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

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.

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.
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Cloud Computing Is A Strategy That Financial Services Firms Need To Get Right

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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 ...

What Is Amazon Web Services?

The cloud-computing division of the internet giant is used by thousands of internet customers, many of whom reported ...
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Cloud-First Computing, How Real Are Virtual Desktops?

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What Is One of the Best Cloud AI Stocks to Buy Right Now?

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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.