ORBIT Project Outages Report: September 24, 2015.
Skype outage due to configuration change
On the Skype Heartbeat blog, where users are provided with status information and updates, Skype provided some more information why the service was unreachable for many users on Monday, September 21, 2015.
“We released a larger-than-usual configuration change, which some versions of Skype were unable to process correctly therefore disconnecting users from the network. When these users tried to reconnect, heavy traffic was created and some of you were unable to use Skype’s free services, including messaging, presence, and contact list management. Others could not sign in or out of Skype altogether, or make calls to landlines or mobile phones. Skype for Business was not impacted.“ (Source: Skype Heartbeat)
Cloud not immune to bugs
Two high-profile service disruptions at AWS and Skype have resulted in many comments. According to eWeek the “mishaps at data centers operated by Microsoft and Amazon are reminders that despite it’s sheer scale, the cloud is not immune to show-stopping bugs”. (Source: eWeek)
Business Continuity in small companies
“Business continuity plan ‘not prohibitively expensive for small business”- but there is a time investment needed to not only outline, but test such plans. “According to figures from Databarracks, 68 per cent of medium-sized organisations and 75 per cent of large businesses have a BCP in place. By contrast, just 27 per cent of smaller ventures are similarly prepared. Of these, nearly three-quarters have failed to test it during the last year” (Source: Brookson.co.uk)
Market outlook:
“IDC, the Massachusetts-based analyst and research firm, forecasts that the U.S. market for managed services will grow from $29 billion in 2014 to $52 billion in 2019.”, via http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/news/2015/09/comcast-launches-unit-targeting-fortune-1000-comp.aspx
Finally, from one user on Twitter:
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