Amazon Web Services Failed, but AirBNB Didn't Have To

Yesterday part of Amazon Web Services failed, taking with it a slew of startups that use its Cloud infrastructure. AirBNB was one of the biggest, but Heroku, Reddit, Minecraft, Flipboard, and Coursera all went down with it. It's not the first time. So what the heck happened, and how could it have been avoided?

DZone · Oct 24, 12 by Eric Gregory

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