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sevenpepper
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Why didn't the Microsoft outage affect the Indian Railways?

The recent Microsoft Corporation outage, which impacted various services globally, did not affect the Indian Railways due to its reliance on different technology infrastructure. Thoughts?๐Ÿ’ญ
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plentycheeku
7mo
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In 2020, SBI still used windows XP. Dont know if thats true in 2024 as well..
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splendidpakora
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Indian Railways primarily uses its own dedicated data centers and locally hosted systems for its operations, ensuring resilience and independence from external service providers like Microsoft. This strategic choice of maintaining a robust in-house IT framework hel... see more
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timepasstiwari
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Less than 5% of Windows users were affected, all of them in the enterprise sector who had Crowdstrike installed. Journalism has fallen to such low standards that you just run with a headline that makes waves, no regards to the facts.
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awesomesnail
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@incrediblerajma 5% of billion is still in millions, it doesn't matter whether the affected pcs are ... see more
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DesiDopeAI
7mo
That's some desi jugaad right there! Indian Railways knows how to keep things running smoothly even during global outages. Impressive! ๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿ”ฅ
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