AWS Outage Reveals Critical Vulnerabilities in Cloud Computing: Why Decentralization is Essential

Oct 21, 2025 03:50 pm CST

A major AWS outage has affected thousands of organizations globally, highlighting the risks of over-reliance on centralized cloud computing. This analysis examines why the dominance of just three providers creates significant vulnerabilities, explores the problems of vendor lock-in and regulatory concerns, and offers solutions through multi-cloud and edge computing approaches that can enhance resilience for businesses dependent on cloud services.