August 12, 2011
Amazon Web services back up and running
The Register
Paul Kunert writes that the outage is still being investigated.
“The web giant said at the time that lightning had struck a transformer in Dublin on Sunday, which knocked out all power provision including the back-up generator.But exploration of the problem by ESB ruled this out, a spokesman at the Irish firm told The Register.”
Memo from Dell: Partners welcome at Dell World Summit
The VAR Guy
The VAR Guy reports on the upcoming event.
” Yes, channel partners are definitely going to be invited to Dell World. The exact agenda is still being nailed down, but we anticipate partner participation across the spectrum of solutions we’ll be discussing at the event.”
Angry Birds creator could be worth $1.2 billion soon
ZDNet
Rachel King reports on the global success of the game.
“We’ve already seen some evidence of that, with holiday spin-off versions of Angry Birds as well as a special Rio edition tied into the cartoon movie of the same name. Bloomberg adds that Rovio is also selling Angry Birds merchandise, such as stuffed animals and clothing, which should help the money pot overall. Kids (and sometimes kids at heart) love that stuff.”