Michigan County Offline After Data Center Fire
Apr 19, 2013
IT services in Macomb County, Michigan are offline after a fire damaged the building that houses the county's data center. Macomb County, which is just west of Detroit and has 850,000 resident, did not have a backup data center.
With Offices Closed, Boston Firms Implement Disaster Plans
Apr 17, 2013
A handful of Boston-based companies have implemented disaster recovery plans with SunGard Availability Services, primarily due to access restrictions as the FBI and Boston police investigate Monday's terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon.
IT Woes Ground American Airlines Flights
Apr 17, 2013
An outage in a key reservations system has grounded all flights at American Airlines this afternoon, leaving passengers and gate agents unable to manage bookings or print boarding passes and causing backups at airports in many areas of the country.
Power Outage Knocks DreamHost Customers Offline
Mar 21, 2013
Web hosting provider DreamHost experienced an extended outages when power systems failed at its data center in Irvine, Calif. The incident created hours of downtime across Tuesday and Wednesday for many of DreamHost's more than 350,000 customers.
Super Bowl Outage Blamed on Faulty Relay Device
Feb 08, 2013
The power outage that interrupted last Sunday's Super Bowl was caused by a malfunction in an electrical relay device, according to Entergy New Orleans, the utility supporting the SuperDome in New Orleans.
Superdome Infrastructure Eyed in Super Bowl Power Loss
Feb 04, 2013
The power loss during the Super Bowl is being blamed on an unspecified "abnormality" in electrical load at the point where utility feeder lines enter the Superdome. The feeder system to the stadium was reportedly upgraded in December.
Data Center Outage Cited in Visa Downtime Across Canada
Jan 29, 2013
A data center power outage is being blamed for payment processing problems that prevented Visa card holders in Canada from using their cards for most of Monday.
Data Center Power Loss Hits NJ Government Sites
Jan 25, 2013
Web sites for state agencies in New Jersey were knocked offline Thursday afternoon by a power loss at a data center, disrupting access to state services and causes motor vehicles offices to close early.
The Year in Downtime: Top 10 Outages of 2012
The Year in Downtime: Top 10 Outages of 2012
Dec 17, 2012
The major downtime incidents of 2012 illustrate the range of causes of outages - major disasters, equipment failures, software behaving badly, undetected Leap Year date issues, and human error. Each incident caused some pain for customers and end...
Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to A Kill Switch?
Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to A Kill Switch?
Dec 01, 2012
Can instability in a foreign country disrupt your global network? That question is one again on the minds of the IT infrastructure community after Syria was disconnected from the Internet earlier this week. Rensys has some answers.
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