Performance problems at PayPal are causing problems for many e-commerce sites today. Paypal is
acknowledging the problems [1], which are impeding user logins and transaction processing by merchants. “We are aware of this issue and are actively working to resolve this as quickly as possible,” said a statement from
eBay [2], which owns PayPal.
UPDATE: As of about 3 pm, eBay says PayPal has “started recovering. Some intermittent issues remain which we are currently addressing.”
Paypal serves as the primary payment gateway for many smaller merchants and is offered as a payment option by many larger e-commerce sites and retailers. See
TechCrunch [3] and
Auction Bytes [4]for additional coverage.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] acknowledging the problems: http://announcements.paypal.com/us/
[2] eBay: http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200908031053061.html
[3] TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/03/payfail-paypal-and-its-apis-go-down-online-shopping-grinds-to-a-halt/
[4] Auction Bytes : http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2009/8/1249324175.html
[5] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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