7 Apr
2001
7 Apr
'01
4:21 p.m.
NMCI has dubbed themselves the 'NMCI Strike
Force'
and they think they're going to do all troubleshooting over the
phone. The contract was pushed through relatively quietly and caught
a whole lot of higher-up types off guard and not much has been said
about it in the normal papers and such either. This one with the
Navy is just the first step...eventually it will spread to nearly all
branches, not just DOD, though the Air Force has said that at least
for the moment they have no intention of going that route.
Ever wonder what the real reason for Ross Perot stepping down
from the Presidential race was?
Jeff
Welcome to the real world. 8-)
BTW -- Ross Perot gave up control of EDS about 10 years ago
in a stock and control battle with GM.
What you're describing is the exact kind of stuff that goes on since
the financial folks began taking control of IS departments everywhere
including Lucent Technologies who outsourced to IBM Global Services
in a 10 year no cut guarantee contract from hell.
I worked for IBMGS elsewhere as a Unix Sysadmin...
I've only seen a disaster like your description at Lucent. The problem
is IBM and EDS guarantee to control the IS cost structure and put in
place controlls over things like upgrading without testing software...
and wild developers changing on-line computer systems every day
breaking the business systems... But they also strangle innovation
with a bureaucracy from hell run by non-techie finance types.
The name of the game these days is cost containment.
I could tell you horror stories.
--Bill
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