In today's hyper-connected world, cloud reliability isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential for businesses, especially in regulated industries like utilities and energy. The recent global AWS outage on October 20, 2025, serves as a stark reminder of this reality. Triggered by DNS issues affecting DynamoDB in the US-EAST-1 region, the disruption caused widespread downtime for major platforms, including Amazon's own services, Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, banks, airlines, and delivery apps.

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