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Australian law firm builds hybrid cloud strategy on Nutanix OS
DevOps

Australian law firm builds hybrid cloud strategy on Nutanix OS

WA law firm Jackson McDonald teams with Nutanix for hybrid cloud shift, boosts IT agility and client services.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Apr 2018

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New Uptime analysis highlights worsening downtime costs and consequences
Data Analytics

New Uptime analysis highlights worsening downtime costs and consequences

Downtime costs are increasing as data infrastructure struggles to curb failures, according to new data from Uptime Institute.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2022
Technologists need better visibility into IT performance to avoid more high profile outages
Outage

Technologists need better visibility into IT performance to avoid more high profile outages

'If it can happen to Facebook, it could happen to us.' This will be the concern in IT departments all over the world.

By Joe Byrne • 5 min read • Tue, 7th Dec 2021
Report: Organisations must be proactive, not reactive when it comes to security
Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Report: Organisations must be proactive, not reactive when it comes to security

83% of companies suffer business damage during the first day of an IT outage, according to new research from Netenrich.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 1st Nov 2021
Xero plagued by systems issues at worst possible time of month for customers
Fintech

Xero plagued by systems issues at worst possible time of month for customers

Xero is experiencing major systems issues coinciding with end of month invoicing, creating disruption for customers worldwide.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Oct 2021
What is an internet outage?
Distributed Denial of Service

What is an internet outage?

As more essential services are delivered digitally, availability becomes the most pressing concern, writes Cisco ThousandEyes solutions architect Mike Hicks.

By Mike Hicks • 5 min read • Mon, 6th Sep 2021
UPDATED: IT systems down at Waikato Hospital & DHB, 'cybersecurity incident' confirmed
Cybersecurity

UPDATED: IT systems down at Waikato Hospital & DHB, 'cybersecurity incident' confirmed

Waikato Hospital has this morning begun turning outpatients away from scheduled bookings after a major outage affecting its IT and phone systems.

By Sara Barker • 5 min read • Wed, 19th May 2021
Revealed: COVID-19's impact on internet disruptions
Outage

Revealed: COVID-19's impact on internet disruptions

Global internet disruptions have surged by 63% during the COVID-19 pandemic, with ISPs particularly affected, according to a report by ThousandEyes.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Aug 2020
Revealed: The cure to network outage-related downtime
Data Loss Prevention

Revealed: The cure to network outage-related downtime

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.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2020
ANZ firms fail to detect technical issues - until customers report them
Customer Relationship Management

ANZ firms fail to detect technical issues - until customers report them

Technical issues at many Australian and New Zealand firms go unnoticed until customers report them, revealing weak outage and delay detection methods.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2020
Top internet outages of 2019 - ThousandEyes
Firewalls

Top internet outages of 2019 - ThousandEyes

The most significant of these outages took place over the northern hemisphere summer and disrupted nearly every top tech company in some fashion.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Wed, 15th Jan 2020
Two key ways to prevent data centre outages
Edge Computing

Two key ways to prevent data centre outages

Power loss is still causing significant problems within the industry, according to more than 1600 operators and IT practitioners surveyed.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Jul 2019
Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why
DevOps

Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why

Headlines around the world have been shouting about Azure's outage - here's MIcrosoft's postmortem on the matter.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Sep 2018
Anatomy of an outage: Understanding the lifecycle of downtime
Disaster Recovery

Anatomy of an outage: Understanding the lifecycle of downtime

Businesses face high costs and risks with outages, impacting operations and reputation; understanding all stages is key.

By Eric Vaughn • 7 min read • Thu, 19th Apr 2018
Chaos in the cloud: Majority of organisations moving to the cloud aren't prepared for an outage
Disaster Recovery

Chaos in the cloud: Majority of organisations moving to the cloud aren't prepared for an outage

The majority of organizations moving to the cloud are unprepared for a cloud outage, according to a new study by Veritas.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018
Amazon's AWS S3 suffers failure - Slack, Medium and Quora all affected
Storage

Amazon's AWS S3 suffers failure - Slack, Medium and Quora all affected

Major outage strikes Amazon's AWS, leading to widespread disruption for Slack, Medium, and Quora among others.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Mar 2017

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Protecting data centres from fire – your options
Hyperscale

Protecting data centres from fire – your options

Chubb's Pierre Thorne discusses the countless potential implications of a data centre outage, and how to avoid them.

By Pierre Thome • 5 min read • Thu, 21st Mar 2019