Hard Fork Electra Update and Microsoft’s Major Outage

Hard Fork Electra Update and Microsoft’s Major Outage

Tiago Souza
Zus Network
Published in
2 min readJul 19, 2024

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Züs Community,

Quick Update: Our developers are diligently working to release the upcoming Hard Fork “Electra” update. They have already implemented several improvements for Atlus. Most of the web app changes will be deployed between tomorrow and Sunday. Once these changes are live, we will announce the start of the community testing campaign.

Storm of the Week

Microsoft’s Outage Highlights the Need for a Resilient Cloud Architecture

This week, a major global outage hit Microsoft, disrupting apps, Windows machines, and services worldwide. Multiple airlines canceled flights, businesses halted operations, hospitals canceled surgeries, 911 lines went down, and even police services were affected. This incident underscores the vulnerabilities of centralized technologies and the risks of relying on them for daily operations. A single point of failure in the Microsoft Azure Cloud system caused widespread chaos, illustrating the fragility of such systems.

A flawed software update by CrowdStrike aggravated the crisis, crashing countless computers running Microsoft Windows. The update led to immediate and inescapable disruptions, highlighting the fragility of our global technology infrastructure. The world has become overly reliant on a handful of tech giants and cybersecurity firms, making such incidents increasingly catastrophic and recurrent.

Would you like to guarantee data availability instead of relying on traditional cloud solutions that are prone to outages like what transpired at Microsoft today?

At Züs, we prioritize availability to prevent such failures. Our Blimp platform uses a distributed architecture to fragment and distribute data across multiple nodes, ensuring exceptional security and performance. This design makes it nearly impossible for similar outages to occur, as there are no single points of failure.

Our approach ensures your data is always accessible with high-speed transfers and customizable redundancy for superior durability. Additionally, our platform offers support for seamless integration across public, private, and hybrid cloud setups, giving you greater control and flexibility over your storage environment.

The recent CrowdStrike outage, caused by a flawed update, further emphasizes the need for resilient cloud solutions. Züs offers a secure alternative to conventional cloud storage, preventing downtime and breaches due to single points of failure.

Switch to Züs for a more reliable, secure, and resilient cloud storage solution, and safeguard your operations against the vulnerabilities exposed by recent events. Do not let a single point of failure disrupt your business — choose a distributed, multi-cloud approach with Züs.

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