[kictanet] Bob Collymore; Yet to arrive

[Michuki Mwangi]

Betty,

On 3/5/11 7:38 AM, Betty Mwangi wrote:
> Thanks Solomon
> 
> Indeed there was an outage on M-PESA last evening whereby the
> connectivity between the local servers and the database in Germany
> temporarily failed. This was resolved last evening and apologies for the
> inconvenience
> 

<rant>

>From a technical stand-point the statement above can be easily
interpreted as a technically flawed design IMHO. It almost states that
the M-PESA services are "entirely" dependent on connectivity to Germany.

I doubt if this is the case and you may want to clarify. If it is the
case - i have to say its quite a challenge on your hands to provide an
efficient service for a local service that depends on international
connectivity.

</rant>

Michuki.