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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. Do what everyone else does . . . by Gabrill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blame it on management. If that fails, then blame it on the budget. If that fails, then blame it on HR. If, by that time, everything comes back to your fault, then you should have had enough time to land a new job.

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    Always going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse.
  2. what has to change in IT before we melt down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, I agree, patching is time consuming.
    Let's get rid of MS :)

  3. Have you tried: by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    Going Postal?

    Yes, going Postal. It's hot, it's new, it's... Satisfying.

    "Cool and smooth, I don't know how I dealt with those bastards that kept asking 'this mouse?' without going Postal" -- Satisfied customer.

    And now you too can try it, for the low low price of a single aluminum hardball bat. Spun aluminum with a non-slip rubber grip means never having to say "For all that is good and holy it does not optimize your connection!"

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    Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!
  4. Re:My 2 cents by fredrikj · · Score: 3, Funny

    You only get two cents for that? Indeed, the situation for IT workers is getting worse...

  5. machine? by BreakWindows · · Score: 3, Funny

    your server farm is a well oiled machine

    Pretty weak-ass server farm, if you ask me..

  6. The best sys admin by ellem · · Score: 5, Funny

    is the one you never see. That idiot running desk to desk doesn't have any idea what they are doing. The one that shows up at 8 and leaves at 6 and appears to be reading screen after screen of pr0n. That SA is the bomb.

    Worship the SA, do not replace the SA with a small shell script.

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    This .sig is fake but accurate.