Public Cloud Computing is 'Not Invincible' Shows Google Outage

A far and wide Google Cloud blackout that brought down numerous Google services, including YouTube and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) and its Gmail service, on Monday morning is one more sign that public cloud processing isn't invulnerable, accomplices said.

“There are going to be outages and shutdowns for public cloud,” said Bob Venero, CEO of Holbrook, N.Y.-based solution provider Future Tech, No. 96 on the CRN 2020 SP500. “Corporations that rely solely on public cloud to function and run are putting their businesses at risk for loss of revenue, security vulnerabilities and unexpected losses in productivity. Public cloud is not invincible.”

In an explanation, Google said at 6:47 a.m. EST, it encountered an authentication system outage for roughly 45 minutes because of an interior storage share issue.

“Services requiring users to log in experienced high error rates during this period,” a Google spokesperson said. “The authentication system issue was resolved at (7:32 a.m. EST). All services are now restored. We apologize to everyone affected, and we will conduct a thorough follow-up review to ensure this problem cannot recur in the future.”

The Google Cloud blackout follows a prominent blackout at Amazon Web Services a month ago that influenced a great many outsider online administrations and many AWS administrations. It additionally comes after a few Microsoft cloud blackouts on Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and Oct. 7.

“You can’t assume the public cloud is always going to run,” Venero said. “You really need to assume there are going to be outages. It is smart for businesses to protect themselves with a hybrid approach. Applications that are mission-critical to your organization’s growth and success must be on premises.”