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Fastly's latest response to yesterday's outage puts the blame indirectly on an unnamed customer Fastly is now saying it experienced a global outage due to an undiscovered software bug that surfaced on June 8 when it was triggered by a valid customer configuration change.
10th June 2021
Overnight internet outage Internet CDN provider Fastly has admitted that last night's outage was due to a configuration error. In a tweet issued around 9:30pm last night (AEST) Fastly said, "We identified a service configuration that triggered disruptions across our POPs globally and have disabled that configuration. Our global network is coming back online."
9th June 2021
Apple's WWDC 2021: stop everything and watch the future of computing on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, TV and more! Apple's iOS and iPadOS 15, macOS 12 Monterey, watchOS 8 and more are never more connected, secure and private, easier, more powerful and intelligent, with offline Siri, more advanced home automation, app creation on iPad, Xcode Cloud, iCloud+, sharing virtually any content in real-time on Messages and so much more.
8th June 2021
NBN Special Access Undertaking Variation Discussion Paper
7th June 2021
Phone scam no more: Australia and US join forces to fight scammers Scam activity poses social and economic impact on consumers and requires commitment and cooperation. To address this, Australia and the United States join forces to fight scammers and protect consumer rights.
4th June 2021
Thales Data Threat Report revels only 23% of businesses in Australia and New Zealand know where all their data is stored The latest data threat report from Thales shows an alarming 57% of A/NZ organisations have avoided making a mandatory breach report, among a range of other startling revelations. Equinix named to the Fortune 500 for the first time Equinix named to the Fortune 500 for the first time.
3rd June 2021
Comms Alliance welcomes reduction in telco complaints, TIO responds, MacTel comments Australia's Communications Alliance has welcomed the continuing trend of reduced volumes of telco-related complaints to the industry ombudsman.
2nd June 2021
Nokia deploys Australia’s first integrated 5G antenna with Optus okia and Optus deploy the first 5G site to utilise Nokia’s modular Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA) which supports both legacy frequency bands and new 5G bands, simplifying and easing deployment challenges of finding space on towers and rooftops, accelerating rollout of 5G networks.
1st June 2021
Nokia deploys Australia’s first integrated 5G antenna with Optus okia and Optus deploy the first 5G site to utilise Nokia’s modular Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA) which supports both legacy frequency bands and new 5G bands, simplifying and easing deployment challenges of finding space on towers and rooftops, accelerating rollout of 5G networks.
1st June 2021
Optus launches Internet gamer plan Optus has launched a new home Internet plan specifically designed for gamers which it says aims to not only provide great WiFi coverage, but will also address congestion issues for gamers in households where multiple devices are being used, by prioritising their gaming traffic within the home or premises.
31st May 2021