I got to thinking about it and you're right. The cloud itself is not affected, but just last night I had a power outage. So, as far as I was concerned, the cloud was unavailable and therefore "down".
Unfortunately, around here, the mainframe is considered "down" if the user's cannot use it. Even if the problem is something like a router being out. And *we* get dinged for it as well as the LAN people. This despite the fact that the mainframe is still running and processing work. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • [email protected] • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:55 AM > To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Cc: McKown, John > Subject: Re: Too true to be funny - 51% of the surveyed Americans think > that stormy weather can interfere with the functionality of the cloud. > > I have to disagree with the premise that stormy weather can't interfere > with the cloud. If I'm at home, and a storm with high winds causes my > electricity to be disconnected as a result of the tree in my back yard > hitting the power line that goes through it, my power goes off. My > internet stops working. That doesn't happen often, but is a direct > result of the storm. > > -- > Eric Bielefeld > Systems Programmer > > > ---- "McKown wrote: > > http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_2328330.asp > > > > > > <quote> > > The survey carried out on 1000 adult americans of age 18 and more > paint a disturbing picture: 54% of americans do not know what the cloud > is and claim to never have used it. But, from these, 95% use it > regularly for online banking, online shopping, social sites such as > Facebook or Twitter and online sharing of photos and files. All of > these services operate within the cloud, but it would seem that not > everyone understands this. Also, another alarming number is that 51% > of the surveyed Americans think that stormy weather can interfere with > the functionality of the cloud. > > </quote> > > > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
