The Day the Computers Stopped Working

image of computer monitor with error message

Computers allow us work better and faster than ever. But when our computers grind to a halt, our work does too, as it did for one of our clients.

After completing an analysis, the Acuity consultant discovered that some of the files on the computer had upwards of nine million records. A summary and a purge later, and computer response time was so quick that users thought the system had “blown up!”