021 The Great Facebook Outage

DDK Pod Episode 21 – The Great Facebook Outage. Facebook had a bit of a blip recently. And by ‘a bit of a blip’ we mean ‘an enormous global outage which quite literally knocked the entirety of Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and all services which rely on Facebook for authentication off the internet.’ It’s fascinating to understand exactly how this happened, especially given that it was an error of Facebook’s own making. We discuss the outage, how it happened, and the wider implications for the IT industry. Also covered is our pick of the IT industry news and a few recommendations for our listeners. Timecodes: 00:19 - The News 08:25 – Management Jargon 28:21 - DDK Recommends Stuff 39:09 - Get in touch