Posts by old-iron

Europe's largest local authority settles on ERP budget 5x original estimate

3 questions

How intransigent is the org?

How long is the list of customisations?

Did they hire the implementation co with the cheapest bid?

Europe's largest local authority slammed for 'poorest' ERP rollout ever

Re: When has ANYONE EVER seen a successful or *good* Oracle deployment?

Possibly because success doesn't make good coverage?

Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after update labeling error

Re: Pesetas

Back in the past (I was buying a suit!!), I paid with my credit card and left with my new "whistle"

Weeks later i noticed an unusual amount of £1.99 on my credit card statement.

Yup the sales assistant typed the 199 but not the 00 into the CC machine

#pileon (yeh yeh but i had no money in them days)

How not to test a new system: push a button and wait to see what happens

That DR plan is only as good as it's execution

A major oil firm realised they had a power outage at "DC1" but UPS kicks in perfectly

Process initiated to bring down systems carefully, as "DC2" is absolutely fine

Systems/workloads closed satisfactorily, well in advance of the UPS dying

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Corporate meltdown then ensues as they'd shut down the systems in an orderly fashion in DC2