@jalefkowit I saw my old employer's last Tandem. I...

I saw my old employer's last Tandem. I wish I could've been there for the decom, it must be quite a procedure to actually turn one off.

The other division still operates Stratus, which makes no sense to me. Why? They ALSO have mainframes, which is what Stratus and Tandem were imitating.

Politics, and inertia.

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Rogan Dawes

@Benhm3 @jalefkowit lots of banks here in ZA had Stratus or Tandem for their ATM switches, and mainframes for their actual banking transaction processing. Not sure if that is still the case.

12 October at 12:17 | Open on infosec.exchange

Large Format Projectionist

@RoganDawes @jalefkowit

Precisely what my old employers did, until they got rid of the Tandems around 2010. But that division they own has kept their Stratuses well beyond any rational limit.

Although reading the Wiki page on Tandem, I get that this isn’t just some “let’s cloud it” situation.

12 October at 22:12 | Open on mastodon.social

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