Ash Cloud Risk – the impact of volcanic uncertainty on your air travel objectives. I have an objective to fly to Toronto on Saturday for the World Conference on Disaster Management. There is a volcano in Chile that is spewing uncertainty into my travel plans. Remarkably, this ash cloud is taking the long way […]
… case study of resilience (adaptation and culture) in the real world
Just recently I commented on Alex Fullick’s learnings from the Japanese earthquake. One of my points related to the inter-dependence of the modern world. Today we must think in terms of global Supply Chains, and when disrupted we need to be adaptive, responsive and have a culture that promotes these attributes. Recently the New York […]
… yet another Aussie Banking out(r)age?
Today it is Westpac’s turn. Recently it has been Comm Bank and the National Australia Bank. According to this report a faulty AirCon Unit in their Data Centre caused the total loss of their national ATM and POS network. Then the subsequent increased load on their Internet Banking facility crashed that. Perhaps we should all […]
… learning from other people’s learning
Recently Alex Fullick wrote a two-part post on his Stoneroads Blog outlining some learnings from the Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami. Alex always makes good points and offers adoptable suggestions – you will find Part 1 with 7 learnings and Part 2 with another 11. I encourage you to go and read Alex’s posts. I made an initial comment on […]
… carrier grade redundancy!
Another case of the ‘Titanic Effect’? Carrier grade redundancy is a term used in voice/data communications to imply a very high level of redundancy – perhaps the mythical no single point of failure even! No matter how much we invest in redundancy it is still possible to fail. A week or so back it was […]