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Email migration? I haven’t been following IBM very closely but a quick google search failed me here.

by rdl 5y ago

NortySpock 5y ago
https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage/
- rdl 5y ago
  (Thanks; I was searching under the CEO’s name and not IBM for some dumb reason; I blame lack of coffee.) Whoa.
- echelon 5y ago
  That this could happen in any organization is surprising. That it happened in IBM is downright shocking. How do you fail an email migration and not have email for your employees? How do you let this affect billing and invoices? Why haven't they at least set up something temporary?
  - reaperducer 5y ago
    Why haven't they at least set up something temporary? Yes, just spin up e-mail addresses for 400,000 people in 177 countries. No problem. Just run it on a Raspberry Pi in the basement.
    - echelon 5y ago
      Pay Google or Microsoft to do it for you. Focus on the core business competencies, of which email is clearly not one. Edit since I can't reply: An extended email outage isn't a good look either. If IBM can't run their own critical systems, why trust them with yours? I personally think making the strategic decision to outsource demonstrates the ability and desire to find timely solutions.
      - sjm-lbm 5y ago
        I suspect that IBM would see both of those as competitors, which honestly makes it more embarrassing. They can't ask for help from people that know email at this scale because they are too busy trying to tell the F500 that they know cloud at this scale.
      - ivalm 5y ago
        Consulting on email migration does sound like it should be a core competency for an enterprise tech consulting company…
    - tyingq 5y ago
      Spinning up emails for just the sales people would probably be worth whatever the short term cost was.
  - matt_s 5y ago
    This is on point. If their main revenue is doing consulting for businesses and their own IT projects have horrible failures why would you pick them? Its like hearing your plumber has leaking and broken pipes in their house.
    - Bombthecat 5y ago
      But it's sadly fairly normal for tech consulting companies. Worked at some, all it projects were horrible and staffed from top to bottom and management barely looked at it. Why? Because the money making was more important (getting projects, sending seniors and principals off to projects etc)
rPlayer6554 5y ago
https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage TLDR: due to a bad email migration, IBM has had massive email issues. Even the representative for the company had to give the statement to the press over the phone.
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Email migration? I haven’t been following IBM very closely but a quick google search failed me here.

by rdl 5y ago

Email migration? I haven’t been following IBM very closely but a quick google search failed me here.

NortySpock 5y ago

https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage/

rdl 5y ago
(Thanks; I was searching under the CEO’s name and not IBM for some dumb reason; I blame lack of coffee.) Whoa.
echelon 5y ago
That this could happen in any organization is surprising. That it happened in IBM is downright shocking. How do you fail an email migration and not have email for your employees? How do you let this affect billing and invoices? Why haven't they at least set up something temporary?
- reaperducer 5y ago
  Why haven't they at least set up something temporary? Yes, just spin up e-mail addresses for 400,000 people in 177 countries. No problem. Just run it on a Raspberry Pi in the basement.
  - echelon 5y ago
    Pay Google or Microsoft to do it for you. Focus on the core business competencies, of which email is clearly not one. Edit since I can't reply: An extended email outage isn't a good look either. If IBM can't run their own critical systems, why trust them with yours? I personally think making the strategic decision to outsource demonstrates the ability and desire to find timely solutions.
    - sjm-lbm 5y ago
      I suspect that IBM would see both of those as competitors, which honestly makes it more embarrassing. They can't ask for help from people that know email at this scale because they are too busy trying to tell the F500 that they know cloud at this scale.
    - ivalm 5y ago
      Consulting on email migration does sound like it should be a core competency for an enterprise tech consulting company…
  - tyingq 5y ago
    Spinning up emails for just the sales people would probably be worth whatever the short term cost was.
- matt_s 5y ago
  This is on point. If their main revenue is doing consulting for businesses and their own IT projects have horrible failures why would you pick them? Its like hearing your plumber has leaking and broken pipes in their house.
  - Bombthecat 5y ago
    But it's sadly fairly normal for tech consulting companies. Worked at some, all it projects were horrible and staffed from top to bottom and management barely looked at it. Why? Because the money making was more important (getting projects, sending seniors and principals off to projects etc)

rPlayer6554 5y ago

https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/ibm_email_outage TLDR: due to a bad email migration, IBM has had massive email issues. Even the representative for the company had to give the statement to the press over the phone.

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