Phil Smith wrote:

>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/after-it-outage-british-airways-union-blames-outsourced-it-jobs-in-india-for-problem/articleshow/58874334.cms

Here in Sunny South Africa, BA passengers are advised to print out their 
'e-card' and come earlier to avoid problems where possible. or rebook their 
travels.

Ok, what IT system(s) is the BA using? Or, exactly, to the point, what 
system(s)/network(s) was/were offline?

Were they not affected by that WannaCry ransomware?


>Well, that's better than "we lost a power supply and we built our system with 
>an obvious SPOF". Unless they're blaming the SPOF design on the Indians, of 
>course (still fully possible). 

SPOF - "Strange Proof of Folly"  (Yes, I certainly know SPOF is "Single Point 
of Failure". ;-D )


>Not sure "We outsourced and had no grown-up oversight" is an excuse either.

My own opinion: Outsourcing to another company in another land is not a 
grown-up idea... :-(


>Remind me again why outsourcing is such a great idea... (yeah, yeah, I know 
>the reasoning, don't start).

Labour Law? Demanding unions? Tax avoidance? Expensive employees? Medical and 
retirement provisions? Angry/Greedy Shareholders? At least thats some of the 
reasons I'm aware. 

I could use Uncle G. O. Ogle, but I', very lazy and really need to 'outsource' 
my searching...  ;-D

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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