Ep32: AWS & Azure Outages | Huge Losses Caused | How To Mitigate Impact

Just one hyperscaler outage can erase revenue and trust overnight-let alone two. Episode 32 analyses the October-November 2025 AWS and Azure failures—15-hour DNS crashes, thermal shutdowns, and worldwide fallout—then arms business owners with proven risk mitigation strategies to strengthen resilience now.🔥 Chapters00:00 Introduction & Overview00:38 AWS and Azure Outages: What Happened01:29 Personal Experiences & Immediate Impacts02:00 Technical Causes: DNS and Change Management03:03 Major Brands and Services Affected04:10 Ripple Effects and Global Impact05:10 Financial Impact and Insurance06:21 True Costs: Business Losses & Customer Behavior07:08 Critical Systems & Mitigation in Healthcare07:48 Cloud vs. On-Premise: Is There a Solution?08:34 Multi-Region, Multi-Cloud, and Cost Calculations09:47 Market Share: The Three Major Hyperscalers10:36 What Should Businesses Do?11:16 Solutions, Recommendations, and Chaos Drills12:32 Service Level Agreements & Business Strategy13:50 Outage Statistics & Trends15:24 Final Thoughts, Takeaways & Outro🔗 LinkedIn:Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-drakes/Thomas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasodenwald/🌐 AI Catalyst: https://www.bendrakes.com/ai-catalyst#CloudOutage #BusinessContinuity #RiskMitigation #MultiCloudStrategy #AWSOutage #AzureDown #ChaosEngineering #ITResilience #DowntimePrevention #SLA #DisasterRecovery #CloudCostOptimization #TechForCEOs #BusinessRisk