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Microsoft BPOS Cloud Suite Hit by Access Problems | |
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| Time: 14:36 EST/19:36 GMT | News Source: PC World | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Access to various Microsoft hosted software products for businesses in North America was affected due to a performance issue with its data center in the region on Monday.
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| #1 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:36:06 AM |
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This is precisely what concerns me about all this cloud stuff.
If you have 25,000 people using MS Word, and one users computer goes on the blink, you have 1 out of 25,000 people not working. If you have 25,000 people using cloud versions of MS Word (or whatever), and the cloud goes down, you have 25,000 people not working. I just don't see the validity in this idea. |
| #2 By 155468 (65.115.34.244) at Wednesday, August 25, 2010 01:06:58 PM |
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Larry, If you have 25,000 people using word or the cloud versions of MS Word (or whatever), and the power grid goes down, you have 25,000 people not working.
also If you have 25,000 people using word or the cloud versions of MS Word (or whatever), and the network connection goes down, you have 25,000 people not working. |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Wednesday, August 25, 2010 01:17:13 PM |
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MS Marketing outdid themselves on the name this time. The headline writes itself "MS BPOS is a BPOS"...
#2: Your local power grid is a lot more stable than the cloud. If your power goes down, you're down. If the MS cloud goes down OR the MS power grid goes down OR there is an Internet problem of any sort, you're down. Local clouds for business are one thing, but these global clouds are fraught with problems such as availability, security & privacy. |
| #4 By 155468 (65.115.34.244) at Wednesday, August 25, 2010 03:32:43 PM |
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latch..I was using a hyperbole
On a serious note, it's getting to the point where the internet is as vital as power lines. Without a network connection more and more business workers would be as helpless as if the power went out. Why can't and shouldn't we expect the web and by implication our data to be as "there" as electricity. Latch, are you on FaceBoook? don't speak to me about privacy and security if your answer is yes. |
| #5 By 15406 (99.240.77.173) at Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:03:19 PM |
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#4: I don't care if you see pics of my vacation or find out I like spicy food. I DO care if you see my business correspondence, R&D plans, forecasts and calendar.
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| #6 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at Thursday, August 26, 2010 06:23:04 AM |
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#3: " Your local power grid is a lot more stable than the cloud."
You obviously don't live in my development - I lose power between 5 and 10 times a year. |
| #7 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Thursday, August 26, 2010 07:49:59 AM |
| #6: Pay your bills and stop blaming the grid ;) |
| #8 By 16797 (99.236.143.109) at Thursday, August 26, 2010 09:58:38 AM |
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Privacy is not a problem. It would be quite trivial to apply some kind of encryption as your data leaves your local network, etc.
Just like laptop drives are encrypted on the fly.. |
| #9 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:37:23 PM |
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#2,
Not applicable. We're talking hundreds of offices world wide. |
| #10 By 9589 (71.71.81.107) at Friday, August 27, 2010 08:33:59 PM |
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The article states, "The BPOS Standard software suite is intended for enterprise collaboration and communication and is hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners. It includes Exchange Online, Office SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online and Office Live Meeting, all of which come with a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee."
A 99.9 % uptime guarantee = a little less than 9 hours downtime over any given calendar year. Quite frankly, that is dismal. A level 4 data center with redundant power, networking, and servers (load balanced/clustered) with a geographically distant second level 4 data center similarly configured should be able to guarantee 99.999% uptime (which is equal to about 5 minutes of down time in any given calendar year). Further, the guarantee should differentiate between business hours for that business' time zone and after hours and weekends with a promise that if an outage is unavoidable, it will occur in those off periods. Until vendors deliver the above "cloud" computing uptime, businesses are wise to stay away. For example, can you imagine a company like 1-800-Flowers experiencing several hours of down time during a business day morning the week of Valentine's Day? Its competitors would love it! |
