Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, its widely used 365 services, Xbox, and Minecraft started suffering outages at roughly noon Eastern time on Wednesday, the result of what Microsoft said was “an inadvertent configuration change.” The incident—which marks the second major cloud… Read More "The Microsoft Azure Outage Shows the Harsh Reality of Cloud Failures"
A sprawling Amazon Web Services cloud outage that began early Monday morning illustrated the fragile interdependencies of the internet as major communication, financial, health care, education, and government platforms around the world suffered disruptions. As the day wore on, AWS… Read More "The Long Tail of the AWS Outage"
Basically, choosing the right site to establish any facility is a critical decision that may have huge implications for operations, costs, and success. When the site has been chosen, much attention must be given to its design and configuration. This… Read More "IT Site Selection, Design, and Configuration"
