Today I am working at a customer who has two locations in a very very small town. The “head quarters” is located in the center of town and the factory is located outside the town. On both locations I have to replace all network components, so there is some traveling between both locations.

So one of the employees tells me: “Lets take company transportation to get to the other location.” So I think: “Nice, lets be lazy and take a car, like real IT people would do.” But instead of taking a car, I have to take a bicycle!!!! This customer really bought about 10 bicycles for transportation between both locations.

Man, it is years ago that I used a bicycle, but it was fun and good for my shape. Not only engineers are taking the bicycle, but also businessmen who visit this customer take a bicycle to the other location. Looks cool, all the businessmen in suite on a bicycle.

I really like the idea of taking the bicycle. In the Netherlands it is common that people use a bicycle, so maybe more companies should follow this example…

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René Jorissen

Co-owner and Solution Architect at QMonkeys

René Jorissen works as Solution Architect for QMonkeys in the Netherlands. Network Infrastructures are the primary focus. René works with equipment of multiple vendors, like HPE Networks, FortiNet, SentinelOne, Phished, Holm Security, Microsoft services and many more. René is Aruba Certified Edge Expert (ACEX #26), Aruba Certified Mobility Expert (ACMX #438), Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX #725), Aruba Certified Design Expert (ACDX #760), CCNP R&S, FCNSP and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEF) certified. You can follow René on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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