No silicon lining after Amazon's 'cloud' computer crash wipes customers' data

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 9:05 AM on 29th April 2011

  • - Cloud customers told: 'We are very sorry'
  • - Thousands of websites affected in crash, including popular Reddit

  • - Crash leaves firms questioning the future of cloud computing 

Amazon faced further headaches today after it emerged a crash that caused thousands of websites to shut down also resulted in the loss valuable customer data.
Businesses that relied on Amazon's huge cloud computer network to store and run their sites have been told last week's catastrophic crash also permanently erased data from many of those affected.
The failure of Amazon's 'bomb-proof' EC2 network last week caused thousands of websites to stop working, damaging the reputation of the technology.
Amazon - one of the world's foremost advocates of cloud computing - has remained tight-lipped on the crash, refusing to reveal how many companies use its web services or how many were affected by the outage.


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