What you can learn from Amazon's cloud failures

July 12, 2012 Published by  SearchCloudProvider.com   Cloud Provider Essentials Amazon cloud failure highlights reliability, DR concerns for providers Gina Narcisi, News Writer Online businesses like Instagram, Pinterest and Netflix recently learned the hard way that the cloud is not invincible during the second Amazon cloud failure in a month. Although other cloud providers may be tempted to enjoy a little schadenfreude, the latest outages underscore some of the disaster recovery (DR) challenges and opportunities all providers face. For all its redundancy, the cloud is still based on physical equipment -- and physical equipment fails. And even if cloud providers can't control the weather, they must still have a Plan B in case of a cloud outage. LEARN FROM AMAZON'S MISTAKES Cloud outage concerns hinder global cloud adoption Cloud outage and cloud performance concerns are hindering global adoption, says a recent Alcatel-Lucent study. Customers demand transparency and clear service-level agreements (SLAs). LEARN HOW TO PACIFY CLOUD OUTAGE FEARS Cloud providers must overcome remote cloud concerns Geographically remote businesses face difficulty in leveraging cloud. Cloud providers, with the help of carriers and value-added resellers (VARs), can bring cloud services to remote users. ARE CLOUDS JUST FOR THE MAINLAND? ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchCloudProvider.com, part of the TechTarget network. TechTarget provides IT professionals with the resources they need to perform their jobs: Web sites, newsletters, forums, blogs, white papers, webcasts, events and more. Copyright 2012 TechTarget. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. If you no longer wish to receive Cloud Provider Essentials from SearchCloudProvider.com click to unsubscribe. Unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. Contact Us: SearchCloudProvider.com Member Services 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 Contact: Webmaster@techtarget.com When you access content from this newsletter, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content as described in our Privacy Policy.