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Yesterday, a major AWS outage brought the world to a standstill. But why did it happen? And will it ever happen again?
Millions around the world found themselves unable to access popular services thanks to a Domain Name System issue with Amazon Web Services.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud infrastructure giant relied on by millions of companies worldwide, experienced a significant outage on Monday, Oct.
The cloud-computing division of the internet giant is used by thousands of internet customers, many of whom reported disruptions on Monday.
If you were struggling to connect to your work apps, you aren't alone - Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major outage. After an issue in one of its US regions overnight, users were unable to access services such as Zoom, Slack and Canva - all of which run on AWS systems - before the issue spread to the US.
AWS outage has taken down millions of websites, including Amazon.com, Prime Video, Perplexity AI, Canva and more.
More important than a brief AWS outage is whether Amazon can reaccelerate cloud growth and use its earnings report later this month to shake off concerns that it’s an AI laggard.