Channel Beat: Major AWS Outage, Tech Data Acquires Avnet, Second Watch Boasts Increase In Funding
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Amazon Web Services Thursday said an employee trying to debug its billing system entered a command incorrectly, resulting in the four-hour outage that disrupted service to Amazon S3 clients earlier this week. In a post-mortem detailing the events that led to Tuesday's high-profile cloud outage, AWS apologized for the impact of the outage and outlined the changes it is making to prevent the problem from occurring again. Solution providers working with Avnet Technology Solutions hope that the close of Tech Data's $2.6 billion acquisition of the distributor Monday will unlock a broader line card while maintaining access to key pre-sales and marketing contacts. Second Watch, a Seattle-based cloud services provider that became an early superstar in the Amazon Web Services channel recently secured another multi-million dollar financing round Wednesday to fuel further growth.