Posts by Pavane

IBM super is Met Office's 'chief weapon against British cynicism'

An Obvious Error

The problems with the recent Met Offices 'long-term' forecasting(BBQ Summer, and Mild Winter), is that they have had to include the 'debunct' and erroneous data provided by the IPPC - because this lamentable government has been totally sucked into their claims. More and more of their claims are proving to be at best error-strewn, at worst corrupted(intentionally). Until the world wakes up to the fact that they have to be ignored, and the Models used by the Met Office have this IPPC data removed, the mid to long-term forecasting will continue to be fulle of error.

IBM board gives Big Sam another $5bn

The 'Top Table' gorge, whilst the 'wretched' are discarded

The higher eschelon carry on with 'sluttish abandon' artificially pumping up the value of the company. Whilst at the bottom end - the tech's and customer facing 'grunts' - are gradually being 'dumbed down' due to lack of education, and skills development(even in IBMs own product set) that has been broadly denied for the better part of 8 yrs. Also moving support jobs to lower cost centres(India, Eastern Europe), where skills are at an even lower level. This is being done for two reasons 1. immediate cost savings 2. forcing customers towards 'self-sufficiency' - whilst still charging a premium for support.

Managing out staff, is planned to include staff rated as PBC2 - this is the rating which staff attain by meeting their contractual requirements. So by meeting the levels as defined by IBM they intend to 'manage out'/separate

IBM, whose Business Conduct Guidelines preach 'ethical business practices' throughout as a 'must do' mantra, are behaving in an utterly unethical manner

'Amateur' IBM brings down Air New Zealand

DR Testing costs, something IBM will always shy away from

The news that the Diesel Gen. did not kick in is no surprise. I have worked for IBM for many years, and they do not understand 'true disaster recovery' tests, believing that a 'paper exercise' is all that is needed. Even for the millennium they never carried out any real tests to determine if any 'what if' scenario defined on paper had any merit.

DR Testing costs money. IBM does not spend money, believing that the money saved is worth the risk. If I were a CEO looking for an out-sourcing solution I would insist on regular & 'real' DR testing being a part of any contract