Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was struggling to recover on Monday from a widespread outage that knocked out thousands of websites along with some of the world's most popular apps - Snapchat and Reddit - and disrupted businesses globally.

The cloud-computing division of the internet giant is used by thousands of internet customers, many of whom reported disruptions on Monday.

The new cable will improve global connectivity and meet rising demand for cloud computing and AI, said the company

At the time of updating this article, the global number of reports against the Reddit outage has crossed a whopping number of 20,000 in a few minutes.

Numerous websites and services were impacted by the issue, including the social media app Snapchat, games like Roblox and Fortnite, and Amazon.com, according to DownDetector.

An early-morning disruption for Amazon Web Services caused widespread errors across key cloud systems — a reminder of how dependent state and local agencies have become on centralized infrastructure.

The Amazon Web Services outage that, at one point, saw Amazon Music, Prime Video, Alexa, Signal, WhatsApp, Snapchat, IMDb, Disney+, Fortnite, Roblox and Wordle down or suffering slowdowns, has been resolved.

Microsoft Azure's outages started to spike after 10:44 a.m. Wednesday while Amazon Web Services outages increased soon after, per Downdetector. There were many more Microsoft Azure outages reported, with 19,834 at 11:05 a.m., compared to 5,507 AWS reports at 11:36 a.m.

The turmoil marked the largest internet disruption since last year’s CrowdStrike malfunction hobbled technology systems and highlights the vulnerability

AWS Premier Partners Caylent and Trek10 merge to create a comprehensive, end-to-end AWS services provider, expanding Caylent's portfolio into managed services and strengthening its AI and data offerings.

DXC receives 16 awards globally from ISG's assessment of AWS partners ASHBURN, Va. , /PRNewswire/ -- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, has been named a Leader by ISG,