Effects of Amazon Cloud Computing Outage Felt Locally
The Amazon web services outages had a local impact in the Capital Region, affecting various services.
- Ring doorbell cameras
- Amazon orders
- Snapchat
- Games like Roblox and Fortnite
- Disney+
- Lyft
- McDonald’s app
- Venmo
At Paesan's Pizza in Latham, issues with payment processing were experienced, with Mastercard transactions being unavailable.
So normally when we come in the morning, I open up, turn on the computers, and all of a sudden all the online orders come up and this morning we had zero. I’m like ‘what’s going on?’
Owner Frank Scavio felt fortunate the outage didn't occur on a Friday, their busiest day.
Author's summary: Amazon cloud outage affects local businesses and services.