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A Scotsman opinion column argues that the disruption caused by a Microsoft outage shows how dependent everyday services have become on systems that can fail at once. It calls on technology companies to build backups that can take over, and says organisations may need duplicate systems of their own.
Why it mattersThat is a practical resilience argument, though the column gives no technical detail about the outage or its cause. Redundancy costs money; finding out what happens without it can cost rather more.
Discuss: Should organisations pay for duplicate systems before an outage happens, or is that cost justified only for essential services?
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