There are just over three days left until the big day here in California, and we’re really excited to announce the fourth and final challenge.
We know sysadmins work magic. You know sysadmins work magic. Now it’s time to tell the rest of the world.
This week’s challenge: tell us the story of a time when you were the hero. A time when you saved an invaluable file. A network. A company. A life. Send your story to sysadminday at opendns dot com. Just like the previous three weeks, the best story wins a $50 gift card from American Express.
With this challenge we’re looking to be inspired — examples of accomplishing what is thought to be impossible. And we want the whole story, including the situation leading up to the heroic act and the response you got afterward.
For those of you who are uncomfortable patting yourself on the back, don’t worry about it. We’ll do it for you. 
Good luck sysadmins!
Update: Submissions are due Friday at 9 a.m. PST.
Richard Brookside
when are submissions for sysadmin challenge #4 due?
posted on July 24th, 2007 at 6:29 am
Rob
I think OpenDNS should create some nifty PDF’s that us sys-admin’s can print out to state that it’ll be OpenDNS’s Official Sys Admin appreciation day on the 27th July… just so we don’t look like we’re making it up.
posted on July 26th, 2007 at 4:32 am
Andrew from Vancouver
Well, here it is, SysAdmin day. And there is an official site to go with it:
http://www.sysadminday.com/
Are you feeling the love yet?
posted on July 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am
OpenDNS Blog » Winner announced: SysAdmin Challenge No. 4
[…] The last challenge of the month was to tell us about your proudest SysAdmin moment, a time when you were the hero. We had some great submissions, but our winning story tugs at the heartstrings and really speaks to what SysAdmin Day is all about. […]
posted on July 27th, 2007 at 11:47 am