The solution is to eliminate the SSA altogether..
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got a huge about IBM's Impact 2011. How does the ad have anything to do > with the content? > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM, David L. Craig <d...@radix.net> wrote: > >> A huge Microsoft ad obliterated the article for 10-15 seconds when I >> got there. That by itself was all I really needed to know. This is >> one of the most deceptive, intentionally misdirecting pieces of >> "journalism" I have bothered to read in quite a while. If you do not >> conclude the mainframes must go and the CIO is an idiot, then you must >> know quite a bit about IT at that scale. IMHO, of course. >> >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Gabe Goldberg <g...@gabegold.com> wrote: >> > Quite a deep hole SSA's dug itself into. >> > >> > Interesting "According to a project plan released in August, the >> facility >> > will reach its maximum electrical distribution capacity within four >> years", >> > given increased mainframe efficiency and higher storage densities. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > "Social Security Confronts IT Obsolescence" >> > >> > The agency's overburdened data center and decades-old software need to >> be >> > replaced, but a replacement facility won't be ready until 2016. >> > >> > By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek >> > March 12, 2011 12:00 AM >> > >> > The Social Security Administration's primary data center is nearing the >> end >> > of its usefulness--its electrical system is an accident waiting to >> happen, >> > and decades-old software hampers the agency's ability to extend its >> services >> > to the Web. Social Security has a plan to replace the overburdened >> facility >> > with a modern data center, but that will be a five-year process with >> > challenges of its own. >> > >> > >> http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-architecture/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229300595 >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. >> g...@gabegold.com >> > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) >> 204-0433 >> > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: >> GabeG0 >> > >> > > > > -- > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > > > >
