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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Michuki Mwangi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michuki@swiftkenya.com">michuki@swiftkenya.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Betty,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 3/5/11 7:38 AM, Betty Mwangi wrote:<br>
> Thanks Solomon<br>
><br>
> Indeed there was an outage on M-PESA last evening whereby the<br>
> connectivity between the local servers and the database in Germany<br>
> temporarily failed. This was resolved last evening and apologies for the<br>
> inconvenience<br>
><br>
<br>
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<br>
>From a technical stand-point the statement above can be easily<br>
interpreted as a technically flawed design IMHO. It almost states that<br>
the M-PESA services are "entirely" dependent on connectivity to Germany.<br>
<br>
I doubt if this is the case and you may want to clarify. If it is the<br>
case - i have to say its quite a challenge on your hands to provide an<br>
efficient service for a local service that depends on international<br>
connectivity.<br>
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</rant><br>
<br>
Michuki.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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