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The Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World

Headline via Wired · first report 13 Nov, 22:45 IST, latest 14 Nov, 09:16 IST

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What we know

2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Wired at 13 Nov, 22:45 IST; the latest is from NDTV at 14 Nov, 09:16 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by2 news organisations
First report13 Nov, 22:45 IST
Latest report14 Nov, 09:16 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

Countless businesses, schools, hospitals, and governments have found out the hard way what it means to rely on a single company’s systems to get things done. And next time could be even worse.
The incident has renewed calls for independent backup systems and alternative communication networks to prevent similar disruptions in the future.

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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