Monikers given to corporate servers reflect the active fantasy lives of network managers.
As it turns out, Larry, Moe, Curly, Shemp, Bart, and Homer are all among the names that high-profile network managers have given to corporate servers around the world. Concord Communications, a Massachusetts-based network analysis and reporting firm, recently surveyed global corporate network managers to find out the logic behind their server names. The findings show that whereas a network manager's life may be lonely and studded with colorful verbal abuse from frustrated users, awarding server names can be elevated to an art and may even represent sweet revenge. Perhaps shedding light on the dark, nocturnal fears and on the repressed aggression to which network support can lead, one respondent named all his servers after monsters, including Godzilla, Ghidora, and Mothra. Mythical heroes, famous scientists, and school mascots were also popular choices.