Downtime Stories

Irish Stories

Downtime stories

Servecentric launches resilient connectivity for businesses

Businesses facing costly outages can now buy a more resilient internet service from Servecentric, which backs growth to €6 million by 2027.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

eir business backs .IE Digital Trust Mark for SMEs

Irish SMEs will get support to tackle weak website, email and domain settings as cyber risk erodes trust and productivity.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 22nd Sep 2026

Global Stories

Downtime stories

Fleet Management

Manitowoc launches Potain MDT 99e with new control

The compact topless crane targets crowded city sites, with touchscreen controls meant to speed commissioning, maintenance and reduce downtime.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Today

Manufacturing

Automotive IT leaders struggle to deliver modernisation

Only 43% of automotive IT leaders pursuing core system integration said the work was live, highlighting a gap between plans and plant-floor reality.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last month

Disaster Recovery

Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery

Resilience-minded organisations are turning to compact edge systems to keep critical services running if cyberattacks, outages or floods hit.

By Kamil Kwinta • 7 min read • Last month

Semiconductors

CScale raises USD $145 million to tackle AI optics

The funding backs efforts to reduce downtime in large AI systems as optical links become a critical bottleneck across data centres.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Hybrid Cloud

LogicMonitor launches AI-led IT model with governed action

Enterprises under pressure from alert overload may gain faster incident as the platform ties AI recommendations to strict human approvals and audit trails.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

DevOps

NETSCOUT launches AI copilot for outage investigations

It aims to help operations teams pinpoint outage causes faster by turning packet data into plain-language answers, evidence and follow-up prompts.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Rockwell study flags cybersecurity as industrial growth risk

More than a third of industrial decision-makers now see cyber risk as a top barrier to growth, a Rockwell survey found.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

DevOps

Australia & New Zealand top Asia-Pacific in IT stability

Outages are detected quickly in Australia and New Zealand, but fragmented monitoring leaves teams slower to restore services across APAC.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Manufacturing

Honeywell flags OT cybersecurity visibility gap in industry

Incomplete asset inventories are leaving industrial operators exposed, with only 21% able to track every OT system despite 88% calling programmes mature.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026

Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response

Customers can use the six-step workflow to tell whether an outage stems from Google, their own systems or a third-party service.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Sat, 19th Sep 2026

Malware

Hiscox: cyber attacks cost small firms USD $52,000

Smaller companies are facing cyber losses almost equal to their resilience spending, as attacks cost an average USD $52,000 a year.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Sep 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Downtime stories

Customer Experience

AI-driven search cuts UK traffic, Cloudways study says

UK businesses say AI-driven search is already hitting site visits, as downtime is also costing them an average of GBP £376,000 a year.

By Regine Laguilles • 4 min read • Last week

Disaster Recovery

SIOS names Charlie Mantione head of sales, Americas

The move comes as demand grows for tools that keep critical applications running across cloud and hybrid systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Australia lags on tech modernisation as AI pressure grows

Nearly half of Australian organisations are behind on technology upgrades, with AI adoption exposing ageing systems and increasing security and governance risks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month