Amazon Web Services Errors Disrupt Big Part of the Internet
- After ‘high error rates,’ company says S3 service back online
- Various customers hosting software, web applications affected
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Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing service was beset by errors on Tuesday, disrupting thousands of online services from project-management and expense-reporting tools to commuter alerts.
Amazon Web Services reported "high error rates" with its S3 service, which it describes as a "simple storage solution" that can be used to house data, manage web applications and host software that customers can download via the internet. S3 is used by nearly 150,000 websites, including ESPN.com and aol.com, according to SimilarTech.com, which profiles sites.