Chase Manhattan finding lost systems
From: fedinfo@halifax.com
Subject: Forgotten Systems
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 07:31:40 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000
guide-p.infoseek.com
[article extracts:]
Computers & Technology Year 2000 Bug Brings Hardware
Investor's Business Daily
Tue, Jan 06 1998
When Chase Manhattan Corp. did an inventory of its computers recently,it got a big surprise.
Vital functions at the New York-based banking giant were running on
computers that no one - not even their information technology department -knew existed. Banks of servers, computers that manage office tasks such as printing and sharing files, went unnoticed for years.
"There were circa-1988 PCs out there that people (use every day) but
forget that they exist," said Ian Macfadyen, the bank's senior vice
president. "Servers easily become forgotten pieces of architecture."
{Paul's Commentary:]
Gee, I thought ya' had to KNOW what harware and software ya' had BEFORE
you could fix it. One of the biggest banks in the world, doesnt even know
what it has, yet they are going to fix it on time. Let's see, they have
"VITAL" functions running on computers that THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY
HAD! Do you think that this is an isolated case? If you think that Chase
Manhattan's IT department is the only inept bunch of bunglers out there,
you are mistaken. I'll bet that they are MORE on the ball than most. If
Chase Manhattan is in the 90th percentile as far as a skill rating is
concerned, where would that put Federal Government IT Departments? LOL
LOL
Paul Milne
"We fully expect to 'FIND' all of our Hardware by Dec 31 1999" Ernest T. Bass,CIO, Chase Manhattan Bank |
