Outage stories
Commvault to acquire Clumio to boost AWS data protection
Wed, 25th Sep 2024
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data protection
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Commvault plans to acquire Clumio to boost cyber resilience and enhance cloud data protection within AWS. The deal, set for October 2024, aims to expand Commvault’s SaaS offerings.
UK public growing anxious over dependence on IT systems
Fri, 6th Sep 2024
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ai security
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cybersecurity
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collaboration
Over 78% of UK residents worry about global reliance on IT systems, post-July 2024 CrowdStrike outage revealing vulnerabilities, according to a survey.
Finance sector lacking third-party risk plans despite DORA push
Fri, 23rd Aug 2024
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ai security
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risk & compliance
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outage
Only 20.8% of finance professionals have stressed exit plans with suppliers, despite DORA recommendations, highlighting a key vulnerability exposed by a recent CrowdStrike outage.
Microsoft Azure outage causes global disruption across industries
Mon, 22nd Jul 2024
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ai security
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
The Microsoft Azure outage, triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update, disrupted banking, aviation, and healthcare globally, highlighting cybersecurity flaws.
Internet outages cost companies up to USD $10 million monthly
Fri, 5th Jul 2024
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dr
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cx
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Catchpoint's inaugural Internet Resilience Report reveals outages costing businesses up to USD $10 million monthly, underscoring internet reliability's critical role.
'The future of data centres: On-prem AI & sustainability on the horizon'
Tue, 5th Dec 2023
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public cloud
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aiops
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llms
On-prem AI and sustainable practices to redefine data centre functionality by 2024, predicts Juniper's Perry Sui.
HammondCare chooses Paessler to monitor infrastructure
Mon, 23rd Jan 2023
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healthtech
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paessler
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outage
HammondCare selects Paessler PRTG to monitor IT infrastructure across its network of aged-care facilities in Australia, reducing outages.
Cloudflare outage in 19 data centers worldwide due to own error
Wed, 22nd Jun 2022
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hyperscale
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dc
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cloud services
Cloudflare outage caused by change in resilience project, impacting 50% of requests. No attack involved, says company.
Vertiv introduces line of redundant power transfer switches
Wed, 15th Jun 2022
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network infrastructure
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iam
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healthtech
Vertiv has introduced Vertiv Geist Rack Transfer Switch (RTS), a new line of transfer switches that provides redundant power to single-corded devices.
New Uptime analysis highlights worsening downtime costs and consequences
Fri, 10th Jun 2022
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Downtime costs are increasing as data infrastructure struggles to curb failures, according to new data from Uptime Institute.
Technologists need better visibility into IT performance to avoid more high profile outages
Tue, 7th Dec 2021
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outage
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cisco appdynamics
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infrastructure monitoring
‘If it can happen to Facebook, it could happen to us.’ This will be the concern in IT departments all over the world.
Report: Organisations must be proactive, not reactive when it comes to security
Mon, 1st Nov 2021
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advanced persistent threat protection
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risk & compliance
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83% of companies suffer business damage during the first day of an IT outage, according to new research from Netenrich.
Xero plagued by systems issues at worst possible time of month for customers
Fri, 1st Oct 2021
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fintech
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financial systems
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xero
Xero is experiencing major systems issues coinciding with end of month invoicing, creating disruption for customers worldwide.
What is an internet outage?
Mon, 6th Sep 2021
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ddos
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outage
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thousandeyes
As more essential services are delivered digitally, availability becomes the most pressing concern, writes Cisco ThousandEyes solutions architect Mike Hicks.
Widespread internet outages affect users across NZ
Fri, 3rd Sep 2021
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ddos
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cybersecurity
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outage
Vocus, an internet infrastructure provider in New Zealand, experienced a DDoS attack, causing an hour-long nationwide internet outage.
UPDATED: IT systems down at Waikato Hospital & DHB, 'cybersecurity incident' confirmed
Wed, 19th May 2021
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
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outage
Waikato Hospital has this morning begun turning outpatients away from scheduled bookings after a major outage affecting its IT and phone systems.
Revealed: COVID-19's impact on internet disruptions
Wed, 5th Aug 2020
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outage
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disruption
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digital disruption
Global internet disruptions have surged by 63% during the COVID-19 pandemic, with ISPs particularly affected, according to a report by ThousandEyes.
Revealed: The cure to network outage-related downtime
Tue, 9th Jun 2020
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dlp
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breach prevention
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gigamon
It’s estimated the average cost per network outage in the United States alone amounts to US$402,542 – with one in ten major outages costing over $1 million.
ANZ firms fail to detect technical issues - until customers report them
Fri, 13th Mar 2020
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crm
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dr
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cx
Technical issues at many Australian and New Zealand firms go unnoticed until customers report them, revealing weak outage and delay detection methods.
Top internet outages of 2019 - ThousandEyes
Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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firewalls
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ddos
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network infrastructure
The most significant of these outages took place over the northern hemisphere summer and disrupted nearly every top tech company in some fashion.