09-24-2006, 04:32 PM
Quote: When Amazon.com has server problems, it shares them with other key retail players, including Target.com and Borders.com.
At least that's the e-commerce lesson those three retailersand perhaps othersare learning this week.
All three retailers began seeing a sharp drop in server response times starting Sept. 20, at about 9 a.m. Eastern, according to sources familiar with their servers.
The three are connected because, to varying degrees, Amazon is hosting chunks of the e-commerce sites of both Borders and Target...
full article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2019100,00.asp