Micro$oft Crash and Burn

Businesses around the globe today are suffering the effects of IT outsourcing due to a massive and as yet unresolved problem with Microsoft’s Exchange servers. After almost a full day, Microsoft still has no idea why this has occurred. However, they have ruled out malware; that only leaves their own stupidity or incompetence.

Although efforts to resolve the problem, according to Microsoft press releases, appear to be making progress, many organizations are still unable to access the data and applications they need to keep their businesses running. I’m curious to see how long this lasts.

The thing about the cloud and services like Microsoft 365 is that they’re all hosted on someone else’s computers. Computers over which you have no control. None whatsoever.

Don’t forget that Google Docs is also hosted on someone else’s computer. So is whatever cloud service you’re using.