Re:AWS issues, affecting Heroku and others
by dredmorbius on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @01:23AM
(#4686772)
If you're running RightScale, you're relying on AWS. Parts of New Relic. An Amazon affiliate service.
More generally, other tools such as a CDN, DNS, email delivery services, Facebook authentication, Twitter feeds, OpenStreetMap. Google APIs, mapping, Analytics, and others, all rely on some third-party infrastructure, if not AWS itself. I'm not saying that all sites rely on all of these, but many use one or more.
The Web is becoming increasing interconnected in ways that increase fragility.
More generally, other tools such as a CDN, DNS, email delivery services, Facebook authentication, Twitter feeds, OpenStreetMap. Google APIs, mapping, Analytics, and others, all rely on some third-party infrastructure, if not AWS itself. I'm not saying that all sites rely on all of these, but many use one or more.
The Web is becoming increasing interconnected in ways that increase fragility.