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Secret Service Runs At "Six Sixes" Availability

Posted by timothy on from the only-need-half-as-many dept.

PCM2 writes "ABC News is reporting that the US Secret Service is in dire need of server upgrades. 'Currently, 42 mission-oriented applications run on a 1980s IBM mainframe with a 68 percent performance reliability rating,' says one leaked memo. That finding was the result of an NSA study commissioned by the Secret Service to evaluate the severity of their computer problems. Curiously, upgrades to the Service's computers are being championed by Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who says he's had 'concern for a while' about the issue."

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  1. Re:Here's An Idea ... by ooshna · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I would have put them on Craig's List but I don't trust a web site where they let just anybody post things.

    So I take it you never heard of our Anonymous Cowards

  2. I gots one to spare by WinstonWolfIT · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sounds like they could have my spare dual core desktop and it would be an improvement.