What Is Cloud Computing

Amazon says AWS cloud service is back to normal

What is Amazon Web Services? Learn about the cloud platform at the center of Monday's internet issues

AWS is a widely used cloud platform that offers more than 200 services including cloud-based computing power, storage and databases for IT infrastructure.

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What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet's vulnerable backbone

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Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Robinhood and many other online services

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Amazon says AWS outage ‘fully mitigated’ after major global disruption hits Snapchat, Venmo, Reddit | 10 updates

Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), suffered a major global outage on Monday, affecting a wide range of online platforms from social media and gaming to streaming and financial ap...

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AWS down: Check full list of websites and apps affected by Amazon Cloud outage on October 20

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Amazon's AWS recovering after major outage disrupts services worldwide

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What to know about Amazon's cloud outage that exposed internet's fragility

Amazon is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure and platform services, constituting over 41 per cent of the market, according to market research group Gartner.

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Expert explains why Amazon’s AWS outage was so widespread

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What Is Amazon Web Services?

Major online outages reported: What is AWS and how did the issue knock out so many websites?

A major AWS outage Monday morning caused problems with many of the largest sites on the internet for several hours. And it's not the first time.

What is AWS? Here's why so many sites, apps were impacted during Monday's outage

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.

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Afternoon Briefing: What to know about the Amazon cloud computing outage

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Snapchat, Ring and more: What is AWS and when will issues be fixed?

Thousands of websites and apps like Snapchat, Roblox, Ring and more were down or experiencing issues Monday morning as a major cloud computing service went offline.

AWS outage affects millions worldwide; Amazon details what went wrong

The outage Monday affected people and businesses all across the world. According to CNET, Downdetector saw over 9.8 million reports, including 2.7 million coming from the U.S. and 1.1 million from the UK. That included United Airlines, McDonald's and Venmo. Amazon said late Monday afternoon its systems are mostly back online.