As businesses around the world continue to grapple with the massive IT outage that took place early July 19, Tempe seems to be safe from any major impacts.
You must be a member to read this story.
Join our family of readers for as little as $5 per month and support local, unbiased journalism.
Current print subscribers can create a free account by clicking here
Otherwise, follow the link below to join.
To Our Valued Readers –
Visitors to our website will be limited to five stories per month unless they opt to subscribe. The five stories do not include our exclusive content written by our journalists.
For $6.99, less than 20 cents a day, digital subscribers will receive unlimited access to YourValley.net, including exclusive content from our newsroom and access to our Daily Independent e-edition.
Our commitment to balanced, fair reporting and local coverage provides insight and perspective not found anywhere else.
Your financial commitment will help to preserve the kind of honest journalism produced by our reporters and editors. We trust you agree that independent journalism is an essential component of our democracy. Please click here to subscribe.
As businesses around the world continued to grapple with the massive IT outage that took place early July 19, Tempe seems to be safe from any major impacts.
According to Tempe officials, the city has not experienced any disruptions to its services as a result of the outage.
Paulette Pacioni from the Tempe Chamber of Commerce stated in an email the chamber has not felt any impacts as well. Reaching out to chamber members, she said that there weren’t any problems with those she spoke with.
“My husband works for Fusion Power Solar, and he couldn’t clock in early this morning, but it worked a half-hour ago,” Pacioni wrote.
While this tech outage has grounded flights, with banks and media outlets also knocked offline, Tempe seems to be relatively unscathed.
Kyrene School District has also been unaffected by the outage, according to district officials.
Meet Caroline Caroline Yu joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2020 as a summer intern covering Scottsdale. As an intern, she continued her coverage of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Tempe. After graduating in 2022, Caroline became a full-time reporter for Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. She is currently reporting for the Tempe market.
Community: She is a supporter of the environment and tries to get involved with related community events.
Education: Arizona State University with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications, with a minor in French.
Random Fact: She used to be a ballet dancer for 10 years.
By 
