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I'm not buying their claims..
It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous..

The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment.

I use the motto, if it isn't broke, don't fix it (or replace it). Since then each software vendor has come out with 6,7,8 new versions of software, but I'm not buying them.


I spec in low energy consumption systems built from off the shelf components for maximum reliability (no Gateways, Dells, HP, etc). I also instruct them to shut them down when they leave, less run-time for moving parts == higher reliability.

Most IT maintenance activity is centered around the nightly server backup. After that, it's the occasional keyboard, mouse, CPU fan, disk drive, minor software glitch, etc. I don't consider them to be IT failures.
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I'm not buying their claims..  thetruth_z | 09/30/09
Definition of failure  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 09/30/09
Still not buying it.. Cost estimate wayy out line..  thetruth_z | 09/30/09
Check the math or assumptions  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 09/30/09
Indirect costs wayy out of line.. 7.5x multiplier..  thetruth_z | 09/30/09
Besides other major errors.. what is the CODB without IT ???  thetruth_z | 09/30/09
So anything learned while developing these  GuidingLight | 09/30/09
definition of failure  streiger | 10/01/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  Mike106132000@... | 09/30/09
And there is not a crisis in the software industry ?  Aussie_Troll | 09/30/09
Philosophical Differences  SpikeyMike | 09/30/09
RE: Philosophical Differences  bfilipiak@... | 09/30/09
Well, it beats wasting it on  GuidingLight | 09/30/09
Recommended reading  IT_User | 09/30/09
Acountability  Gerardo.Tasistro | 09/30/09
All the engineering and QA in the world  Jedeye | 09/30/09
A few counter-examples  Earthling2 | 09/30/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  someitguy79 | 09/30/09
What about the math?  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 09/30/09
Bad assumptions  wolf_z | 09/30/09
What about the reality?  Red_Beard | 09/30/09
Waste is the key thing  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 09/30/09
How do you determine "unecessary"?  wolf_z | 10/02/09
its quite simple  someitguy79 | 10/01/09
The Reason for Failures Focus!  Steve Romero | 09/30/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  doug.hanchard@... ZDNet Moderator | 09/30/09
Cost of doing business?  Gerardo.Tasistro | 09/30/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  roger@... | 09/30/09
Methodology thoughts  DennisByron | 10/01/09
If they could calculate this number...  wolf_z | 10/02/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  Jedeye | 09/30/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  dahowlett ZDNet Moderator | 09/30/09
Most projects are doomed to fail  Chad_z | 10/01/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  stanleydavid | 10/01/09
One man's failure is another man's meal ticket  georgeou | 10/02/09
its like the old computer saying..  rupaa62 | 10/02/09
Software's Cronic Crisis Scientific America 1994  Aussie_Troll | 10/04/09
Project failure = promotion  Art Royce | 10/05/09
Social Problem:  Aussie_Troll | 10/09/09
RE: Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion  scotsilv | 10/05/09
Thanks for the link  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 10/09/09

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