The facts are clear. No effective mirror system or failover system. I've architected major 365x24 systems repeatedly in my career: Removing the possibility of p

The facts are clear. No effective mirror system or failover system. I've architected major 365x24 systems repeatedly in my career: Removing the possibility of power supply failure across the primary and secondary sites (and even within single site) is absolutely fundamental. That clearly has not been done here, at least to the extent of making sure that the solution is effective- and the blame I would guess lie within a crazy management and decision structure that seems to increasing permeate IT within large companies. Tata do have some good staff (from my first hand experience over many years):However, from my more recent experience, there is an increasingly MASSIVE CLIFF EDGE in talent/competence in within Indian companies generally, (and to some lesser extent UK companies as well): So the possibility of having "very assertive, but stupid or incompetent" middle and even senior managers is becoming an ever greater real-world problem. The criteria and method for selecting candidates for IT related work does not help - in particular role, competency, and "modus operandi" of recruiting agencies, is pretty atrocious, as many a seasoned contractor will attest! But ultimately, I think Alex Cruz and his CIO must take responsibility for a lack of diligence and competence. They clearly do not understand the most basic truth of high reliability, mission-critical IT: i.e. They NEVER needed cheaper IT staff (with all the attendant risk within their industry) , but rather much fewer technical staff, of the HIGHEST QUALITY, for all BA's key systems. And that I’m afraid means probably not putting Indian companies at the top of the list.