8
2013
Oct

Systems & Marketing Solutions Moved!

After 9 years in our old office Systems & Marketing Solutions moved to a new office in the same complex. We still have great neighbors like Stacked Sandwiches and ManRock Brewery but we have a cooler office out of the traffic flow. To do the heavy lifting we called our friends over at Meathead Movers to move the big stuff across the parking lot for us. In true Meathead fashion the guys ran back and forth between offices when not carrying something heavy. They were so fast I almost missed them in the picture!Meathead Movers running in between our old office and the new one.

Mathew Duhon from Digital Foundation, Matthew Duhon of Digital Foundation working on the wiring.our network support firm came to take care of the technical stuff which made the move smooth as glass. We started moving at 1pm and by 5pm everything was up and running and at least roughed into place.

As with any plan there are always challenges and in our case that came from our ISP, Charter Communications. While the move seemed simple to us, it was not for Charter. First is they had to run new service to the building and they informed us ten minutes before our scheduled move that they would be there in three days. After some colorful conversation they came out that day and put some temporary wiring in place and then returned in about two weeks to finish the installation. From our perspective, their paperwork seemed at times to be more important than our Internet and Phone service but our hats are off to the technician because he made everything work and we never had any major outage.

We were asked to move by our neighbors’ at ManRock Brewery because they wanted to expand their operation but last minute details prevented that from happening. Because we had already signed leases and done lease hold improvements in the new office we went forward and our old office is now for rent.

SMS new officeWe really enjoy the new office and it is a definite upgrade for us. It is more spacious with 12 foot ceilings and no walls making the space more flexible. The office also has a 12 foot by 12 foot window and great lighting making for a much better office environment with lots of natural light. We live in a beautiful place so the outside view for everyone is wonderful.Office-1

The move also allowed us to do several upgrades that we have been putting off including cleaning up the wiring and going to wireless on many of our systems. Gone now are all the wires to keyboards and mice and the required wiring is now all cleanly put away and wired though the desks. It is nice to purge all the junk that seems to accumulate in a busy office over time.SMS new office

In closing the move went close to plan and without any real major problems and we love the new office even if the reason for our move vanished.