Could Amazon Doom the United States?

Amazon Web Services is the backbone of much of the economy and the government. AWS is a cloud computing platform that enables ...
Las Vegas Sun

Mass reliance on Amazon leaves internet-dependent services vulnerable

A major disruption to Amazon’s cloud computing platform Monday exposed the fragile nature of digital dependency. When ...
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These are the reasons behind AWS failures this week, 100 billion lost

The AWS cloud failure, caused by DNS and a "haywire" EC2 monitoring system, paralyzed global apps/banks. Losses hit billions, ...

AWS outage hits major apps and services, resurfacing old questions about cloud redundancy

Amazon Web Services is recovering after an outage that disrupted Facebook, Snapchat, Fortnite, Coinbase and other major ...

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

Experts say outages like the one that Amazon experienced this week are almost inevitable given the complexity and scale of ...

Is the internet too dependent on AWS? Experts weigh in

Since a large portion of the internet depends on AWS, the outage cascaded across major firms in disparate industries, leaving ...
FinTech Magazine

AWS Outage: A Major Risk For The Financial Sector?

An AWS service disruption highlights the financial sector's dependency on cloud providers and the critical importance of ...

AWS outage causes widespread internet disruptions across the US

Amazon Web Services suffered outages across the US, disrupting thousands of users & affecting key apps, deliveries, & ...
NPR

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS

Amazon said Wednesday it's cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS as part of a strategic shift. The company will trim "a few hundred roles" in the team that overlooks ...