http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21280943
Oh so true! This article resonates strongly for me in my line of work too (SCADA Engineer). There are quite a few configuration 'rules' that exist only because the software contains structures that require them even when there is no need for them any longer - for example, maintaining the TIE LINE config for GI74 in DEV 1 systems even tho' such a thing is no longer used in any installation throughout the country! It all costs money and leads to errors that could be avoided, sometimes very expensive errors.
So to characterise it as an "IT Debt" is a good way to think of it - it needs a rethink by the purse string holders because in the long run it is not cheaper to let this things fester in the dark ... eventually they come to light and then the offset payments become due with a vengeance.
Oh so true! This article resonates strongly for me in my line of work too (SCADA Engineer). There are quite a few configuration 'rules' that exist only because the software contains structures that require them even when there is no need for them any longer - for example, maintaining the TIE LINE config for GI74 in DEV 1 systems even tho' such a thing is no longer used in any installation throughout the country! It all costs money and leads to errors that could be avoided, sometimes very expensive errors.
So to characterise it as an "IT Debt" is a good way to think of it - it needs a rethink by the purse string holders because in the long run it is not cheaper to let this things fester in the dark ... eventually they come to light and then the offset payments become due with a vengeance.
