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Analytics & Technology
An Amazon outage nearly took out the whole internet. Here’s just how big it was.
“Pretty much everything that uses IT services has some connection to the cloud,” Chapple said in an interview with Huffington Post. “So when you have one of these massive data centers having an outage, you’re going to see effects all across the economy.”
Faculty in the Media
Fed struggles to assess state of US economy as government shutdown shuts off key data
Finance professor Jason Reed discusses how the U.S. government shutdown has hindered data collection and reporting that impacts decision making.
Mendoza
In Memoriam: William Nichols, Professor Emeritus of Accountancy
Bill Nichols, who passed away October 13, leaves a lasting legacy as a humble and dedicated teacher, scholar and administrator.
Analytics & Technology
AI is separating privacy from the personal
After 25 years studying data privacy, tech analytics professor Heng Xu says researchers need to start over.
Faculty in the Media
Finance professor questions how NBA figures found themselves in gambling scandal
Finance professor emeritus Richard Sheehan weighed in on the NBA illegal gambling schemes in a Fox News interview.
Faculty Research
When and how to respond to controversial topics in the workplace
Employees at every level increasingly face decisions about whether — and how — to act when controversial issues arise at work.
Analytics & Technology
Inside the nondescript Virginia warehouse that wiped out the internet with one outage... and the neighbors who warn the next one is just a matter of time
“DynamoDB isn’t a term that most consumers know,' said Mike Chapple, an IT professor at the University of Notre Dame. 'But it underpins the apps and services that all of us use every single day.'
Analytics & Technology
An AWS outage impacted your favorite websites. It's now been resolved.
Mike Chapple, an IT professor at the University of Notre Dame, said in a statement to USA TODAY that the incident is a reminder of the world's dependency on a handful of cloud service providers, including AWS.
Analytics & Technology
What caused the massive Amazon web services outage?
Analytics & Technology
Amazon says recovery continues but problems persist
While it seemed the worst had been resolved, a new series of “cascading failures” seems to have arisen during the last few hours, according to Mike Chapple, an information technology professor at Notre Dame University.