Let me start by welcoming everyone to the blog. I had hoped to open things up on a more positive note, but I had some interesting photos I thought I’d share with everyone this morning.
I woke up to a call from one of the Spry partners. There was ‘Really big news’ that I had to hear right away. I finally wrested the fact that our office had been broken into. I wish I could say this was an unfamiliar feeling, but this happened about two years ago as well. Last time all that was taken was a laptop and my headphones..
This is what I saw as I drove into the parking lot this morning:
Now last time they broke in, a rock was thrown through the little window in the bottom right of this photo. This time — a bit more drastic.

Whoever rammed the door was here for a pile of Dell boxes that they saw sitting through the glass. They grabbed 4 Dell Poweredge 1950 servers, 4 19″ LCDs, and 2 Dell E521s. All of these items were brand new in the box, and unfortunately not hidden very well. Our reception desk is just out of frame to the left, and that PC was not taken. I’m in the process of calling insurance/police. This will unfortunately delay adding additional server capacity to our VPSLink server pool for a few days. Sorry folks.
If anyone happens to see some Dell servers popup on craiglist please let me know :)
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3 Responses
DJ Allyn
May 4th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
1That’s just gotta suck.
We’ve had that happen at a couple of our properties — someone rams the entry with their truck and they run in and grab what they can find in less than a minute.
First (and the most obvious), don’t leave things in plain view like that! Judging by your first photo, you are in an office park that is fairly secluded at night. Thieves will drive through places like that looking for the opportunity and you provided it.
Second, install some bollards in front of your entry way. We’ve installed them in all of our properties to prevent this very thing. Even a heavy planter will work. Something to act as a barrier from vehicles.
kelvinn
May 5th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
2Good luck with the hunt, keep us updated if you (i.e. the police) track ‘em down.
webdirectorynine
June 10th, 2007 at 2:06 am
3too bad to read this
why do you buy a shutter or some grills for your office.
sorry for your company :(
didn’t the neighbours call 911 was this a silent theft.
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