in'ter-hack

n. 1. A clever solution derived from more than one source to a challenging problem.
    2. A company providing innovative solutions to computing technology problems.

Etymology: A neologism from the Latin prefix inter (meaning “derived from more than one”) and hack (meaning “a solution using an appropriate level of ingenuity”).

Interhack's vision for the future is, quite simply, An intrastructure for computation and communication that works just as its users reasonably expect.

Our overall is mission is to make global computing and communications infrastructures worthy of trust.

Interhack strives to provide ideal solutions to its clients' problems through expert use of available technology. Neither “over-engineered” nor incapable of meeting the demands of a highly dynamic environment, Interhack solutions focus on solving The Problem at hand, Once And For All. Our use of technology does not follow the common non-solution of allocating more resources or “upgrading” to The Latest Version; our deep understanding of the technology helps us—and therefore our clients—to get the most out of what's available.

What is a hacker, anyway?

Hackers build things, crackers break them.
     --Eric S. Raymond

The term “hack” is unfortunately ambiguous in many contexts. We use the term in its traditional sense in the context of computing, which can be summarized as the “circumvention of a problem.” A hack is any solution that enables something not previously thought possible. Persons who build hacks are “hackers.” Media attention over the years has tended to focus on a specific sort of hack, those that defeat security measures. This especially narrow view is sad, because it is hackers who are responsible for computing technology including personal computing, programming languages, and even the Internet. The history and culture of hackers is an especially rich one, and is documented more fully in The New Hacker's Dictionary. Persons who use others' tools to defeat security mechanisms are properly called crackers.