> On Jun 3, 2017, at 9:13 PM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What does that mean? Even a stopped clock is right twice a day and all that > -- just because you don't like the source doesn't mean it makes sense to > diss it unless you also disagree with it. Do you? > > On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net > <mailto:edgould1...@comcast.net>> > wrote: >> >> Thanks, unfortunately it was written by a person from Compuware. From my >> prospective not a recommendation at all.
ZMan: I disagree generally with the tone of the article and some specifics 1. A lot of Government IT facilities are in a state of neglect. By neglect, I mean than funding year after year after year has been cut. What is left is at best a wish mosh of equipment/software/man power/management. 2. Even bringing top “the Cloud” to me is a red herring and should be tossed in the dustbin. 3. There is no clear one size fits all. 4. Since 4 of the items I mentioned above have been so neglected that (the tax payer should be ashamed) . 5. I have been in several governmental data centers. Some of them are a disgrace and should be put out of their misery. Some are decent and only need some modernization. One of the DC's I visited had operators smoking and partly used boxed paper laying all over the place, in the computer room, the place was unbelievable. 6. I know I can’t speak for all of the cases but the ones I can either say get rid of or modernize the MF. The ones that PC’s can help are the smallish type DC’s. 7. Even *IF* done, the funding will not be reliable and the DC’s will fall back in disrepair in 5-7 years. The politicians will find a way to squeeze the well dry, once again. 8. There is no incentive for management to be either the BEST or at least better. This in turn leaves other three open items above to going down hill . 9. Working for the government in the past in most governmental DC’s has been a carreer limiting factor. That needs to be improved. 10. Some DC’s are so Civil Service oriented that in itself is self destructive. Those are the high points. I don’t think the author has a good grasp on how governmental DC’s operate. Ed >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
