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The New IT Crisis

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the technology-implosion dept.

Matey-O writes "You've succeeded in delivering 5 9's, your server farm is a well oiled machine, the helpdesk lines lie dormant. No? Well then how do you get credit for the work you do, when all that's noticed is the downtime? When the IT budget has to be justified, and you're overworked, undermanned, and you have to apply three patches to 100 servers before Close of Business, what has to change in IT before we melt down? Marc Andreessen has an interesting article on what has to happen to IT next."

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  1. Re:solution for one of the problems.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A couple of clicks? Cool! That means that you can be out of a job even sooner.

    I hear that McDonald's is hiring.

  2. Marketing drivel by Phaid · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is just a marketing spiel for OpsWare, the product that his company develops in support of their old LoudCloud business and that they're trying to sell to whoever will listen.

    Way to go ZDNet.