Tech News Update w/e 19 July

There’s really only one place to start, and end, this week. The CrowdStrike software update that has floored airlines, healthcare, supermarkets and banks as well as Microsoft, Sky TV and much more.

The breathtaking events of early morning Friday 19 July have demonstrated more clearly than ever before that businesses large and small need to invest adequately in technology personnel. Our global IT, connectivity infrastructures and, seemingly, the ease with which they work, are a huge strength for humanity. But our reliance on them is a considerable weakness.

A raft of global institutions - including hospitals, major banks, media outlets and airlines - have reported a mass IT outage, affecting their ability to offer services. Read the full story here.

Crowdstrike and Microsoft: What we know about the global IT outage…read more here.

IT outage fixes 'could still take some time' - as cybersecurity company CEO apologises for chaos. Read more here.

How a single update pushed out from an anti-virus company in the US has managed to cause havoc on a global scale, not witnessed before. Read the full story here.

Financial markets have been affected by the IT outage - but the values of the companies 'at the heart of the issue' have not plummeted. Read more here.