Black Friday the 13th?

The recent IT troubled  launch of the National Health Care enrollment systems at the federal and state levels is a recent reminder that planning, design, architecture, and stress / performance testing are all critical elements to avoid front page news. Analysis: IT experts question architecture of Obamacare website., Problems at main Obamacare website are being fixed: White House …,…

Landmine #2: Your are only as good as your last outage…

Previously, I discussed the need to do no harm to your brand. This applies to internal as well as to external customers. For your peers or customers chronic services issues create fear, uncertainty and doubt. This is unhelpful when they are dependent on you for critical services. Some service issues not only create brand damage,…