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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.
Verizon announced a deal with Amazon Web Services on Monday to build high-capacity fiber routes connecting AWS data centers, aiming to strengthen infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence applications.
The cloud-computing division of the internet giant is used by thousands of internet customers, many of whom reported disruptions on Monday.
An Amazon Web Services outage has caused significant issues for a number of high-profile websites Monday morning, including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, online broker Robinhood and the McDonald’s app.
An Amazon Web Services outage impacting Amazon's own services and as well as apps around the world wasn't resolved until Monday evening.`
Numerous websites and services were impacted by the issue, including the social media app Snapchat, games like Roblox and Fortnite, and Amazon.com, according to DownDetector.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) users have experienced an outage today after the public cloud giant's North Virginia datacentre region became beset with technical difficulties