The new build team and I are going to the Myer-Werft Shipyard. My presence is to help the team understand the software integration points with our legacy systems. On this trip is Bob the Manager of IT New Build; Blaine the OPS analyst; Tim the Network Engineer; Alan the Network configuration analyst; and Brian if he doesn't know it he will find it Ops analyst. The corporate team sent a phone god so the ship can communicate to the Disney VOIP system.
Lunch in Frankfort was a Riaota Sandwich (ham and cheese) and a Cappuccino -- We boarded a Lufthansa Flight from Orlando to Frankfurt at 8:30PM Sunday November 15th. 8.5hrs later we were in Germany. This trip is for the IT team to meet with some of the Ship Yards vendors that we have to integrate our systems with. Big names like NEC-Philips, Sea-mobile, Ving and Lufthansa are helping with the new ships. My role is to provide Bob, our IT lead, with the support he needs with application development.
Bob has made 16 trips during the past three years getting ready for the new ship. We are less than one year away from taking delivery and our final payment. Unlike the Italian yards the Germans are never late. Our ship will be floating October 31st 2010 with handover in mid-November. Plan on coming to take a ride on it after January 4th.
Please excuse brevity and typos as this message was composed on my mobile device.
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