Global IT Outage Impacts Europe and the US, But Not Much Affects China
Businesses in the US and Europe were delayed a lot on Friday because of a global IT problem. Most of the problems were in airports and hotels, but they spread to many other businesses as well. China, on the other hand, which was already on vacation, was mostly unaffected by the tragedy.
The IT outage, which was tied to a big event involving the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, caused a lot of trouble for many businesses in the Western Hemisphere. As soon as the new day started, companies rushed to fix the problems caused by the interruption, which had an effect on many important services and processes. There were delays and cancellations at airports, and hotels had trouble with their reservation systems, which made things hard for visitors and customers.
Travelers face delays and cancellations at a major U.S. airport due to the global IT outage.
Gao Feng, a senior research director at Gartner, gave some information about what was going on and said that China would not be affected much. GAO told CNBC in English that Friday’s CrowdStrike event had very little effect on China and almost no effect on everyday life in China. He then said that the slowdown didn’t have a big effect on most foreign companies that do business in China.
This difference in effects shows how different Western countries’ operations and facilities are from China’s. The problem happened at the same time as the start of the weekend in China, a time when businesses usually slow down. Lucky for them, most Chinese businesses were either closed or only running at a lower level, so they didn’t have to deal with the worst of the problems.
On the other hand, businesses in the US and Europe were hit hard by the bad timing. The start of the work day on Friday is often a very important time for operations, which makes the timing of the outage even worse. Companies had to make backup plans right away that covered both internal problems and how they would affect customer service.
Hotel staff struggle with reservation systems during the widespread IT disruption.
It was clear from the CrowdStrike event that the world’s IT system is weak and that problems like this could have bad results. Some companies have strong plans for what to do in case of a disaster, but the size and timing of this outage tested the strength of many companies’ plans. For example, airports have to deal with planes that are late.