2. “Death, Taxes & Internet Outages”
Aim - A
realistic, existenti
alist non-
paranoid
relationship with
technology
3. No 3g
Internet
Case Study : Airport Meltdown
Cant Phone
or SMS
No Public
WiFi
The fix? – blag
into a lounge
set up yet
another
hotmail
account, sigh
…
The outcome ?
5. Phase II – Bringing it all back home
Internet
Digital TV
TIVO (BT Vision)
Home Cinema + Apps
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Internet Radio
DAS
6. Phase II – Bringing it all back home
= Personal Data Center
you cant just come round & watch TV
7. • Full Outlook & Live.com + Adobe & MsOffice
• Trains & Buses & Boris Bikes & TFL
• SatNav, Maps, Local Scout, Weather
• BBC & Times
• Bing, Google, YouTube, Wikipedia
• Facebook, Linked in
• Amazon, e-bay, Tesco, British Airways,
• Games – Angry birds
• + And there is a Phone & Txt
Lovin the „apps‟…
Phase III - Real Smart
How many serious smart users in the house?
8. Phase III – Acts of Faith..
Any others ‘early adopters’ done this yet?
11. Issues & Causes of Outages
What happens:
• Device Failure
• App Failure
• Internet Outage
Causes:
ICT industry- rush to market
Lack of planning
User error – unplugging, not charging, not understanding
Lack of responsibility and accountability
Usage beyond design parameters
12. X - Multiple Points for Failure
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13. Plan Ahead – For
users..
eg- For travel
Educate on
Limitations
eg ADSL SLAs
@ home
Educate on
Complexity
Double Up
• Internet
• Devices
• Apps
• Infrastructure
• DB replication
• Mail archiving
Avoiding Outages – IT People
“I cant get email…”
DR planning = Risk & Cost
14. Avoiding Outages II – Personal Planning
- Communication
• Bjorn Communicator
• Mail me
• phil@coopsys.net & pda66@live.com
• Txt me
• Call me
• Office (all)
• Mobile (key contacts)
• Home (F&F&Core)
15. Avoiding Outages III – Personal Planning
- Information Access
• Ben Informed:
• Database/Office Info
• Office PC, Laptop, Telly, Phone
• Internet/Apps
• Phone, Office PC, Telly, Laptop
Think ahead on where you will be….
16. „Down n out „– Being Realistic
• 99% up time = offline 3.5 days per year
• 99.9 = offline almost 9 hours per year
• 99.99 = approx 1 hour per year
• Most organisations, services will have an outage each year
• Many outage recoveries can not be rehearsed
• Home & Smart phones are more vulnerable than office services
• Have a plan B & C
Want to show how as individuals we need to manage our way round IT in a less than perfect world ANDHow IT is increasingly revolving around us as individuals instead of the organisation
Then eureka a game changing moment
Note the 5 remotes
One day clever devices that sort them selves out on a universal connection and we just talk to them - ? Yes or no?
The Silent Office - who has that ?
Do this and get at least 10% more out of your life or your money back