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Failure Handling in a Network-Transparent Distributed Programming Language
White Papers This paper shows that asynchronous fault detection is a practical way to reflect partial failure in a network-transparent distributed programming language. The paper presents a new programming model that is based on asynchronous fault detection, is...
[January 9, 2009, 0:00]
Failure Is No Longer an Option: Using Response to Intervention to Foster Achievement for All Students
White Papers RTI promises not only to get students with disabilities the services they need, but also to provide a more inclusive, responsive classroom experience for all learners, particularly those at risk of failure.
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Finding Failure-Inducing Changes in Java Programs Using Change Classification
White Papers When tests fail unexpectedly, the changes that caused the failure(s) are not always easy to find. The paper explores how change classification can focus programmer attention on failure-inducing changes by automatically labeling changes Red, Yellow...
[February 2, 2009, 0:00]
Virgin Media 'cluster failure' caused email problems
Blog Virgin Media customers were hit by email problems between Monday and Wednesday, due to a 'cluster failure' on the ISP's Blueyonder platform. We had a cluster failure on one of our mail platforms," the spokesperson said.
[August 28, 2009, 12:56]
Power failure
Member Review I have the same power failure problem after being serviced.
[November 18, 2004, 7:55]
Offshore Deal Failure: What Providers Need to Know
White Papers If known buyer failure points are not addressed, one has dissatisfied clients. Providers should not let buyer naivety and lack of experience in offshore outsourcing undermines the success of a deal. Global sourcing continues to grow, and spending...
[October 5, 2009, 0:00]
The Bi-Mesh Survivable Network - Fast Recovery From Node Failure in MPLS Enabled Networks
White Papers To provide reliable carrier-grade service, MPLS-based recovery procedures must be able to quickly address any link or node failure. Current standardized MPLS fast recovery mechanisms cannot cope with egress node failure.
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
Email failure 'worse than divorce'
News For many information technology managers, a weeklong failure of the corporate email system under their control would be more traumatic than a divorce, according to a study released on Monday. Within just 24 hours of email system failure, almost one...
[July 29, 2003, 8:31]
ID cards set back by equipment failure
News The failure of fingerprint and iris-recognition equipment delayed the launch of the government's biometric ID card trials by three months, Home Secretary David Blunkett has admitted to MPs. There were issues of failure in the equipment but those...
[May 6, 2004, 12:25]
BlackBerry has twice failure rate of iPhone
News Apple's iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM's BlackBerry in the first year of use, a study carried out by a mobile-phone warranty firm has found. SquareTrade had to project their figures for the iPhone's failure rate over a two-year period, as...
[November 10, 2008, 11:24]
Power failure knocks Web sites offline
Talkback The failure also took out the hard drive of our Uk2 server. Replacement of the har drive, reload of systems, application software and data saw us back on line at 00:15 Friday 4 March.
[March 4, 2005, 22:18]
Another public failure
Talkback Yet again a public service cock-up and, as yet, no name has been forthcoming to claim responsibility for the failure. I would love to see a head roll for such a basic failure, but no chance until executive civil servant are made to take...
[April 14, 2009, 10:12]
MP: ID card scheme is 'doomed to failure'
News Clegg warned that this is further evidence that the ID cards scheme is "doomed to failure". However, we're talking a dramatically more complex system than setting up a new database, leading to many more possible routes to failure.
[January 15, 2007, 12:36]
Five years ago: Telehouse failure strikes at UK Net access
News Telehouse, the UK's biggest Internet gateway, experienced an unprecedented failure today. First published 8 May, 1997. A lunchtime power spike is said to have started the problem but experts said it is too early to assess whether the outage may...
[May 5, 2002, 7:01]
Firewall failure plan checklist
White Papers How you prepare for that failure and the actions you take following the failure are critical. This comprehensive Firewall failure plan checklist contains two sections: a checklist of critical information to have on hand and a list of techniques for...
[May 18, 2006, 1:00]
Reduce IT projects failure by implementing well-defined processes
Talkback One of the most common reasons for IT project failure is the ability of businesses to adapt to changing situations and commercial requirements. I very much welcome the NAO’s report, as the government’s shake up of IT should help address some of the...
[November 21, 2006, 16:23]
Systemic failure blamed for HMRC data loss
News A report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission states that systemic failure was behind the loss of 25 million child-benefit details by HM Revenue & Customs. The Poynter Review also blamed systemic failure for the loss of the HMRC details.
[June 25, 2008, 16:38]
HSBC customers hit by hardware failure
News HSBC has admitted that hardware failure was the cause of a major computer systems crash on Monday that hit thousands of customers trying to use the bank's cash machines, credit and debit cards, and online services.
[January 4, 2005, 13:50]
iPhone/BlackBerry failure rates
Talkback Re the failure rates quoted in the third/fourth paragraph, those are failure rates over a 2-year period, rather than the 1-year period referenced in the headline and first paragraph. Hi James - thanks for the comments.
[November 10, 2008, 14:23]
Power failure knocks Web sites offline
Talkback The power failure at RedBus HEX also damaged lots of equipment including power supplies for many servers, routers, switches and power distribution systems. Most power wasn't actually available to customers until around 1pm, some longer.
[March 2, 2005, 17:37]
