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As the Island of Misfit Electronics sank beneath the rising icy waters, Big Red, Mrs. C and I headed for an escape hatch. Then each of us was whisked away through a series of green and red chutes and spirals that slid us toward the waiting elf-boats below. While I skidded through the loops and corkscrews, I saw hundreds of tiny elves taking the same route to get out of the factory before it was inundated by the arctic sea.
“As you probably know,” Big Red continued from his perch amid the recycled computer components strewn about his workshop on the Island of Misfit Electronics. “My business partner has been hard at work on many of our eco-friendly innovations in recent years, while I’ve tried to maintain the old holiday traditions."
“So what’s the deal with taking me for a ride with your little red-and-green clad thugs, Big Red?” I said to my old friend as we moved into the heart of his workshop on the Island of Misfit Electronics. “I was worried when I noticed this big guy over here was packing heat,” I added, indicating the enforcer elf I’d nicknamed Stomp, who stood nearby with his big hands in his little pockets.
I noticed the reindeer at the wheel right off, prompting me to wonder who else might be aboard the colorfully decorated bus and why it was following me.
Being an IT Asset Manager requires endurance ... just ask those ITAM professionals who trekked through the desert during the recent International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers (IAITAM) conference. The messages about software license compliance, data security and best practices told the story of even more daunting times ahead.
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