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Here's what experts say the Amazon Web Services outage reveals about the fragility of the cloud
Experts say the incident revealed what can happen when a such a broad spectrum of companies rely on singular cloud provider.
Amazon Web Services has faced a major outage, affecting users worldwide trying to connect to various online services.
Scores of the websites and apps, including Facebook, Disney+ and Reddit were hit by a global outage overnight caused by an "operational issue" at U.S. cloud services provider Amazon Web Services. At the peak of the incident,
An Amazon Web Services outage impacting Amazon's own services and as well as apps around the world wasn't resolved until Monday evening.`
Early Monday, Amazon Web Services, the cloud backbone powering much of the internet, suffered a massive outage that lasted nearly 15 hours, disrupting hundreds of companies from Apple to McDonald’s, and even grounding parts of airline and finance operations.
A problem with Amazon's cloud-computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms.
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Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Fortnite and more go down in huge Amazon internet outage: Latest updates
Snapchat, Ring, Roblox, Fortnite and more go down in huge Amazon internet outage: Latest updates - DownDetector has been flooded with huge spikes for many apps people use every day