The New IT Crisis

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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solution for one of the problems..

[MoceanWorker]

and you have to apply three patches to 100 servers before Close of Business

Not flaming, but a fact.. Microsoft SMS will get that done for you with a couple of clicks.. literally..

And we're expecting to receive a beta copy of SMS 2003 (incl. Active Directory, the big feature).. so i'm kind of looking forward to that..

I have to say.. even though we run 2000 on our servers.. SMS is a dam good product and a timesaver!

Re:solution for one of the problems..

[mcrbids]

Another solution? RHN!

Red Hat Network allows you to do the same - a couple of clicks, and away you go!

The advantage is that RHN is here now, and works very, very well. I've never seen a Red Hat Network update break anything. Ever.

And they are quick about getting updates ready!

Re:Meatless drivel

[sql*kitten]

Ok. Just becuase it Marc Andreessen doens't mean that it's news. This is an editorial, not an article.

You mean Marc Andressen of Loudcloud, who sell server and datacentre management services, and who are desperate for revenue? That Marc Andressen?

It isn't even an editorial, it's free advertising disguised as a story. I hope they're paying whoever owns Slashdot this week for it.