Texas warns IBM on failed data center consolidation
In a classic case of the "blind leading the blind," Texas accused IBM of failing to deliver on an $864 million IT initiative.
In a classic case of the "blind leading the blind," Texas accused IBM of failing to deliver on an $864 million IT initiative.
Federal authorities charged a former inmate with successfully breaking into prison computer systems and stealing identity information on prison personnel. It can happen to you too.
Subodh Bapat, Sun Microsystems eco-computing vice president, believes we'll soon see the first world-class data center meltdown. According to News.
The House of Representatives' electronic system for recording and displaying votes by members broke down during the middle of a tense, crucial vote on the House floor. Apparently, the display portion of the system stopped working, while the vote recording mechanism still functioned, leading to lots of confusion.
The business and organizational complexity associated with many IT projects sometimes causes difficulty for customers, system integrators, and technology providers. For the next IT failures virtual town hall, we will discuss practical tips to help you better manage vendor performance and increase project success.
Accompanying analysis of failure with discussion of success helps teach great lessons. In this spirit, guest blogger, Sameer Patel, describes ways to avoid failure and achieve successful Enterprise 2.0 projects.
Enterprise buyers should use Dropbox for everyday file transfers where you value convenience over an absolute guarantee of privacy.
To really understand IT failures, it's helpful to organize, categorize, and line them up like ducks. I group IT failures into management process trials and technical tribulations.
A stolen laptop belonging to consulting firm Deloitte contained confidential personal data belonging to 150,000 UK railway workers and all UK Vodafone staff with pensions. How ironic.
A series of four "mystery outages" have forced the Department of Emergency Services in Queensland, Australia to suspend rolling out a new, $6 million computer-aided dispatch system based on TriTech Software Systems' VisiCAD product.