[LINK] DJ Meltdown

[Richard Chirgwin]

For those that like schadenfraude: IBM is the DJ's shop and its Web server!

RC

On 20/11/12 5:38 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> [maybe they contracted with the same outfit as the Republicans ;-) ]
>
>
> DJs' online frenzy ends in meltdown
>
> Rachel Wells
> Published: November 20, 2012 - 5:32PM
>      *
> <http://www.theage.com.au/business/djs-snubs-joint-retail-frenzy-for-one-of-its-own-making-20121119-29lkt.html>DJs
> snubs joint retail frenzy
>      *
> <http://www.theage.com.au/business/retail/click-frenzy-whos-taking-part-20121120-29ni2.html?rand=1353389818758>Click
> Frenzy - who's taking part
>
> David Jones' attempt to hijack Australia's first national online
> shopping event with a sale of its own has backfired, with the
> department store's two week old website crashing this afternoon under
> the weight of heavy traffic.
>
> A spokeswoman for the department store said unprecedented traffic to
> the site had caused the technical meltdown. By mid-afternoon,
> shoppers who earlier in the day had problems accessing some deals,
> could not even get on to the site.
>
> "Basically, we've had an overwhelming response to our Christmas
> Frenzy event," the spokeswoman said. "Our stores have been trading
> well ahead of our expectations and our online site has been inundated
> with customers causing it to go into meltdown."
>
> The site was inaccessible for about two hours. But it is now back online.
>
> [snip
> http://www.theage.com.au/business/djs-online-frenzy-ends-in-meltdown-20121120-29nou.html
>
>
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