According to ‘sources’, they moved to an SAP environment – went off the mainframe. I have to wonder why IBM allowed this sort of folly to happen. CEOs were encouraged to stay with IBM. And all this happened because of a power failure? Methinks they speak with forked tongues!
Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: 29 May 2017 15:23 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: After IT outage, British Airways union blames outsourced IT jobs in India for problem Phil Smith wrote: >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/after-it-outage-british-airways-union-blames-outsourced-it-jobs-in-india-for-problem/articleshow/58874334.cms Here in Sunny South Africa, BA passengers are advised to print out their 'e-card' and come earlier to avoid problems where possible. or rebook their travels. Ok, what IT system(s) is the BA using? Or, exactly, to the point, what system(s)/network(s) was/were offline? Were they not affected by that WannaCry ransomware? >Well, that's better than "we lost a power supply and we built our system with >an obvious SPOF". Unless they're blaming the SPOF design on the Indians, of >course (still fully possible). SPOF - "Strange Proof of Folly" (Yes, I certainly know SPOF is "Single Point of Failure". ;-D ) >Not sure "We outsourced and had no grown-up oversight" is an excuse either. My own opinion: Outsourcing to another company in another land is not a grown-up idea... :-( >Remind me again why outsourcing is such a great idea... (yeah, yeah, I know >the reasoning, don't start). Labour Law? Demanding unions? Tax avoidance? Expensive employees? Medical and retirement provisions? Angry/Greedy Shareholders? At least thats some of the reasons I'm aware. I could use Uncle G. O. Ogle, but I', very lazy and really need to 'outsource' my searching... ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
