Whether a cloud vendor’s servers are down, or inadequate service performance violates a customer’s SLA, a cloud outage can have serious impact on a business. Some or all cloud-based apps may be unavailable, making it impossible for organizations to access their data and apps. Clearly, outages are an undesirable side effect of cloud servers — and an unavoidable one at that. Even the most dependable cloud service providers occasionally face service interruptions. A recent article about the biggest cloud outages so far in 2022 includes Apple iCloud, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, among others.
