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Re:Visa Systems Issues by jpatokal on Monday June 22, 2015 @07:49AM (#9757604)
So, what's the last time a Fortune 500 company's IT systems failed so hard they couldn't do anything for two weeks?
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Re:Visa Systems Issues by acyacy on Monday June 22, 2015 @02:41PM (#9760324)
On a technical level, it's possible, on a practical level it's not. You can't get 100% uptime due to the unforeseen problems that will hit once in a while.

If the downtime was anticipated it can always be averted. Even a Fortune 500 can expect some downtime over a period large enough.

Take Sony earlier this year. The US government itself the year before.

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