“Every primary school in Glasgow was left without vital computer access after the failure of a new £15million system,” The Evening Times reports.
“It’s caused chaos at more than 170 city primaries and linked pre-five units – and has yet to be fully resolved,” The Evening Times reports. “Schools have had no e-mail or internet access and teachers have been unable to access even basic data files…”
“Dell installed the new information communications system on April 1, and it was due to be operating by the end of the holidays,” The Evening Times reports. “But teachers returning to work last week discovered the problem, and there are fears years of material supplied by a previous contractor could be lost.”
“Leaders of teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, today hit out, and demanded compensation for the schools,” The Evening Times reports.
The Evening Times reports, “Dell won a contract to take care of the city’s primaries earlier this year, and promised to provide 7400 computers, maintain networks and servers, and give full-time teachers laptop access. IT specialists from the firm were trying to reconnect primary schools throughout the city.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Hugh” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: We’re not in [Hays] Kansas anymore… but, we might as well be. 
Note to Hays parents: There’s always Kansas City (hint: they’re getting Macs)!
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This is just sad. Mediocrity rules in spite of clear evidence that there are better alternatives. Wonder if this will filter back to the Kasas decision makers. Do they even care.
lolz… wuts teh inner tent?
I don get it?
Damn my weak eyes…I meant Kansas
Scary thing is you almost pronounce Kasas and Kansas the same..
hmm…
Great PR
To err is human, but to really screw things up, you need a pack of MSCEs.
-jcr
To err is human, but to really screw things up, you need a pack of MSCEs.
-jcr
To err is human, but to really screw things up, you need a pack of MSCEs.
-jcr
To err is human, but to really screw things up, you need a pack of MSCEs.
-jcr
John C. Randolph
“To err is human, but to really screw things up, you need a pack of MSCEs.”
I don’t think you’d need a whole pack, just 1 or 2 should do the trick.
30 million (US) is a lot of damn money in anybody’s book. I certainly hope for everyones sake they can get these schools back up and running properly.
Connectivity is a major problem the world over and not just in Kansas anymore!
Dare I say it?
Dude, You got a Dell. What are you, Stupid? LOL
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Dell installed the new information communications system on April 1
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wow, mike, I didn’t pick up on that.. that really is too funny!
WTF happened?
Do they let teachers make buying decisions?
I think its time for Dell to shut down and give the money back to ….. (you know the drill)
Hope you got a backup?
Yea, right here on this Zip disk. Why is it clicking?
For you early 90’s support people!
Since they apparently weren’t running dual systems for any period of time, it truly is a monumental FU.
What probably happened: some fool used Internet Exploder online.
MW: “cost” to be borne by Dell?
Great Scot.
Dell snafu leaves every primary school in Glasgow without vital computer access
not to be glib, but i’m pretty sure primary school students can get along fine without checking their email or adjusting their Facebook pages for a few days. After that … everybody panic!
Great Scot, you got a Dell. That would get my kilt in a wad-just opposite of what these ads do…..
I feel sorry for the teachers and the kids, but otoh I feel immensely happy to see Dell screw up that big. Hope those responsible for the contract learn a lesson: 15 million pounds on that crap?!? Inexcusable.
“There’s always Kansas City”
Yeah. I hear they have some crazy little women there…