Seattle Data Center Outage Disrupts E-Commerce

1sockchuck writes "A major power outage at Seattle telecom hub Fisher Plaza has knocked payment processing provider Authorize.net offline for hours, leaving thousands of web sites unable to take credit cards for online sales. The Authorize site is still down, but its Twitter account attributes the outage to a fire, while AdHost calls it a 'significant power event.' Authorize.net is said to be trying to resume processing from a backup data center, but there's no clear ETA on when Fisher Plaza will have power again."

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Oh, the humanity!

[PopeRatzo]

..Outage Disrupts E-commerce.

Oh noes! Whatever shall we do if e-commerce gets disrupted?

Because we all know that the cha-chinging of virtual cash registers is the very music of the spheres that keeps the Universe in motion.