Cloudflare and Google Outages Prove Why You Need Infrastructure Independence

Today, there were major outages on Google Cloud and Cloudflare. These events clearly show how closely connected many internet services are and how easily disruptions at large providers can spread. Services we use every day, like Discord and Spotify, as well as several Google apps, were affected. It shows the risks of depending too much on big cloud providers.

It’s particularly telling that Cloudflare’s outage appears directly related to single dependencies they built into Google Cloud: “Cloudflare’s critical Workers KV service went offline due to an outage of a 3rd party service that is a key dependency”, although more details are still forthcoming. 

As the CEO of NetActuate, I've seen the impact that outages at big platforms can have on businesses. When these big providers face issues, the problems can quickly spread, causing widespread disruption. Google Cloud supports many critical services, and today's outages reveal how deeply many services depend on them.

According to Google's status updates, the outages affected major regions worldwide, including North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. Specific services impacted include Cloud Storage, Bigtable, Cloud Shell, Dataproc, and Identity and Access Management (IAM). Google's engineers confirmed problems began around 10:51 AM PDT, with ongoing recovery efforts as of this afternoon. This widespread impact highlights how even a single critical service like IAM can disrupt multiple cloud products simultaneously.

At NetActuate, our job is to protect you from these risks. We help companies build their own customized infrastructure on dedicated hardware and networks. This means your services aren't affected by other tenants or shared cloud issues. With NetActuate, you get the flexibility and ease of cloud services combined with the reliability and control of your own dedicated infrastructure. Our team manages it all, ensuring your services run smoothly.

Today's outages are a good reminder for all companies offering online services. It's important not to rely completely on big third-party platforms. By working with NetActuate, you control your infrastructure, ensuring better reliability and global performance, even when big providers face major disruptions.

If you're interested in exploring cloud repatriation and moving your workloads from public cloud providers back to dedicated environments, NetActuate is here to help. We offer no-cost consultations to businesses evaluating how to reduce cloud dependence, improve resilience, and regain infrastructure control. Learn more and take back control of your Cloud Infrastructure. 

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