http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/system_glitch_shuts_down_city_ems_7lR7oukvYrVGPEICai3m9I
Note posting from street -- this story above re: 911 EMS flat lining today just broke!
I am posting from my IPhone but it sounds to me like instead political assasination, it sounds likes a biz assasination -- Hewlett Packard came in 2nd and now they got the job. I chatted with the CEO and COO of IXP and they impressed me as honest and they addressed the News Daily News comment and there was no fraud!!!! IXP met all of NYC Gov requirements to continue to be a vendor for the City except mysteriously IXP unlike Verizon was forced out and became a sub-contractor to Hewlett Packard -- because in my opinion HP was not qualified for the job! Three employees from Verizon and 2 from IXP lost their jobs because of procurement issue but Verizon was not punished like IXP was, who lost their prime vendor spot to a less qualified vendor Hewlett Packard. For Verizon it was biz as usual with many grumblings when it comes to Verizon the fix is in. Verizon is the only game in town. (reminder posting from blog paragraph breaks -- here is the comment --
"ookiaaa 12:22 PM May 30, 2012 The comptroller is absolutely correct that HP should have nevr been awarded this contract. The only reason they got it was because IXP had to withdraw their bid or the Department of Investigations would have prosecuted them for committing fraud. (There was no fraud according to IXP) They were totally fact that the city wrote such a horrible RFP no reputable company wanted any part of it. To show how highly qualified HP was look at how many HP employees were on the project doin real work, and not providing bloated overhead.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2012/06/ectp-911-tech-scandal-hp-vs-ixp.html