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Psychopathic IT projects: a five-point checklist

Psychopathic IT projects: a five-point checklistThe Biggest Psychopathic IT Project... NMCIIf you are not familiar with all of EDS's work, NMCI is the military-contracted Navy and Marine Corps Intranet commissioned by the Department of the Navy and built by EDS and ISF. I have had the unique pleasure of...

Tags: User Support, NMCI, NMCI HelpDesk, network

Discussion threads 2007-10-21

EDS financial probe deepens

EDS financial probe deepensCrap company, loser contractThe Navy says 60% of their users are happy with NMCI. An independent government poll showed 73% were very dissatisfied with NMCI. Who do you believe? The Navy higher-ups are almost insane in trying to peddle the perception this contract is...

Tags: Word processors, EDS financial, Microsoft Word, NMCI, Electronic Data Systems Corp., financial

Discussion threads 2004-03-01

EDS touts $100 million in outsourcing deals

EDS touts $100 million in outsourcing dealsChump changeNow they're bundling new contracts and renewals to make it sound like they're getting somewhere? How pathetic. Losing by billions and gaining by 100's of millions. Do the math.If you ever work with EDS you'll know why so many customers are...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., outsourcing, Electronic Data Systems Corp., NMCI

Discussion threads 2004-01-27

Additional Resources

HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retire

HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retireDe-personalizing the firingsI love how the analyst manages to make you feel good about the fact that some 2,300 real human beings have been kicked to the curb by HP so far, with tens of thousands of more cuts on the horizon. All...

Tags: Financial accounting, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Rittenmeyer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

EDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projects

EDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projectsEDS' troubled legacy of failed IT projectsThis is a pretty good reason why outsourcing your IT doesn't work. Way too many complications and its just not as efficient. Don't get me wrong, outsourcing works to some degree, like hiring cable monkeys to...

Tags: Strategy, Outsourcing, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Navy/EDS NMCI, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau

Billion-dollar IT failure at Census BureauAmateurs2 billion wasted? Ha! Take a look at the Navy's NMCI debacle, a sprawling EDS boondoggle sucking down billions of your tax dollars. What's funny, in many cases the same people are doing the grunt work, only at vastly inflated prices. It's...

Tags: Billion-dollar IT failure, information technology, government

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Air+Force%3A+No%21+Stop%21+Blogs+bad%21

Air+Force%3A+No%21+Stop%21+Blogs+bad%21Not just security...Just as at a corporation where the company owns the computer, not you; in the military, the US Government owns the machine, the network its hooked up to,and everything els about it. As such the government has the right to restrict how those systems are used -...

Tags: Blogging, blog, security, government

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

Zero Days: How to protect yourself

Zero Days: How to protect yourselfMy take...if it's so dangerous and all... then stop using the internet all together. Come on let's be real here. I mean as much as I dislike Microsoft even I will admit that the last couple years have been pretty quiet on the scale of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SECURITY, Zero-Day

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

Making the case for telework

Making the case for teleworkRE: Making the case for teleworkMy wife and I are both independent translators living in Costa Rica and we have been working from home for over a decade, keeping in touch with our clients over the Internet and the telephone. That has allowed us to enjoy...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, benefit

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Verizon reels in IT services

Verizon in the fourth quarter decided to bring its technology services in house as it integrates the infrastructure from the MCI acquisition. The news was disclosed on Electronic Data Systems earnings conference call. EDS topped estimates with strong...

Tags: General, Verizon, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, EDS, Telecommunications, Outsourcing, Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Blog posts 2007-02-08

Navy awards extension to EDS for huge intranet project

The Navy has awarded systems integrators EDS a $3 billion extension of a contract to integrate some 1,000 individual networks scattered throughout the department, eWeek reports. The Navy Marine Corps Intranet has been a nasty kettle of fish for both the Navy and EDS, with huge cost...

Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Blog posts 2006-04-03

The formula for project failure

The formula for project failureRight on the moneyEspecially about the committees.Know what a camel is?It's a horse designed by a committee.As for what is an easy way to make large scale IT or even small to medium projects have a higher success rate in terms of delivered times and functions...

Tags: Strategy, Marketing research, champion

Discussion threads 2005-03-17

U.S. to probe Comair, US Airways troubles

U.S. to probe Comair, US Airways troublesWho's their freaking IT vendor?No story ever mentions that. Who built the system that crashed and who was managing it when it went down? I got money says there's some connection with Delta. EDS hired Delta's CIO to work on another...

Tags: Routers & switches, Real estate, Network technology, Cyberthreats, NETWORKING, US Airways Group Inc., Comair, Electronic Data Systems Corp., router

Discussion threads 2004-12-28