Google Apps is currently making a point of making everyone aware how reliable cloud computing and storage really is – the Gmail outages on Wednesday have really pissed off some of the users, including many execs who were letting their complaints out loud. According to Computer World:
A prolonged, ongoing Gmailoutage has some Google Apps administrators pulling their hair out as their end users, including high-ranking executives, complain loudly while they wait for service to be restored.
At around 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Google Inc. announced in the official Google Apps discussion forum that the company was aware of a problem preventing Gmail users from logging into their accounts and that it expected a solution by 9 p.m. on Thursday.
So much for the notion of SaaS and Cloud Computing.
[via Computer World]
and now that service has been restored they can continue to collect all our information on behalf of their advertisers and the gubberment