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By: Brief Update From Amazon on S3 Downtime and Outage

Brief Update From Amazon on S3 Downtime and Outage — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:41:31 +0000

[...] the meantime, Om Malik of GigaOm has been able to get an update from Amazon. Here’s the [...]

By: Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage

Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:43:30 +0000

[...] is not the first time Amazon’s web services have taken a nose-dive. Last year in July, the S3 service went offline causing widespread problems. It also suffered an outage in February [...]

By: ThanOS.Terentes.com » Blog Archive » Google Mail Down…Again!!

ThanOS.Terentes.com » Blog Archive » Google Mail Down…Again!! — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:22:35 +0000

[...] with the word “outage.” In fact, in recent weeks, not only Google’s services but those of Amazon’s S3 and Apple’s MobileMe have gone on the blink, leading us to rethink our assumptions about the [...]

By: How Is Cloud Computing Like Space Travel?

How Is Cloud Computing Like Space Travel? — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:03:10 +0000

[...] the cloud have a less-than-perfect track record. Small things like “server glitches” or internal communications issues have brought down large cloud services. But since the world is moving to cloud services as a [...]

By: Captain Obvious reports ‘Web apps are not foolproof.’ | User Support | TechRepublic.com

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:34:13 +0000

[...] its portability, nothing in life is perfect. Google’s Gmail has stumbled on occasion, and Amazon and Apple have had their own problems with the availability of their web services. Clearly, you [...]

By: My Habari :: Cloud computing brings us rain

My Habari :: Cloud computing brings us rain — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:19:39 +0000

[...] means almost 88 hours of downtime a year, so 6 hours is not that bad). And if you are here, go and read Om Malik’s opinion, he has a long post on the topic.So, Amazon is promising almost 9 hours of downtime. If that 9 [...]

By: Cloud computing - Amazon’s S3 outage | The Tech News Blog

Cloud computing - Amazon’s S3 outage | The Tech News Blog — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:50:38 +0000

[...] storage was down for around 8 hours – and it’s NOT the first time either. Om Malik has blogged it here on the superb GigaOm.com [...]

By: 10 Stories That Defined Broadband in 2008

10 Stories That Defined Broadband in 2008 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:02:13 +0000

[...] of the fragile nature of web infrastructure. Google’s popular Gmail service went on the blink, Amazon’s fast-growing, cloud-based storageS3 service nosedived in July and more recently, DNS problems hit Yahoo and customers of its email [...]

By: Is cloud computing stable in bad weather? | Bitcurrent

Is cloud computing stable in bad weather? | Bitcurrent — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:55:48 +0000

[...] to be here to stay, judging by the marketing feeding frenzy. There have been some recent well publicized outages that have generated some concerned opinion. Something struck a related chord when I [...]

By: Cloud computing - Amazon’s S3 outage « The Tech News Blog

Cloud computing - Amazon’s S3 outage « The Tech News Blog — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:04:59 +0000

[...] storage was down for around 8 hours – and it’s NOT the first time either. Om Malik has blogged it here on the superb GigaOm.com [...]