Virgin Australia "Milestone Announcement" June 1, 2023

[MooTime]

As explained clearly in previous posts, the problem was primarily the Velocity web site login step, not the Estore itself. Collinson Group is the likely operator of this part of the infrastructure, as already discussed.



None of that is relevant whatsoever, that's not how IT works in 2023. It's all about using cloud services, *particularly* for short-term promotions like this, as you can scale up to meet the demand without paying for long-term capital infrastructure. No one is running any cables , you're living well in the past if you think that's how things operate these days. And people are delusional if they think they can handle this kind of load in-house themselves (unless they really spend millions and millions on infrastructure for a one-time promotion, which would be incredibly stupid when a specialised content delivery network / cloud security company can handle it for a fraction of that cost).

Please read posts 365 onward on page 19 for how this actually works.

No one runs cables, wow.... Gee not sure my day job relevant anymore I guess.... Better hit seek.com

 

[Gold Member]

As explained clearly in previous posts, the problem was primarily the Velocity web site login step, not the Estore itself. Collinson Group is the likely operator of this part of the infrastructure, as already discussed.

None of that is relevant whatsoever, that's not how IT works in 2023. It's all about using cloud services, *particularly* for short-term promotions like this, as you can scale up to meet the demand without paying for long-term capital infrastructure. No one is running any cables , you're living well in the past if you think that's how things operate these days. And people are delusional if they think they can handle this kind of load in-house themselves (unless they really spend millions and millions on infrastructure for a one-time promotion, which would be incredibly stupid when a specialised content delivery network / cloud security company can handle it for a fraction of that cost).

Please read posts 365 onward on page 19 for how this actually works.

Well said. Some people still don’t understand outsourced SaaS/Iaas style provisioning and capacity etc.

Too many heads in the sand in their antiquated server rooms.

 

[Bagpuss]

Velocity means… fast delayed till August:

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Well it's August 8th and still nothing. I guess everyone forgot including Velocity. (Yes there are 31 days in August I know, but expected it to start from August 1st.)

 

[MEL_Traveller]

All the hype about 1 point rewards and stuff.

Rubbish!!

 

[MELso]

Obviously, they still haven't worked out a way to address the Hungry, Hungry Hippos effect of several million people frantically refreshing their browsers trying to get the 1 point awards all at once.

But TBH, Velocity's better without such gimmicks...

 

[MooTime]

I agree, just nonsense, cop the abuse on all the important social media platforms & drop the dead duck.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Velocity means fast to renege on promotions.