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"Roadmap to IT Reliability What do you need most from your IT infrastructure? Reliability! But how do you get there?"

"Even though a hard drive with a terabyte (or 1,000 gigabytes) of storage can hold thousands of photographs, songs and movies and costs less than $100, storing your files in a distant commercial data center, encrypted and secure, increasingly makes more sense. Cloud backups are appealing for another reason: as computing becomes more mobile - on laptops, tablets and smartphones - you need to have reliable access to the data anywhere over an Internet connection. "

reliability of websites

An issue of reliability and not double checking how computer procedures are controlled.

Appears to be student-made, but is a reliable introductory video for use of ICT in traditional business.

A detailed study of the Therac-25 radiation overdose accidents. Rare but easily avoided software bugs in the Therac-25 cancer treatment machine caused six accidents and three deaths. Additionally, many of the stakeholders contributed to the problem through their action or inaction. The fact that the machine was in service for 3 years without error, yet then killed 3 people in two years, gives an interesting insight into how we define "reliable". This case provides an interesting focus for a debate on reliability, dependency on IT, and responsibility for failures. These pages contain a HUGE amount of detail and so I would recommend summarising them for students - especially ESL students. However, if this is done a lively debate can definitely be had.

E-Voting trend reversal - fears of reliability, privacy

Poor project planning of major educational database causes delays and reliability problems. (Old article) 

An interesting article on the myriad electronic systems in modern cars. Also covers leading edge developments such as systems which prevent 'lane drift' automatically. Interesting for a discussion on reliability and the wisdom of handing control over to a machine.

Covers the increased use of GPS-tracking devices to monitor prisoners while on parole. Looks into basic monitor, plus other issues like "People and machines" and "reliability"

Might also be interesting for Paper 2. I will add it to ITGSopedia

Buying a goat online....this ecommerce site is a great example of enterprise in developing countries. "EthioGift provides the fastest and most reliable gift delivery service in Addis Ababa. Remember your familly and friends backhome on holidays (such as Fasika, New Year, Genna etc.) as well as on important private occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings etc." The gifts available, such as goats and other livestock, as well as the descriptions required for the addresses gives many clues about the culture and the terrain of the country. A brief overview of the country: where, population, religion, climate, import/export etc is a good starter before exploring this site. The terms of service are also interesting: "...the origin or type of the sheep except for the weight (EthioGift makes a lot of effort to to choose types of sheep that are the choice of most people, but cannot guaranty that the sheep will be from certain locality or breed of the customer)"