July 28, 2017 – 18th Annual(Last Friday Of July) System Administrator Appreciation Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day is on the Last Friday of July. Always has been on the Last Friday of July. It has never been on any other day of the week or any other month. It has never been on a Saturday. Whatever day the last Friday of July is in your own country, as long as it is the Last Friday of July. Sysadmin Day is a 24 hour event, for the entire Last Friday of July. From the first minute of Friday, to the last minute of Friday. Celebrate Sysadmin Day in your own local time-zone, for the entire Last Friday of July. A ?day? is defined as the twenty-four hour period starting at 12:00:01 a.m. and ending at 11:59:59 p.m.
Your network is secure, your computer is up and running, and your printer is jam-free. Why? Because you’ve got an awesome sysadmin (or maybe a whole IT department) keeping your business up and running. So say IT loud; say IT proud …
Happy SysAdmin Day!
Wait… what exactly is SysAdmin Day? Oh, it’s only the single greatest 24 hours on the planet… and pretty much the most important holiday of the year. It’s also the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to the heroic men and women who, come rain or shine, prevent disasters, keep IT secure and put out tech fires left and right.
At this point, you may be thinking, “Great. I get it. My sysadmin is a rock star. But now what?” Glad you asked! Proper observation of SysAdmin Day includes (but is not limited to):
Cake & Ice cream
Pizza
Cards
Gifts
Words of gratitude
Custom t-shirts celebrating the epic greatness of your SysAdmin(s)
Balloons
Streamers
Confetti
Show your appreciation
Friday, July 31, 2015, is the 16th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication. (All day Friday, 24 hours, your own local time-zone).
Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It’s the least you could do.
Consider all the daunting tasks and long hours (weekends too.) Let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t know our System Administrators as well as they know us. Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence. Thank them for all the things they do for you and your business.
SysAdmin Day Gift Ideas
Gift Ideas?
Without your friendly neighborhood sysadmin, you wouldn’t even be able to see this page, or read and send email. They’re the hard-working men and women who bring you cool new stuff all year (new cell phones, laptops, LCD monitors, and reliable new computers).
SysAdmins love to spread the wealth – and this year you can return the favor. The following are mere suggestions, but remember: It’s the thought that counts!
General Gift Ideas
Parties, munchies, refreshments and entertainment
Cake and Ice Cream party (balloons optional)
Punch and Pie party
Cookies | Brownies. Preferably home-baked, and did I say chocolate?
Specialty Food Basket | Gourmet Chocolates | Fruit Basket
Energy beverages to keep them going as they work on your problems
Case of Bawls | Monster
Case of Iced Mocha Cappuccino | Frappuccino
Case of Mountain Dew | Dr. Pepper
Bottle (or even a case) of their favorite beer or wine
Best Buy – great deals on electronics, video games and more
Firegirl.com – the hottest peppers, sauces and chilis from the hottest girl around!
Archie McPhee – Archie McPhee & Company – Purveyors of Popular Culture
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It's a great idea to think about yourSysAdmin and thanks him/her for all the great work he/her have done
If you can read this, thank your sysadmin
A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, and kept backups in case anything went wrong. All to serve this webpage.
A sysadmin installed the routers, laid the cables, configured the networks, set up the firewalls, and watched and guided the traffic for each hop of the network that runs over copper, fiber optic glass, and even the air itself to bring the Internet to your computer. All to make sure the webpage found its way from the server to your computer.
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A sysadmin makes sure your network connection is safe, secure, open, and working. A sysadmin makes sure your computer is working in a healthy way on a healthy network. A sysadmin takes backups to guard against disaster both human and otherwise, holds the gates against security threats and crackers, and keeps the printers going no matter how many copies of the tax code someone from Accounting prints out.
A sysadmin worries about spam, viruses, spyware, but also power outages, fires and floods.
When the email server goes down at 2 AM on a Sunday, your sysadmin is paged, wakes up, and goes to work.
A sysadmin is a professional, who plans, worries, hacks, fixes, pushes, advocates, protects and creates good computer networks, to get you your data, to help you do work -- to bring the potential of computing ever closer to reality.
So if you can read this, thank your sysadmin -- and know he or she is only one of dozens or possibly hundreds whose work brings you the email from your aunt on the West Coast, the instant message from your son at college, the free phone call from the friend in Australia, and this webpage.
Show your appreciation
Friday, July 29th, 2011, is the 12th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.
Let's face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It's the least you could do.
Consider all the daunting tasks and long hours (weekends too.) Let's be honest, sometimes we don't know our System Administrators as well as they know us. Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence. Thank them for all the things they do for you and your business.
"SysAdmin Day Song" - Live From Las Vegas - Written and performed by Wes Borg Dead Trolls
