SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today
announced the launch of its Sysadmin Day Contest, in which IT pros can create
memes portraying life as a sysadmin and earn a chance to a win a Microsoft
Surface RT tablet with Touch Cover keyboard, Samsung Chromebook 3G and $100
ThinkGeek.com gift card.
"IT pros share a
unique bond in that few people get what they really do - except other IT pros,"
said Michael Torok, thwack community director. "Sysadmin Day and SolarWinds'
contest offer IT pros an occasion to come together to celebrate what is so
unique, obnoxious, or even fantastic about their jobs and to have fun with
it."
The SolarWinds Sysadmin Day
Contest calls on IT pros to share fun, funny, and ridiculous
anecdotes of their lives in IT by crafting memes and sharing them on thwack, SolarWinds' community
site where IT pros ask questions, exchange tips and tricks, and share geeky
content.
A meme, as most
geeks know, is an image-and-text file typically used humorously and often spread
via social media. The Sysadmin Day Contest offers thwack users two chances to
win: 1. They can fill in the popular "What My [Blank] Thinks I Do" meme
template; or 2. They can add creative text to a provided IT
image.
Which IT Meme
Reigns Supreme?
Starting July 1, IT
pros can submit an unlimited number of entries in either meme category. Then,
members of the thwack community will vote for the best meme overall. The entry
with most votes will receive a Microsoft Surface RT tablet with Touch Cover
keyboard. The second and third place entries will receive a Samsung Chromebook
3G and $100 gift card to ThinkGeek.com, respectively.
In addition,
entrants can earn thwack points by sharing their memes on Facebook and Twitter.
Entries
must be received by 12 p.m. CDT on Thursday,
July 25, 2013. The top three meme
entries will be announced at 12 p.m. CDT Friday,
July 26, 2013, which marks the 14th annual Sysadmin
Day.
Participants must be legal residents of the United
States and at least eighteen (18) years old to be entered to win. View the complete
contest rules on the
contest
page.