Phil, We do IdentityManagement and it *seems* development is either really slow or dead. Sales have slowed down, everyone s hot and bothered by DevOPS and Agile.. Interesting but weird times..
Scott On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:27 PM Jeff Savit <jsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! I knew the phrase but didn’t recognize it as acronym. The MBA > portion misled me > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 17, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > > > > Task. Management By Airline Magazine! > > > > From: Jeff Savit [mailto:jsa...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:06 PM > > To: li...@akphs.com > > Cc: ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: IBM Z and cloud > > > > "MBAM"? I'm guessing that's MBA "something" > > > > I haven't had a chance to do more than skim the article, but it doesn't > look good at all. > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:51 PM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > > Mohammad Khan wrote, in part: > > >May be Ginny & friends don't want to be left out of all this cool cloud > talk at the parties, so they made the claim. It's not like that there is a > Cloud(TM) certifying authority that will shut them up :). > > Indeed. That’s what I’m getting out of this: it’s MBAM, only worse. And > is going to doom IBM if they don’t smarten up. > > Article I tripped across, badly edited but trenchant: > > > https://seekingalpha-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4205420-sad-decline-international-business-machines > > I (like most on this list) have made my career around IBM. I’ve had my > frustrations with it, but it’s been Big Blue and a good thing for decades. > Now it seems bent on self-destruction, and I’m watching its death-spiral > and wishing I knew some way to stop it. I suppose Ginny & co. may feel the > same way, but they sure don’t *appear* to be worried: it feels like it’s > “full speed ahead, that can’t possibly be an iceberg up there!” and that’s > both sad and scary. I’m not likely to give up on it – I have a proven track > record of sticking with things long after it’s sensible, I’m afraid – but I > can’t say I’m enjoying the current arc. > > …phsiii > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
