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Originally posted by radish2008 View PostI know a guy who knows a guy etc. and he said TSB was down to a stupid Go/No Go and the fact they fired a lot of contractors working on the migration. So it was people not hardware for TSB.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostAnd TSB.
Both Visa & TSB claim it was hardware, not software.
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Originally posted by Jog On View PostAnd do they just roll it out on the live environment with no testing or failover/rollback mechanism?
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostSo, the question is: have they all got the same brand of hardware at some point, and have they all applied the same firmware fix over the last few days?
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostThat's so vague, though. For example, apply a firmware update to a bunch of routers scattered across your critical infrastructure; they all go down because the manufacturer screwed up (and the victim screwed up by not rolling out the update gradually). It probably gets described as a hardware failure even though it was software that broke the hardware.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostAnd TSB.
Both Visa & TSB claim it was hardware, not software.
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Originally posted by TwoWolves View PostComputer systems are getting more complex, not less. Mostly because they are doing a lot more but business leaders in the UK want everything on the cheap, even with mission-critical systems.
I know the SE uses a lot of contractors but there have been cutbacks in the past and staffing levels (and rates) have not recovered that well. There's supposed to be an IT boom but I'm seeing a lot of budgets being cut and rates are still anaemic on the whole.
Millennium IT is based in Sri Lanka.
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Computer systems are getting more complex, not less. Mostly because they are doing a lot more but business leaders in the UK want everything on the cheap, even with mission-critical systems.
I know the SE uses a lot of contractors but there have been cutbacks in the past and staffing levels (and rates) have not recovered that well. There's supposed to be an IT boom but I'm seeing a lot of budgets being cut and rates are still anaemic on the whole.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostNext, mark my words, Network Rail systems will crash. When that happens, the trains will start running on time and not be randomly cancelled at the last minute.
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As long as they don't mess with airports - I'm going on holiday tomorrow
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Next, mark my words, Network Rail systems will crash. When that happens, the trains will start running on time and not be randomly cancelled at the last minute.
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