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What happens when the cloud blows up?

When we plan for cloud failures, we need to consider more than power failures or network outages. Recent damage from the Iran war has impacted multiple availability zones.

By David Linthicum

Sep 29, 20266 mins

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The day the cloud went dark

Even industry-leading cloud infrastructure cannot protect businesses from expensive, disruptive outages.

By David Linthicum

Oct 24, 2025 6 mins

Amazon Web ServicesBusiness ContinuityCloud Architecture

What happens when the cloud blows up?

The cloud outage that should terrify the CIO

When the cloud control plane fails

Don’t waste your next cloud outage

The causes of cloud outages are changing

When cloud giants neglect resilience

2026: The year we stop trusting any single cloud

Cloud fragility is costing us billions

Learning from the AWS outage: Actions and resources

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The day the cloud went dark

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