Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-19 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
On Aug 15, 11:11 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (daver++) wrote: Around 1:30 p.m., the CPB experienced problems accessing its database containing information on international travelers. Assuming this to be a wide-area network problem, CBP called Sprint, its carrier, to test the lines. After three

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-18 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip-- I would not dignify anything to do with fluid dynamics as *physics* which my schooling taught me dealt with topics to which some theoretical explanations can be applied. unsnip Since my

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-15 Thread Howard Brazee
On 14 Aug 2007 13:03:19 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson, Steve) wrote: However, let me just inject here, I am a pilot. I know that all the drivel coming from the airlines (and the ATA, their association) is bunk. The rules of physics will not be denied -- a runway can only handle so many

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-15 Thread CICS Guy
Never the less, the LAX problem was reported as customs not being able to verify anybody because the computer was down...International flights only. _ Tease your brain--play Clink! Win cool prizes!

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-15 Thread daver++
From: CICS Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never the less, the LAX problem was reported as customs not being able to verify anybody because the computer was down...International flights only. Around 1:30 p.m., the CPB experienced problems accessing its database containing information on

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-15 Thread Hare, Tim
I wonder if the LAX tech support is contracted out to some company, not done by employees? Of course even employees assume that it isn't them we get a lot of service desk calls sent to us for 'mainframe is down' when the problem is that their local network guys unplugged something in the

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-15 Thread Chris Mason
Come back SNA, all is forgiven! Chris Mason - Original Message - From: daver++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: Outsourcing loosing steam? From: CICS Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
From Ed Gould: http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/08/12//business/business/ doccf453a582e31d2d38625733300612318.txt Out with outsourcing? Someone should tell the IBMLINK folks!!! Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information.

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 14, 2007, at 7:32 AM, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: From Ed Gould: http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/08/12//business/business/ doccf453a582e31d2d38625733300612318.txt Out with outsourcing? Someone should tell the IBMLINK folks!!! I am not a fan of outsourcing and to psuedo threaten

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Ed, Recently IBM had announced the transitioning of some 10K programmer jobs from Europe and the US to India. Perhaps the problems that we are seeing with IBMLINK is an outgrowth of that decision. Perhaps that is the 'outsourcing' that Jon was referring to.

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
Dave O'Brian said: Ed, Recently IBM had announced the transitioning of some 10K programmer jobs from Europe and the US to India. Perhaps the problems that we are seeing with IBMLINK is an outgrowth of that decision. Perhaps that is the 'outsourcing' that Jon was referring to. Brian you are

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:36:18 -0400, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: Recently IBM had announced the transitioning of some 10K programmer jobs from Europe and the US to India. Perhaps the problems that we are seeing with IBMLINK is an outgrowth of that decision. Perhaps that is the

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 14, 2007, at 8:36 AM, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: Ed, Recently IBM had announced the transitioning of some 10K programmer jobs from Europe and the US to India. Perhaps the problems that we are seeing with IBMLINK is an outgrowth of that decision. Perhaps that is the

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 14, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: Dave O'Brian said: Ed, Recently IBM had announced the transitioning of some 10K programmer jobs from Europe and the US to India. Perhaps the problems that we are seeing with IBMLINK is an outgrowth of that decision. Perhaps that is

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:36:18 -0400, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote: Recently IBM had announced the transitioning of some 10K programmer jobs from Europe and the US to India. Perhaps the problems that we are seeing with IBMLINK is an outgrowth of that decision. Perhaps that is the

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread esmie moo
Just to add my 2 cents. Who is running the computer systems for LAX? My flight was delayed 15 hours. Do they have heavy accents? Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 14, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: Dave O'Brian said: Ed, Recently IBM had announced the transitioning

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread CICS Guy
It wasn't LAX, it was US Customs Service... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Outsourcing loosing steam? Just to add my 2 cents. Who

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Ed Gould
On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:53 PM, esmie moo wrote: Just to add my 2 cents. Who is running the computer systems for LAX? My flight was delayed 15 hours. Do they have heavy accents? Not to add to much fuel to the fire. There was an article about hospitals and CAT_SCANS. Some (most?)

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of esmie moo Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Outsourcing loosing steam? Just to add my 2 cents. Who is running the computer systems for LAX? My

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve [ snip ] However, let me just inject here, I am a pilot. I know that all the drivel coming from the airlines (and the ATA, their association) is bunk. The rules of physics will not be denied

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-14 Thread Chris Mason
PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Outsourcing loosing steam? ... However, let me just inject here, I am a pilot. I know that all the drivel coming from the airlines (and the ATA, their association) is bunk

Re: Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-13 Thread Kelman, Tom
http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/08/12//business/business/ doccf453a582e31d2d38625733300612318.txt Out with outsourcing? My company insourced the mainframe area from IBM Services about 7 years ago. They did it because it is costing less to run it themselves than it did to let IBM run

Outsourcing loosing steam?

2007-08-12 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/08/12//business/business/ doccf453a582e31d2d38625733300612318.txt Out with outsourcing? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with