US Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling

Re:US Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling by tablespoon on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:52PM (#26675850)

> My wager is that NWS is like every other gov't agency. IT is a necessary evil, not a core focus. They do enough to keep it going but until shit hits the fan it won't get enough attention from their leadership to receive the funding (for staff or systems) necessary to actually grow or even properly sustain it

Not just every other government agency, but every other non-tech organization.

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Re:US Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling by Jtsummers on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:18PM (#26676103)

Agreed, see my second paragraph above. Organizations suck at maintaining the infrastructure that they don't see as their core mission or their profit centers (and even then...). IT is one such thing for most businesses and governments. They don't appreciate how integral it is until it fails, then there's a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and Congressional hearings.

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Re:US Weather Service Internet Systems Are Crumbling by yellowapple on Friday April 02, 2021 @09:59PM (#26677838)

If only organizations would treat things like IT, customer service, operations, fulfillment, logistics, etc. less as cost centers and more as results multipliers.

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