>I'd bet that the upgrade was to the application system, not the mainframe, and >something was wrong in a new application program that corrupted the file.
I wouldn't take the opposite of that bet! >I'm wondering why it took 5 days to recover. Since, upon reading the article, I see that INFOSYS was I don't have to wonder. >It sounds like a proper backup/backout procedure wasn't in place in case of a >failure like this. In my experience, these off-shore application providers treat the application lightly, and don't seem to have the urgency regarding the security and integrity of either the programmes or the data that the original IT staff did. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html