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
April 28, 2011 By 2 Comments
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!
April 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
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 [...]
… sad opportunities to learn
April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A couple of meaningful anniversaries deserve to be remembered, and learned from, this week. 19 April, 1995 – the bombing of the Oklahoma (USA) Federal Building 20 April, 2010 – the explosion and subsequent oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon I expect most of the coverage will focus on the first anniversary of the start [...]
… safe as banks?
April 18, 2011 By 2 Comments
Last week one of the 4 major banks in Australia had a second disruption to its systems in 6 months. As a result people all over the country missed getting their pay on time – and missed payment deadlines to a range of other suppliers. Here is a clear indication of the inter-dependence that needs [...]
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