AP had a story about this IBM Texas outsourcing contract today (or maybe yesterday, depending on time zone). The wire story said that the 31 data centers will collapse into 2. It does appear Texas agencies will learn to get along and work together better. (I hope.) There were also some comments in the article that Texas will greatly enhance security and DR capabilities by assuring that their focused efforts on two data centers will result in a higher quality operation. Makes sense to me.
The story said that the state's IT employees will enjoy a minimum 5% pay raise. That's another thing we sometimes forget: efficiency gains can benefit both taxpayers and staff salaries. Somebody also had smart politics in mind with that 5%+ raise, I think. :-) This Texas case is really interesting, and it will be fun to watch. Personal opinions. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
