On 20/04/2014 16:43, Brian Gaff wrote:
If this is right, then its obviously them being stupid by allowing all
their eggs in one basket, single point of failure. Surely they must have a
back up system.

Brian



Unfortunately many backup systems still require a manual switch,
obvioulsy things could be fully automatic (via as pointed out DNS) ...
but IT managers in corporates usually want to keep control in house ..
but it does allow for impcat such as this.



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