Massive Computer Failure at Barclays

[Eric Mc]

All Barclays bank ATM machines and internet banking has collapsed at Barclays due to a massive computer crash.

[Pints]

Source? Reasons?

Any more info?

[FourWheelDrift]

Global warming, climate change, avian flu, swine flu, credit crunch, you name it. But don't worry Winky will save the day.

[bridgdav]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8103271.stm

[Fittster]

Pints said:

Reasons?

Computers are a bit tricky.

[anonymous-user]

Ran out of feed?

[rich1231]

Techies at Barclays should be ashamed of themselves if a single failure causes an issue like this.

[eldar]

rich1231 said:

Techies at Barclays should be ashamed of themselves if a single failure causes an issue like this.

Depends on the budget they had to do it!

[tinman0]

explains why the atm at tesco didn't work earlier.

[Mclovin]

typical, i need to get money out tonight...

[AndrewW-G]

Pints said:

Source? Reasons?

Any more info?

No doubt something to do with the archaic IBM boxes that are used to interface into the mainframe, from memory they were end of lifed by IBM in the mid to late 90's and there are only tiny amounts of NOS spares left!, when I was last on site for a few days as a consultant (approx 1 year ago) they were buying used units and making one good box out of 3 or 4.

[UpTheIron]

Well if they will insist on cutting contractor rates what do they expect?

[D-Angle]

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

[Turbo5]

D-Angle said:

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

No, I think they are going through the automated answering machine before being put on hold for a few hours, eventually they will get through to the Indian call centre to be told they have called the wrong number.

[B17NNS]

AndrewW-G said:

No doubt something to do with the archaic IBM boxes that are used to interface into the mainframe, from memory they were end of lifed by IBM in the mid to late 90's and there are only tiny amounts of NOS spares left!, when I was last on site for a few days as a consultant (approx 1 year ago) they were buying used units and making one good box out of 3 or 4.

I heard they had started to upgrade to new Airbus systems.

[D-Angle]

Turbo5 said:

D-Angle said:

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

No, I think they are going through the automated answering machine before being put on hold for a few hours, eventually they will get through to the Indian call centre to be told they have called the wrong number.

Good, let's see how they like a taste of their own medicine.

[Paul Dishman]

The on-line banking is working again now

[Killer2005]

Don't know what it was but went down at work too for most of the afternoon

[Fezant Pluckah]

Killer2005 said:

Don't know what it was but went down at work too for most of the afternoon

Who was the lucky lady/chap? (Delete as applicable)