Microsoft says Azure West US outage stemmed from fiber maintenance bug
Microsoft said routine network maintenance removed too many IP routes, disrupting Azure’s West US region for nearly five hours.
By Dominic Okoye 2 months agoStaff Writer
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Dominic writes across the desks, with a focus on the numbers stories: revenue milestones, layoffs, and market share shifts.
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Etched funding values AI chip startup at $10.3 billion
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SAP Q2 earnings beat estimates as cloud backlog rises 26%
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