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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.
A massive Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is wreaking havoc on the Internet. In an update Monday morning, Amazon said that it is “still experiencing elevated errors.” A massive Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is affected major websites and apps on Monday. Downdetector is even running a breaking news bar at the top of the site.
Services disrupted included major retailers, airlines, social-media apps, financial-services companies and more. Amazon said its systems have recovered.
It took a day without Amazon Web Services for Americans to realize how reliant the internet is on a single company.