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The AT&T Central Office in the City of Pasadena, California
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AT&T Outage Shines A Spotlight On Network DependabilityAT&T Outage Shines A Spotlight On Network Dependability

Forrester estimates the recent AT&T outage cost the US economy millions of dollars. Here are some lessons for IT leaders in the wake of the event.

byData Center Knowledge
Feb 27, 2024
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Julius Baer Group branch office in Frankfurt
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Julius Baer Suffered Tech Crash That Left Bank, Clients OfflineJulius Baer Suffered Tech Crash That Left Bank, Clients Offline
byBloomberg News
Feb 23, 2024
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Data center network cabinet illustrating a DNS server
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'KeyTrap' DNS Bug Threatens Widespread Internet Outages'KeyTrap' DNS Bug Threatens Widespread Internet Outages
byBecky Bracken
Feb 21, 2024
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A Guide to Cloud Resilience: Maximize Security, Minimize DowntimeA Guide to Cloud Resilience: Maximize Security, Minimize Downtime
byKlaus Haller
Jan 23, 2024
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Singapore set to direct DBS to fix 'unacceptable' data center outages
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Singapore Set to Direct DBS to Fix 'Unacceptable' Online OutagesSingapore Set to Direct DBS to Fix 'Unacceptable' Online Outages
byBloomberg News
Nov 1, 2023
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Definition of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) - Data Center Glossary
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Continuous Data ProtectionContinuous Data Protection
byData Center Knowledge
Jul 20, 2023
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Amazon's Cloud Computing Service Experiences Regional Outage
Amazon's Cloud Computing Service Experiences Regional Outage
Jun 14, 2023
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byThe Washington Post
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Data Center News Roundup: Dropbox Layoffs, Google Outage
Data Center News Roundup: Dropbox Layoffs, Google Outage
Apr 28, 2023
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byDylan Fisher, Digital SEO Content & Copy Editor
DBS logo on building
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DBS Digital Banking Services Restored After 10-Hour Outage
DBS Digital Banking Services Restored After 10-Hour Outage
Mar 29, 2023
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg News
Twitter Faces Second Outage in a Week, Musk Calls it “Brittle”
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Twitter Faces Second Outage in a Week, Musk Calls it “Brittle”
Twitter Faces Second Outage in a Week, Musk Calls it “Brittle”
Mar 6, 2023
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byBloomberg News
Data Center News Roundup: Top Data Center News
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Data Center News Roundup: Layoffs—and Outages—Ramp Up
Data Center News Roundup: Layoffs—and Outages—Ramp Up
Mar 3, 2023
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1 Min Read
byDylan Fisher, Digital SEO Content & Copy Editor
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Rethinking Old-Fashioned Backup Strategies for the Cloud Age
Rethinking Old-Fashioned Backup Strategies for the Cloud Age
Mar 1, 2023
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byKlaus Haller, Freelance Contributor
data center outage and disaster recovery
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Surviving Cloud Outages: What You Need to Know
Surviving Cloud Outages: What You Need to Know
Feb 28, 2023
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byKlaus Haller, Freelance Contributor
Data center server room.
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Data Center 101: Data Center Backup and Recovery
Data Center 101: Data Center Backup and Recovery
Feb 9, 2023
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1 Min Read
byChristopher Tozzi, Technology Analyst
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Outage Alert: Twitter Users Sent 'Over Daily Limit' After Posting 1 Tweet
Outage Alert: Twitter Users Sent 'Over Daily Limit' After Posting 1 Tweet
Feb 9, 2023
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg News
New York Stock Exchange stock trading board listings moving across US dollar bills.
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Data Center Backup Failure Blamed on 1 Person, not NYSE Leadership
Data Center Backup Failure Blamed on 1 Person, not NYSE Leadership
Jan 26, 2023
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
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Update: AWS Experienced an Outage in Its US-East 2 Availability Zone
Update: AWS Experienced an Outage in Its US-East 2 Availability Zone
Jan 25, 2023
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
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News Update: FAA Outage Caused by Contractor; Canada Experienced NOTAM Outage the Same Day
News Update: FAA Outage Caused by Contractor; Canada Experienced NOTAM Outage the Same Day
Jan 20, 2023
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byData Center Knowledge
​​Update: Cause of FAA Outage? One Corrupted File in Primary and Backup Systems​
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​​Update: Cause of FAA Outage? One Corrupted File in Primary and Backup Systems​
​​Update: Cause of FAA Outage? One Corrupted File in Primary and Backup Systems​
Jan 12, 2023
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byData Center Knowledge
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Breaking: FAA Experiences Outage, Grounds Thousands of Flights
Breaking: FAA Experiences Outage, Grounds Thousands of Flights
Jan 11, 2023
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
Amazon Web Services is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing.
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AWS Outage Aftermath: No Post-Incident Response 30 Days Later
AWS Outage Aftermath: No Post-Incident Response 30 Days Later
Jan 6, 2023
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
Keyboard image of backing up the public cloud.
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Immutable Backups and The Public Cloud – Part II
Immutable Backups and The Public Cloud – Part II
Jan 4, 2023
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byKlaus Haller, Freelance Contributor
Keyboard image of the public cloud.
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Immutable Backups and The Public Cloud – Part I
Immutable Backups and The Public Cloud – Part I
Dec 28, 2022
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1 Min Read
byKlaus Haller, Freelance Contributor
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Data Center Fire Disrupts Services at South Korean Tech Giants Kakao, Naver
Data Center Fire Disrupts Services at South Korean Tech Giants Kakao, Naver
Oct 17, 2022
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg News
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Are Cloud Outages the Result of Choosing Price Over Reliability?
Are Cloud Outages the Result of Choosing Price Over Reliability?
Aug 5, 2022
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byJoao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior writer
cloud outages
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Emerging Tech to Help Guard Against the Malevolence of Cloud Outages
Emerging Tech to Help Guard Against the Malevolence of Cloud Outages
Aug 4, 2022
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byPam Baker, Contributor
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Apple Recovers From Massive Outage
Apple Recovers From Massive Outage
Mar 22, 2022
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byJeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor
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You Think You Know Data Centers? A Disruptive Open Computing Use Case
You Think You Know Data Centers? A Disruptive Open Computing Use Case
Mar 10, 2022
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
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London Metal Exchange Trading Resumes After Five-Hour Outage
London Metal Exchange Trading Resumes After Five-Hour Outage
Jan 11, 2022
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg News
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Journey Through the Clouds to Better Data Backup and Retention
Journey Through the Clouds to Better Data Backup and Retention
Oct 11, 2021
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byKaren D. Schwartz, Contributor
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New Zealand Hospitals Under Prolonged IT Outage From Ransom Hack
New Zealand Hospitals Under Prolonged IT Outage From Ransom Hack
May 25, 2021
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg
Data center electrical
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Data Center Outages Were Fewer but More Damaging in 2020: Uptime
Data Center Outages Were Fewer but More Damaging in 2020: Uptime
Apr 27, 2021
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1 Min Read
byScott Fulton III, Contributor
Brokerage house, Mumbai, 2017
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Top India Bourse Blames Dug-Up Roads, Storage for Longest Outage
Top India Bourse Blames Dug-Up Roads, Storage for Longest Outage
Mar 23, 2021
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byBloomberg
OVH SBG2 data center in Strasbourg destroyed by fire on March 10 2021
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OVH Founder: Data Center Fire Incident Shows All Backup Should Be Free
OVH Founder: Data Center Fire Incident Shows All Backup Should Be Free
Mar 17, 2021
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byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief
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Retaining Productivity During Cloud Service Outages
Retaining Productivity During Cloud Service Outages
Feb 11, 2021
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byRichard Hay, Senior Content Producer

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