10 Worst Cloud Outages of 2014 (So Far)

Even Microsoft (MSFT) is susceptible to cloud outages. The multinational technology giant this week suffered an Azure Storage services outage that lasted roughly 11 hours.

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Jason Zander has apologized to Azure Storage customers for the outage and pointed out that his company is investigating the incident.

“When we have an incident like this, our main focus is rapid time to recovery for our customers, but we also work to closely examine what went wrong and ensure it never happens again,” Zander wrote in a blog post.

While the Azure Storage outage interrupted services across the United States, Europe and parts of Asia, it is merely one of several cloud outages that have affected cloud users worldwide this year.

Which cloud outages have caused the most damage? Here’s a closer look at 10 of the worst cloud outages for 2014 (so far).

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