EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Most Melbourne Internet users - and depending on your ISP's arrangements, many others nationally - experienced a good chunk of downtime yesterday after a blackout at the Primus data centre.

A post incident report expected to be distributed this afternoon should provide some more concrete answers on what went wrong.

Suffice to say questions are being raised across the industry how so many layers of redundancy failed to kick in. One gets the feeling that full repercussions are still yet to come...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | February 02, 2009

ISPs await confirmation of the cause of a blackout at Melbourne's Primus data centre yesterday amid speculation over the effectiveness of its redundant systems.

By Lilia Guan | February 02, 2009

Nortel Networks' restructure of its business in the Asian region will see the loss of Mark Stevens as managing director of Nortel A/NZ.

By Staff writers | February 02, 2009

Superannuation administrator Superpartners expects to automate up to 25 percent of support calls by rolling out a self-service portal to its fund clients from March this year.

By Computing staff | February 02, 2009

Technology vendors beware ­- IT managers are far less enthusiastic about the latest technologies and the economic prospects for the next 12 months than their suppliers.

By Alan Bowling | February 02, 2009

In hard times, IT needs to deliver more for less. Service-oriented architecture can make that happen, says Alan Bowling

By Bryan Glick | February 02, 2009

The UK government's much-anticipated Digital Britain report has received a lukewarm response, with critics saying it promises much but delivers little.

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