I have no dog in this fight -- never worked for government, never dealt
with Compuware, don't remember problems with CA. Issues with other
vendors, sure, as have been abundantly described here. Closest I came to
gov work was 14 years at Mitre Corporation -- not-for-profit government
research think tank, somewhat subject to gov procurement rules but
independent corporation. And I'm sure not arguing with the various
"voices of experience".
But I've profiled a couple gov agencies technology and I read
http://www.govtech.com/ -- which highlights mostly good news (many
interesting/innovative projects highlighted), though they also sure
cover disasters and project failures. And half the time they're
badmouthing legacy systems. I'm just noting that there's a spectrum of
competence and quality in gov, same as elsewhere.
Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> said:
> 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.
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