Another disruption to add to the collection. This time it is not technology that is the cause, but a combination of mother nature and possibly some complacency. From Jan Husdal’s blog today – highlights that road transport and communications are disrupted due to a lack of salt and other “grit”. “All over Europe, salt is in […]
… “storm cloud” computing
This year I decided to add a series of posts about significant outages. These may often be nothing more than a link to a report of the outage, and perhaps a quick comment question on the issue. Here is another – it is only 6 January and already there have been 3-4 significant events. This […]
… the millenium bug finally bites
Better late than never – the Y2K bug has arrived! This bug has been disrupting parts of the retail/banking value chain in Australia and other parts of the world. This newspaper report also highlights a failure in redundancy by one financial institution. As a result a customer “was not able to process payments until yesterday […]
… Qantas needs more robust IT
an outage in the Qantas check-in system, reportedly fixed within an hour, leads to flights delays across the world. Truly robust and redundant IT systems are not easy. Also highlights the interconnected nature and ‘knock on’ effect of such disruptions.
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