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Thursday 13 October 2011

iOS 5 Launch - 'Unprecedented' Traffic Levels [ 13-10-2011 18:50 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Translation by: Paul Smith

Yesterday's iOS 5 launch seems to have been pretty popular ...perhaps a little too popular according to AAISP, a UK based core service provider. Monitoring traffic levels during the release the firm noticed a huge increase in traffic, so much so that at one point it was described as being "... worse than the world cup traffic!".

Many users reported delays in downloading the update through iTunes as well as problems connecting to Apple's servers. The blame for this was laid at Apple's door by some, but given the scale of the traffic zooming through the tubes yesterday that is perhaps unfair. Indeed at one point AAISP described the 1 Gb/s traffic levels as a result of the iOS 5 launch as unprecedented:

Usage has just reached unprecidented [sic] levels - we have not seen anything like this...

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BlackBerry Outage Over Says Mike Lazaridis [ 13-10-2011 18:33 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: RIM Translation by: Paul Smith

The Great BlackBerry Outage of 2011 is over. At least that'sthe word from joint-CEO Mike Lazaridis. In a press conference earlier today Lazaridis promised a full investigation as to what happened to cause a global blackout for BlackBerry users that spanned three days. In his statement Lazaridis apologised, saying "We know we've let many of you down. You expect more from us. I expect more from us".

You can see Lazaridis' statement in the video below:

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Scott Forstall - The 'Mini-Steve' [ 13-10-2011 16:01 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Businessweek Translation by: Paul Smith

Today I came across an interesting piece from Businessweek on Scott Forstall. You may know Forstall as the senior vice president of iOS at Apple, but chances are you don't know very much about him as a person. There's good reason for that because Apple, in the words of their spokesman Steve Dowling, does not cooperate with media profiles of executives. That didn't stop Businessweek from compiling a profile of Forstall though and it makes for fascinating reading.

The article presents a picture of a man who is a contrast with himself; on the one hand inspiring great loyalty from his subordinates, whilst on the other rubbing his fellow executives up the wrong way. It's a very Jobsian caricature and for good reason; in some regards Forstall could be considered a protégé of Jobs:

In many ways, Forstall is a mini-Steve. He's a hard driving manager who obsesses over every detail. He has Jobs's knack for translating technical, feature-set jargon into plain English.

If Forstall shares Jobs' attention to detail and driven personality then he also shares Jobs' tendency to be a polarising figure, especially when it comes to his fellow executives "They say he has such a fraught relationship with other members of the exectuive team - including lead designer Jony Ive and Mac hardware chief Bob Mansfield - that they avoid meetings with him unless Tim Cook is present".

Jobs was leading the company, Forstall isn't. Can those Jobsian qualities be used to push Apple forward in Steve's absence? Can Tim Cook keep Forstall's more divisive traits in check, or will they end up splitting the company due to friction and politicking?

You can read the Businessweek article here.

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BlackBerry Outage Spreads To 'Almost Every Planet' [ 13-10-2011 13:21 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: CNN Translation by: Paul Smith

Well we knew the BlackBerry outage was bad, but it appears to have taken a turn for the worse according to CNN as service disruption has now apparently spread to 'almost every planet'.