Gmail Crash Raises Doubts About Cloud Computing
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
When Google's popular Gmail email service went down for three hours several weeks ago, it was more than an annoyance. It was the latest in a series of cloud-computing crashes that have begun to make many businesses wonder if the cloud is ready for prime time. In recent weeks, Apple's MobileMe service has proved to be hugely unreliable, and Amazon's S3 grid suffered substantial problems. See Newsfactor.com.