{"id":64055,"date":"2015-11-12T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=dfd8be977abd4c70232891613e804d8b"},"modified":"2015-11-12T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:30:41","slug":"news-story-esourcing-suite-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=64055","title":{"rendered":"News story: eSourcing suite downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In order to assure the continued availability of our eSourcing suite, the service provider, IBM, needs to move the system to a new hosting location. <\/p>\n

This move is scheduled to begin on Wednesday 2 December at 23:00 (GMT) and it is anticipated that it will be complete by the evening of Friday 4 December. <\/p>\n

During this time there will be no access to the eSourcing suite for suppliers and buyers. <\/p>\n

Following the move, you may initially find that your browser cannot locate the login page to the eSourcing suite. By Monday 7 December, however, the system will be fully in its new location and will appear exactly as before the move.<\/p>\n

The URL and all your user login names and passwords will be unchanged. <\/p>\n

Data from all historic events and events that were \u201copen\u201d when the system was moved will also remain accessible.<\/p>\n

What do I need to do?<\/h2>\n

Buyers do not need to \u201cclose\u201d live events that are due to close after the system is moved on Thursday 3 December.<\/p>\n

However, buyers with events closing in the period before the system is moved may wish to export their tender responses so they can evaluate offline during the relocation downtime.<\/p>\n

Buyers with active procurements due to close after the system is moved are recommended to:<\/p>\n