Cloud (service): Difference between revisions
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Because cloud computing providers, which cloud services are often built upon, have to be '''large''' in order to offer competitive advantages to their customers (as pertains to this article, particularly product manufacturers), there are very few cloud computing providers in existence. Thus, every one of them operates the infrastructure under a large number of cloud services. | Because cloud computing providers, which cloud services are often built upon, have to be '''large''' in order to offer competitive advantages to their customers (as pertains to this article, particularly product manufacturers), there are very few cloud computing providers in existence. Thus, every one of them operates the infrastructure under a large number of cloud services. | ||
Some of the most famous cloud providers include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud | Some of the most famous cloud providers include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud. | ||
While they take great care to ensure their smooth operation, they sometimes fail and cause widespread service disruptions because of the great number of companies relying on their services.{{ | While they take great care to ensure their smooth operation, they sometimes fail and cause widespread service disruptions because of the great number of companies relying on their services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-21 |title=Amazon says AWS cloud service back to normal after outage disrupts businesses worldwide |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazons-cloud-unit-reports-outage-several-websites-down-2025-10-20/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-09 |title=Kubernetes kicks down Azure Front Door |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/kubernetes_azure_outage/ |website=The Register}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=Multiple GCP services impacted in the europe-west3-c zone |url=https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/e3yQSE1ysCGjCVEn2q1h |website=Google Cloud Service Health}}</ref> | ||
===Ineffective access controls=== | ===Ineffective access controls=== | ||