> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Mullins > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 3:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Associated Press: 540,000 New Yorkers at Risk of > Identity Theft > > > I wonder if these types of situations will cause the pendulum > to swing back > more towards roll-your-own software. > > There has been a slight slowdown of buying canned packages for various > reasons because of the hurdles of customizing for one's particular > environment or redoing your business processes to fit canned > software. >
This would figure. Our CIO wants to migrate to vendor software instead of our custom, in house written, software. I will grant that he has some good points. Especially the support question. Oh, don't ask why support for in-house written apps is a question. It's embarrassing. <snip> > > Later, > Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Hal Merritt > Sent: Wednesday July 26 2006 12:41 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Associated Press: 540,000 New Yorkers at Risk of > Identity Theft > > Sadly, I must disagree. The auditors are going to be all over > *us* demanding > that *we* plug the hole caused by a missing laptop. > > All we can reasonably do is demand credentials before we let > you see the > data. But we don't have any realistic way to positively > prevent your misuse > of that data. > > Sigh. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
