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    #21
    Anyone hear anything more about this?
    Wonder what the SLA penalty was for this outage?
    Bored.

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      #22
      I understand that their contract is ending in 2010.
      Maybe a little revenge for not extending the contract!

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        #23
        Not seen a report yet as to what happened and people I know there say they've no idea so not sure why we're jumping to the conclusion here that it was Accenture, based purely on the fact someone posted a link to a system they deployed over a year ago ...
        Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith

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          #24
          I bet a significant portion of their IT is in India.

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            #25
            Originally posted by snaw View Post
            Not seen a report yet as to what happened and people I know there say they've no idea so not sure why we're jumping to the conclusion here that it was Accenture, based purely on the fact someone posted a link to a system they deployed over a year ago ...
            I just asked them, so I can confirm it is Accenture.

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              #26
              I havent seen any details in the press, but having seen the setups for some banks you'd think these systems would have tons of redundancy built in; whole redundant clusters sitting there waiting to take over in case of faults, seperate locations, seperate networking, the whole 9 yards.. So whatever happened must have been a pretty serious f*** up.. IMHO
              The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven

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                #27
                Originally posted by crack_ho View Post
                I just asked them, so I can confirm it is Accenture.
                Don't let the facts get in the way of this blind hatred of ACN.

                IT ops transferred back to the LSE last year.

                http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=16990

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                  #28
                  It was a computer error.

                  (does that excuse still work?)

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by zeitghost
                    It's probably all routed through a Sinclair ZX81 & the ram pack wobbled.
                    Data? Rewind tape.
                    Gas masks don't fit snails...

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by interested View Post
                      Don't let the facts get in the way of this blind hatred of ACN.

                      IT ops transferred back to the LSE last year.

                      http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=16990

                      Despite losing its IT operations outsourcing contract, Accenture will continue to be involved in the exchange's software development and has signed a contract extension to deliver development support until March 2010.
                      I think we have the answer.

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