http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/amazons-s3-crashes-again-web-20-goes-boom/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/amazons-s3-crashes-again-web-20-goes-boom/#comment-7205 Bad week for cloud storage — Storage Soup Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:35:25 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/22/amazons-s3-crashes-again-web-20-goes-boom/#comment-7205 [...] Last week, we saw a good bit of rain falling on cloud storage’s parade. First there was another Amazon outage. Then it came to light that a cloud storage site called The Linkup, nee MediaMax, has completely failed, because of an apparent problem with data migration. At least that’s what it sounds like from their blog post about going out of business: It was not possible to satisfactorily complete the move of files from MediaMax to The Linkup as we had expected, and as a result cannot offer a service that meets your expectations and our business requirements. This is a very disappointing outcome for us, and we know it has been a frustrating experience for many of our customers. [...] [...] Last week, we saw a good bit of rain falling on cloud storage’s parade. First there was another Amazon outage. Then it came to light that a cloud storage site called The Linkup, nee MediaMax, has completely failed, because of an apparent problem with data migration. At least that’s what it sounds like from their blog post about going out of business: It was not possible to satisfactorily complete the move of files from MediaMax to The Linkup as we had expected, and as a result cannot offer a service that meets your expectations and our business requirements. This is a very disappointing outcome for us, and we know it has been a frustrating experience for many of our customers. [...]

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