GLITCH WATCH: The Month in Meltdowns

From safety valve errors to orders and promotions gone wild, the past fortnight was a proud period for protagonists of automating of capital markets -- or other industries.

August 6: Wikipedia Cut Off

The online encyclopedia goes down for the oldest of reasons; a cable cut. The outage stems fro a fiberoptic cable being cut near a data center in Florida.

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From safety valve errors to orders and promotions gone wild, the past fortnight was a proud period for protagonists of automating of capital markets -- or other industries.

August 6: Wikipedia Cut Off

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