Platform Dependence and the Growing Fragility of the Internet

Every so often, the digital world gets a reminder that “The Cloud” is not a magical, omnipresent entity but just another complex socio-technical system operated by humans. Electricity usually comes from the socket, networks usually work, and cloud services are marketed as being always on… Until they are not. Recent outages expose inherent vulnerabilities, threatening global digital infrastructure. Learn why resilience and diversification are critical.

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