Title
Timesharing and Remote Processing Services Meeting Session #7: Operations: Communications and PlatformsCatalog Number
102702889Type
DocumentDescription
There was always a significant amount of expertise and cost involved in running the operational aspects of the TS/RPS companies. In this session the participants discuss the following topics related to operations:• What platforms were used as the companies grew and why?
• Why did the companies build multiple data centers and how did they decide on the locations?
• What kind of staffing was required for the data centers?
• Were there differences in operating in Europe, Asia and other geographic locations versus operating in the US?
• How were performance and effectiveness measured for these operations centers?
• What were the most significant problems in operations?
Date
2009-06-03Contributor
| Bayles, Dick, participant |
| Belvin, Frank, participant |
| Brook, Chris, participant |
| Crandall, Rick, participant |
| Grad, Burt, moderator |
| Haigh, Thomas, historian |
| Hardy, Ann, participant |
| Hardy, Norm, participant |
| Humphries, Mike, participant |
| Jerger, Doug, SI SIG member |
| Johnson, Luanne, SI SIG co-chair; editor |
| LaHay, Edward, SI SIG member |
| Lowenstein, Dick, participant |
| McDonald, Chris, historian |
| Myers, Gary, participant |
| Rawlings, Nicholas, participant |
| Stein, Jeffery, participant |
| Wyman, Mike, participant |
