Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Andrew Raibeck
The support portal is intended to provide our customers with a centralized view of all technical support tools and information across IBM systems, software, and services, that can be tailored for your needs. It is my understanding that, in general, the feedback for the new portal model has very pos

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Ken Bury
...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnowski Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it harder for us to find the same information we used to be able

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Kelly Lipp
marist.edu] On Behalf Of Wanda Prather Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:36 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again OK. Can someone on the list, or someone from Tivoli who monitors this list, give us a contact point within IBM where we can take these compl

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Wanda Prather
Zarnowski > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:57 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again > > Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it harder > for us to find the same information we used to be abl

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Kelly Lipp
Zarnowski Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:57 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it harder for us to find the same information we used to be able to get at. I'll give th

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:57 AM >| To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >| Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again >| >| Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it >harder >| for us to find the same information we used to be able to get at

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Ok, I tried it. It's an abomination. 1. It's slow. 2. The links I tried did not go where they were supposed to go. 3. In setting up my list of products, I found I could only list 10. Do you know how many TSM-related products there are? Add your server and storage, and there's no way you can k

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Harvey, Bruce T
Behalf Of | Paul Zarnowski | Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:57 AM | To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU | Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again | | Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it harder | for us to find the same information we used to be able

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it harder for us to find the same information we used to be able to get at. I'll give this a try before passing judgement. It looks like they are going to a portal model where you can customize your own experience. At 08:30 AM 12

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread adms mailing list
Sadly their products seem to be following the same model. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:31 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again If you

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Huddle, Stephen R
DSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again If you haven't been to the TSM Support Page (http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html) very recently, you'll be dismayed to learn that this helpfully product-specific page is goi

IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Richard Sims
If you haven't been to the TSM Support Page (http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html) very recently, you'll be dismayed to learn that this helpfully product-specific page is going away - being replaced by a generalized facility which you get to from the