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domingo, novembro 28, 2004
Enorme e prolongada falha informática lança o caos na Segurança Social Inglesa...
The DWP admitted 80,000 staff were not able to process new pensions and benefits claims for several days, but regular payments were unaffected.
It said it would have received 60,000 new claims during that time.
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DWP computer specialists have launched an investigation into the massive IT failure which took out a third of their computer network.
BBC political correspondent James Hardy said on Friday: "After nearly five days of chaos and round the clock repairs, the system was finally given the all clear this afternoon."
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About 80% of the DWP's network crashed on Monday and technical experts from Microsoft and the computer firm EDS have been working around the clock to find the fault.
Meanwhile staff were forced to communicate by fax because the e-mail system broke down.
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In a written parliamentary statement, the DWP said that in 2003/2004 it spent £412.5m on external management and technical support, including consultants, advisers, accounts and lawyers.
The breakdown was £306.7m on management and IT consultancy, £51.5m on staff substitutions and contractors and £54.3m on professional services.
A DWP spokesman said the increased use of outside consultants and advisers was required to implement "major modernisation programmes as planned".
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The DWP's modernisation programme was one of the largest of its kind in Europe, he added.
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BBC
It said it would have received 60,000 new claims during that time.
....
DWP computer specialists have launched an investigation into the massive IT failure which took out a third of their computer network.
BBC political correspondent James Hardy said on Friday: "After nearly five days of chaos and round the clock repairs, the system was finally given the all clear this afternoon."
...
About 80% of the DWP's network crashed on Monday and technical experts from Microsoft and the computer firm EDS have been working around the clock to find the fault.
Meanwhile staff were forced to communicate by fax because the e-mail system broke down.
....
In a written parliamentary statement, the DWP said that in 2003/2004 it spent £412.5m on external management and technical support, including consultants, advisers, accounts and lawyers.
The breakdown was £306.7m on management and IT consultancy, £51.5m on staff substitutions and contractors and £54.3m on professional services.
A DWP spokesman said the increased use of outside consultants and advisers was required to implement "major modernisation programmes as planned".
...
The DWP's modernisation programme was one of the largest of its kind in Europe, he added.
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BBC
posted by CMT, 11:53 da manhã
