I think there are some people here who work for an organization that might have more than 31 data centers. It has three initials. Something like HAL, JCN, something or other.
/Tom Kern --- Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Google has a link to a cached copy of the Austin-American Statesman article > re: IBM winning a State of Texas IT outsourcing contract, but oddly enough > the newspaper's own Web site doesn't have the article. > > The IT resources tally is quite interesting: 31 data centers, 16 > mainframes, and "more than 7,000 servers at 1,300 locations...." That's > for 27 state agencies which, evidently, couldn't figure out how to pool IT > resources. (Hint: mainframes are quite useful.) > > Does a state government, even one as big as Texas, actually need 31 data > centers and 7,000 servers scattered around 1,300 locations? If I were a > taxpayer in that state I'd be at least curious. What are all those data > centers and servers doing? Does anybody on IBM-MAIN work for an > organization with 31 (or more) data centers, to provide some context? It > seems most odd to me, even for state government. > > Larry Olson, the CTO, says in the article that $1.2 billion in state IT > spending over 7 years will decline to "under $1 billion" with this > contract. Mike Gross, VP of the Texas State Employees Union, wants the > legislature to delay the deal and questions Olson's figures. > > Personal opinion(s) only. > > - - - - - > Timothy Sipples > IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
