We want to inform you about a significant global outage that is currently affecting many web sites and cloud-based services. This issue stems from a recent update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which has caused widespread disruptions for airlines, banks, media outlets, technology companies, telecom firms, and other organizations around the world.
Almost 30 years ago, as the Internet was just becoming available and almost no one had an email address (if you did have one, you didn’t have anyone to email to), we printed and MAILED a regular newsletter called Executive Computing. There might be a few people reading this today who remember it.
Based on the deluge of emails received this week, this is probably the 400th message you’ll get about Coronavirus. I KNEW I was on a lot of email lists, but never have I been so reminded of that fact – and I’m guessing you’re the same. So, I’ll try not to rehash here any of those mostly redundant messages about hand-washing, “social distancing” and “the extraordinary, extra, super-duper, cleanliness measures” that everyone’s promising.
If you’ve been following our updates here, in person, and even in the news, you’re aware that Windows 7 will no longer be supported by Microsoft in January of 2020, next month! Most computers should be upgraded or replaced to run Windows 10 before then.
Last month’s column remains timely, if anything, more so since a month has passed – so we’re doing a summer re-run. If you caught our column last month, check out the articles below. If you didn’t, read on…
Summer’s here, and as often happens, many technology updates get pushed off to the Fall when it seems everyone gets back to business again.
Summer’s here, and as often happens, many technology updates get pushed off to the Fall when it seems everyone gets back to business again. That’s typically not a great idea, but it’s a decision without any terrible consequences most of the time.
Forgive the golf metaphor, the amazing finish at the Masters Tournament and the improving weather have put golf on my mind. But your digital credentials, such as usernames and passwords, are ‘out there’ connecting you and your employees to critical business applications and online services.
…when the weather starts to demonstrate its power, all too often with awful and tragic results.
But it doesn’t take an F5 tornado for the weather to create problems… even the seasonal thunderstorm can create havoc for electronics – and that reminds us of the power and room environment issues we see every spring and through the summer.
…as I’m writing this, the spring-like days have us thinking already about air and power conditioning in the coming summer months. It’s really not that far off as we approach February. (How’s that for optimism? Of course, by the time you read this we could have a blizzard, too).
Anyway, the nice weather reminds us that it’s not too early to be looking at all your computers’ power protection.
Whether it has something to do with your site’s template provider, an uncooperative line of code, or even a “hack,” websites can go down due to unforeseen circumstances. In fact, a lot of new clients reach out to us saying: “My website blew up and I can’t restore it!”
