiring and team-building process. She is still a great friend to me and Craig and many others at CK.
From the time we met and hired Susan, we knew she had a passion for addiction recovery ministry. We witnessed firsthand her passion and desire to help others, and we encouraged her to take the leap to start an organization that would bring her vision to transform the way addiction recovery was done to life. She and her husband, Farley, did just that and have had great success in our community. They founded Navigate Recovery and later Lightway Recovery for Women.
CK has given to Navigate Recovery and adopted rooms at Lightway Recovery in the past. We are thrilled to be able to include both organizations in our $20k for 20 years giving campaign this year!
Christin
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Dell PowerEdge R610 is Dell’s eleventh generation of their already proven server line that is designed to simplify data operations and provide a low cost of ownership. The R610 is a multi-purpose server that can be used for virtualization or system management. Dell has worked in simplifying the layout of ports, LCD screens, and LED lights to be standard across all units. This helps with visually understanding each generation of a server. The processor platform for the R610 is based on the Intel Xeon processor line. The R610 has two Intel processor slots, 2 PCIe G2 slots plus one storage slot, six hard drive slots (2.5” SAS or SSD drives), and can hold up to 192Gb of total memory.
Learning Center Article – What is OM5 fiber and how is it different than OM4 & OM3?
Designing fiber optic networks was never easy, but over time, the challenges have shifted. There are more tools than ever to help you optimize every corner of your network. At the same time, increasing options make it more difficult to find satisfaction with the choices you make. That holds true with selecting your fiber cables. So far, the options between singlemode and multimode networks were self-selecting.
As for multimode systems, the somewhat narrow range of variety made that selection a little easier as well. Now, OM5 is on the rise, and it brings with it a new niche combination of performance and cost-effectiveness. Is it right for your systems? This quick read will help you determine the answer
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Amy Schneider continues her streak as the highest-earning and longest-winning woman in “Jeopardy!” history.
- The New Year’s Day Powerball jackpot currently sits at $500 million.
- Hundreds of homes burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated after a rare wind-driven wildfire tore through suburban neighborhoods in Colorado.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased its travel warning for cruise ships to the highest level.