The $2.5 billion question: How many more AWS outages until the internet builds a real backup plan?

The AWS outage that crippled Snapchat also exposed the shocking fragility of critical infrastructure and took out governments.

An AWS Outage Took Down Snapchat, Fortnite, and ChatGPT, and Showed How Fragile Everything Really Is

According to the AWS status updates, the company reported “increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS Services in the US-EAST-1 Region.” The root cause was later identified as issues with DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in that region, and the incident rippling into other AWS services.

AWS outage costs major companies millions per hour, Insurance may cover losses - with a catch

A significant Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage cost major companies millions per hour, highlighting the risks of single-provider reliance. While insurance can mitigate losses, policy limitations and a gap between operational exposure and insurance response exist.
CIO Dive

AWS outage puts spotlight on IT durability

The downtime serves as a reminder to CIOs that recovery strategies separate from their primary cloud vendor are key to business continuity.

AWS Outage Sends Corporate America Into Tailspin

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