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- EXCLUSIVE: Major BlackBerry user knew of email glitches AT LEAST two hours before outage
- Ive been told by a third party that a Senior Server engineer at a large County in the San Francisco Bay area iwas notified days prior to the outage of intermittent BlackBerry email activity. Source then advises me that this engineer was then flagged at exactly 2:58 p.m. PT the...
- Tags: News, Outages, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Outage post-mortem: BlackBerry AND their carriers BADLY fumble outage update info
- I spent a good bit of yesterday calling carriers to obtain updates on the 14-hour BlackBerry email service outage.There were some bright points, but all in all I was not pleased with the information flow and presentation.First, let us discuss how each major U.S.-based BlackBerry carrier conveyed this data when...
- Tags: News, Uncategorized, Outages
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Here's what probably caused the BlackBerry outage
- Colleague Marguerite Reardon has talked to several networking administrators about the BlackBerry outage.Shes just posted an analysis of how this could have happened, and what technology systems were at fault.The blame seems to be on issues at one of BlackBerrys Network Operations Centers. Probably the one in Waterloo, co-located...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Outages, News
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- EXCLUSIVE: I've just called all the major BlackBerry carriers- here's what they say about outage
- Cingular-AT&T- National outage, working on the problem, many service tickets open.. SprintNextel- At this time, nationwide data outage, no estimated time to fix. Advises against troubleshooting your BlackBerry device.Verizon- There is a current nationwide BlackBerry outage, BlackBerry customers unable to send or receive messages. BlackBerry team is working on...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Outages
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
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- Netflix: Outage, economy ding subscriber growth
- Netflix on Monday detailed its outlook for the third and fourth quarters, projected fewer subscribers than before and said its August outage cost it $6.5 million. The company said in a statement that its third quarter earnings will be "comfortably" within its targets, but said a one-time...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Outage, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- The Disaster Recovery Items Few Consider
- How Too Much of a Disaster Screws Up the Best Plans I spent a lot of time one night this week with the CFO of a coastal Texas organization that's based between Houston and Galveston. That phone interview yielded some surprising observations about disaster recovery and how...
- Tags: Phone, Disaster, Laptop Computer, CFO, Disaster Recovery, Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Data Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-21
- About that London Stock Exchange IT failure
- About that London Stock Exchange IT failureYou do know, right?You do know that the outage was caused by a [b]network[/b] problem, and had nothing to do with MS technology, right?http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/networks/news/index.cfm?newsid=10912And about those performance rantings of yours:http://www.londonstockexchange.com/NR/exeres/5CA1EB52-2B47-4922-A6F1-E9EC32D0152B.htmhttp://www.londonstockexchange.com/NR/exeres/A1B303DD-86EE-4D84-9B4F-BADFA1C770C7.htmSeriously, is there [b]any[/b] truth in any of your rantings? Don't you get tired...
- Tags: .NET, London Stock Exchange IT failure, Murph, LSE, Microsoft Corp., London Stock Exchange Plc., ranting, network story
- Discussion threads 2008-09-13
- Is VoIP the way forward?
- Is VoIP the way forward?VOIP Works Well For MeI disconnected at the street telco box for a coupla yrs now.The Shaw cable signal here in Calgary is reliable. I have an APC UPS unit to carry me thro' a brown/blackout. I'm paying for cable anyway to give me high speed...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?
- Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8I like Windows on my desktop but for the back end... no thanks. The reasons aren't worth getting into but for particular services, identity management ActiveDirectory and RDBMS SQL Server,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, UK Economy, London Stock Exchange Plc., tech play, meltdown, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- London Stock Exchange hit with 'connectivity issue'
- The London Stock Exchange is on hold Monday following a "connectivity issue" that halted trading. The timing couldn't have been worse: Volume was heavy in Europe after the U.S. government bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The UK's Times Online reports: The LSE suspended connection...
- Tags: Trader, London Stock Exchange Plc., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- ThinMan Pro Performance Monitor (zip)
- ThinMan Pro Performance Monitor is a program, that lets you monitor your servers, networks, and desktops - quickly, accurately, and affordable. Benefits: measure to improve system performance, faster problem resolution, reduce the risk of outage, identify problems before your users, install and deploy in less than 5 minutes, locate underutilized...
- Tags: Performance, Performance Monitoring, Xa Systems, ThinMan Pro Performance Monitor, Modems, Performance Management, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent Outage
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent OutageYahoo is just as bad.I have a Yahoo account that they cannot seem to fix. Have not been able to access it now for 3 months. Have over 200 unanswered messages in it. They do not seem to care, nor I would believe Apple. Have even...
- Tags: MobileMe
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent Outage
- So pretty much every day these days, about 1% of MobileMe Mail users can't access their email. Today, my access was down -- and somehow I don't expect I'm alone. This, even though there's no acknowledgement of a problem -- on Sept. 3 any way -- on Apple's Support Page for...
- Tags: Inconvenience, Outage, MobileMe, E-mail, Mortgages, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Finance, Capital Structures, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracks
- iPhone's remote deletions may help crooks cover tracksDoesn't matter if it doesn't work!http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/iPhone-Users-Greeted-With-Morning-Outage-97436
- Tags: Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...
- Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Buffalo LinkStation Mini adds iTunes streaming for iPhones
- In the drab world of network-attached-storage NAS devices, Buffalo's LinkStation Mini stands out thanks to its palm-sized form factor (due to it using 2.5-inch notebook hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch desktop hard drives that most NAS devices utilize). It has a solid set of features as well, including print-server...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hard Drive, NAS, Apple iTunes, App, Buffalo LinkStation Mini, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policyThis is a surprise???Is anyone surprised that the government holds itself to a lower standard than anyone it regulates? Congress routinely exempts itself from laws that everyone else has to follow. Can you imagine the airlines being allowed to use such a policy on aircraft?...
- Tags: Government, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Recruitment & Selection, Forcast, FAA
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
- Last week's technology failure at a major FAA facility caused air traffic delays throughout the country and highlighted the agency's poor computing practices. Unlike major corporations and utilities, the FAA operates its air traffic control system with minimal redundancy using a "fix-on-fail" policy. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: FAA, Outage, Redundancy, Aerospace & Defense, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
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