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Oct 2025
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AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on t...

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AWS goes down again. Is it time to re-assess risk in the cloud and AI-era, where so much of the digital assistance we get is housed someplace we can’t see and controlled by someone we don’t know? David Meier, Tom King, and Tim Beyers: - Discuss the failures that led to the AWS outage this morning and which companies are services were impacted as a result ... Show More
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