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Virginia Computer Crash Holds Key Lessons

Allan Holmes writes on GovExec.com:

Virginia has learned the hard way the dual lessons of understanding what their systems support and why redundancy may be a good idea.

A hardware failure in a mainframe computer that supports numerous agencies caused the system to crash June 19, affecting, according to first reports, the state's employment commission and the departments of Motor Vehicles, Social Services, Taxation and Transportation.

Just a couple of days later, the state learned just how many state operations and Virginia residents were affected by the crash, according to an article by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

posted by Fergie @ 6/27/2007 12:30:00 PM