Why Did Amazon Web Services (AWS) Really Go Down? Here’s What We Know

Yesterday, a major AWS outage brought the world to a standstill. But why did it happen? And will it ever happen again?

One AWS failure took down the internet Monday morning - what went wrong

Maybe we rely on Amazon Web Services a little too much. Dozens of sites and apps went dark this morning. Here's why.
The Express Tribune

How an AWS database hiccup froze the web

AWS DynamoDB/DNS fault in the US-EAST-1 region caused widespread outages, disrupting apps, banks and public services while ...

What Led to AWS’s Global Outage, And What the Cloud Industry Must Learn From It

News: The recent AWS downtime exposed the internet’s fragile backbone, reminding enterprises that resilience, redundancy, and ...
TechCrunch

AWS Announces New API Gateway Service

Amazon Web Services announced a new product today called Amazon API Gateway, designed to simplify creation and management of APIs. Today, many companies want to give access to back-end services to ...
InfoQ

HTTP APIs for Amazon API Gateway Are Now Generally Available

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ramya Krishnamoorthy shares a detailed case ...

AWS outage was not due to a cyberattack — but shows potential for ‘far worse’ damage

The outage serves as warning sign for a potentially more disruptive situation and reflects "tech monoculture" in a global ...