Re: Emtel Cloud - 1010.mu is down

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 00:26:37 -0700

Hi Dhiruj,
At 14:52 16-05-2015, Dhiruj Rambaran wrote:
>I just visited the 1010.mu site, found it's not
>working and came here to "be the first to report
>this".. only to find everyone knew about it before I did.

It is still useful to know whether other people
in Mauritius are also encountering the problem.

>Now on their 1010.mu website it says......
>
>"We use the most modern equipment to ensure the best experience.."
>
>Well... I have a question for my fellow geeks....
>
>Shoponline does the following:
>
>1) Gives a Retail E-Commerce Website, made
>available to all mauritian businesses.
>
>2) It has Facebook share features, online chat
>etc.. including an upload interface for uploading products.
>
>3) It caters for unlimited product categories
>and unlimited number of products (even if you
>have 1000 category of products and 1 million products)
>
>4) It costs Rs 5000 in setup fees and, after 12
>months, it costs Rs 300 a month.
>
>5) It's ALL hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud...
>and we don't mind "supporting" you by phone or even in person!
>
>So.. my question is this....
>
>Can I also make the claim... "...ce qui
>différencie Shoponline.mu des services de cloud
>de grandes firmes comme Google, c’est le support
>technique apporté par téléphone ou en personne en cas de problème."...

Will the person I talk to be able to solve the problem quickly?

>and can I also say... "Shoponline propose son
>propre service de dématérialisation informatique
>(cloud computing) pour les particuliers et les
>Petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). Nommé
>Shoponline.mu, il comporte un service de
>création et d’hébergement de sites internet
>(full retail e-commerce), un service de "chat"
>et un système de sauvegarde (backup) en ligne (through geo-replication) " ?

That's good for people who believe that this
"cloud" is wonderful computing. Anyone serious
about their business would look into the above
claims. Is the maximum amount I can expect for loss of revenue Rs 3417?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sun May 17 2015 - 07:26:58 PST