https://www.networkworld.com/article/4037965/ibm-cloud-hit-by-fourth-major-outage-since-may-as-authentication-failures-expose-systemic-issues.html
Incompetence. Laziness. Hiring woke practices. Poor recruitment. Poor training. Viewing cloud as a low cost commodity best kept at minimal levels in a CxO Excel file.
IBM in decline now for 40 years (I was there for 25 from the 80s till recently) and it is a dumpster fire.
The saying "once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action" is a quote from Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Goldfinger. It reflects the idea that a single event might be random, a second occurrence might be coincidental, but a third instance suggests a deliberate pattern, possibly an intentional act or even hostility.
The phrase is often used in discussions about pattern recognition and troubleshooting, particularly when trying to discern whether a repeating issue is a random occurrence or a deliberate action. The principle suggests that seeing a pattern emerge after the third time warrants deeper investigation and concern, as it's less likely to be a random event.
In the context of the novel, the quote is used by the character Auric Goldfinger to explain his perspective on how to handle cheating in a game of canasta. He uses this principle to justify his elaborate cheating methods, suggesting that if something happens three times, it's no longer accidental and requires a more proactive response