Amazon.com suffered a significant breakdown on Tuesday that lasted for hours and affected core e-commerce functionality on its main site.
As acknowledged on its official Amazon Seller Community discussion forum, buyers couldn't place orders while inventory management features malfunctioned for merchants.
Amazon declared the problem solved about eight hours after first acknowledging it, making the disruption a major one for one of the world's largest and most popular e-commerce sites, for which even minor outages translate into significant lost revenue opportunities.
The incident is also significant because in recent years Amazon.com has become one of the most enthusiastic proponents of cloud computing, urging companies to rely on its systems to handle their IT infrastructure functions and tasks.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178747/
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As acknowledged on its official Amazon Seller Community discussion forum, buyers couldn't place orders while inventory management features malfunctioned for merchants.
Amazon declared the problem solved about eight hours after first acknowledging it, making the disruption a major one for one of the world's largest and most popular e-commerce sites, for which even minor outages translate into significant lost revenue opportunities.
The incident is also significant because in recent years Amazon.com has become one of the most enthusiastic proponents of cloud computing, urging companies to rely on its systems to handle their IT infrastructure functions and tasks.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178747/
