Peter,

You can scan all you want it does not necessarily prove anything.

You have to scan against something, and have a process to follow to quickly
correct anomalies.

The first step of the process needs to be the vendor knowing what you give
them in the first place.

Tracking boxes is not the answer because the box won't fit in your tape
drive.

Using a commercial data security provider should be viewed as a partnership
rather than simply a service. There are things that you as a customer can
do to reduce the chances of tape loss within this partnership.

Some things to consider:

(1) Give your provider an electronic copy of your inventory.
(2) If possible organize parking for the driver.
(3) Make sure the tapes are ready when the driver arrives.
(4) Process returned tapes as soon as they come back.

Gerard

On Tue, 3 May 2005 07:47:52 -0400, Peter Kurilecz
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>On 5/2/05, Gerard Nicol <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The tapes are probably not sitting in some gutter, or down at the tip
they
>> are most probably still sitting in their box having been delivered to the
>> wrong customer.
>
>according to today's NYTimes article the tapes were being picked up
>from Time-Warner for transport to IM's facility. When the truck
>arrived, the tapes weren't on it.
>
>> Tapes are rarely lost, they just can not be found ;-)
>
>Bingo! and as Jeff Foxworthy notes "they will be found in the last
>place you looked"
>
>Now both FedEx and UPS allow customers (senders and receievers) to
>monitor the status of the packages that are in shipment. Will we soon
>see the day when customers can track the movement of their computer
>tapes via the web?
>
>
>--
>Peter Kurilecz
>Richmond, Va
>
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