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Friday 5 January 2007, 6:05 PM
IT Anthems returns
Peter Judge, tech journalist sometimes of this parish, has made a dire discovery. Symantec has set up a new rock band called RockDotRock to promote its internet security wares.
As with so many corporate bands and songs, this one boasts the usual cringe-worthy lyrics and song titles. "Non-Traditional Two-Factor Authentication. Safe Internet Access - Gonna sweep the nation!" nearly brought my lunch back up.
Peter was also the brains behind ZDNet UK's hosting of the IT Anthems database -- full of truly terrible corporate anthems from the heady days of the dot-com boom. Read more on his blog.
As with so many corporate bands and songs, this one boasts the usual cringe-worthy lyrics and song titles. "Non-Traditional Two-Factor Authentication. Safe Internet Access - Gonna sweep the nation!" nearly brought my lunch back up.
Peter was also the brains behind ZDNet UK's hosting of the IT Anthems database -- full of truly terrible corporate anthems from the heady days of the dot-com boom. Read more on his blog.
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Now here's an idea. I can't help but feel that Peter should "retaliate" by being encouraged to pen his own IT Anthem in celebration of tech journalists everywhere. If Peter were to take the mic, do we have a taker for lead guitar? And how much lobbying would it take?
