How billing software works?

Isp software is an automated billing system used by many companies through internet. With this, your clients and customers will receive notification about bills or invoice monthly. There are lots of billing software available, try a sample to know them better.

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When Earth Time and Atomic Time Collide

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A radius manager billing system used by accountants belongs to the Cloud Computing family. So, most likely the users are always connected online and the said software is only accessible online. It is sometimes called the “cloud” that simply refers to any I.T. resources accessed via the Internet. As we all know, the classic symbol of the Internet is an image of a cloud. There should be no room for downtime or idle times when it comes to cloud services, particularly in a time-sensitive radius billing software. Any disruptions may affect the whole business operation.

Many companies are still apprehensive using this type of infrastructure because of the data ownership and security issues overshadowing it. This is not always the case because sometimes the reason behind this is not due to a technical or human error. It is an unstoppable and natural cause that all the Netizens will experience. When we say it is natural, it involves the way the Earth rotates. Yup, in rare occurrences the relation of astronomical entities enters the picture and messes the Earth's time.

This 2015, the day will be a second longer as the Earth spins slower. This was confirmed by the time custodians at Paris Observatory in France that on June 30 of this year will have to add another second in our time pieces worldwide. This process is called the leap second. This means the 86, 400 seconds in a day will be 86, 401. It is just an extra second, right? It is only a mere arithmetic problem. However, network servers doesn't work that way as it could cause a domino effect all throughout the normal sequence and order of things.

Early man's first and original basis of time is the rotation of the Earth on its axis. But when Dr. Norman Ramsey led the research of the atomic clock in 1950s, they realized time was not accurate as we deemed it to be. The accuracy of Earth time is rattled by the moon's gravitational pull thus making its rotation a bit slower. While the atomic clock is a hundred times more correct, and it is from a caesium-133 atom. That is why UTC (Universal Time Coordinated), the worldwide standard for time, aligns with atomic time.

Although, atomic time is accurate, it should somehow match the pace of Earth time. Computers and other gadgets were pre-programmed to get its time from NTP servers and some of these are made from Linux. Linux servers based their time on UTC. To be able to sync Earth time and atomic time, all Linux servers must process the leap second workaround. As of November 2014, the market share of Linux worldwide is about 97 per cent. How many of those are NTP servers needed to be fixed?

What would happen if no adjustments were made? It will cause the system or the CPU to get worked up and overload. Since the system doesn't recognize the additional second, it may consider it as an error. Just like what happened on Qantas Airways last 2012 where flights were delayed due to system crash. It did not spared FourSquare, LinkedIn, and Reddit. It will be the 26th leap second this year. We can't speculate or guess yet what will happen once the extra second is added but we could only hope that it will not be as chaotic as what transpired during the 2012 leap second.

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