Tag: cloud outages

March 13, 2024

To say the cloud is important to how we work, live, and play is a major understatement – the cloud is now a critical element of tech infrastructure. However, what underlies these outages is often a mystery. That’s why I […]

August 4, 2022

Over the last year or so, major outages at cloud, Internet, and content delivery network providers significantly disrupted operations at businesses ranging from local mom-and-pop stores to international companies. Anxiety about such outages was high among the respondents to this […]

August 3, 2022

Though the mechanics behind many cloud outages are eventually revealed, some of the issues might recur because of tradeoffs made by providers for the sake of cost and profitability. The majority of cloud outages boil down to software updates or […]

June 14, 2022

Although we get different messages from cloud computing providers, we now have data that suggests public cloud outages are getting worse. The Uptime Institute recently released its 2022 Outage Analysis report that included such findings as “high outage rates remain […]

January 7, 2016

Which cloud outages topped headlines last year? Here’s a closer look at seven of the biggest cloud outages from 2015. Apple iTunes was unavailable several times in October. In fact, AppleInsider reported iTunes suffered four outages in one week. Verizon […]