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Here are the recommended reads for this week and why they matter:
This week’s stories look at what happens when the world’s most relied-on cloud platform suddenly goes dark. The recent Amazon Web Services outage rippled across industries, halting creative work, slowing marketing pipelines, and testing customer patience in real time. From security risks to operational breakdowns, these moments reveal just how much brands depend on the unseen systems that keep everything running.
1. AWS Outage Fallout: How Service Disruptions Spark Scams and Shake Customer Trust
Nicole Willing, CX Today, 10/21/2025
The massive Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage earlier this week did more than interrupt services; it opened the door to scams, phishing attempts, and fake tech-support messages that preyed on frustrated users. Affecting more than six million people, the incident showed how dependent businesses and consumers have become on a single cloud provider and how quickly confusion can erode trust when communication lags.
For customer experience leaders, the lesson is clear: reliability is only part of the equation. In moments of crisis, transparent and timely communication can make the difference between reassurance and reputational damage. As experts noted, customers do not care whose fault it is; they expect clarity, accountability, and preparedness. Outages may be inevitable, but losing trust does not have to be.
2. AWS outage hits martech vendors around the world
Andrew Birmingham, Mi3, 10/21/25
The same Amazon Web Services outage also sent shockwaves through the martech and creative industries, disrupting tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, Slack, Pinterest, and Snapchat. The ripple effect spread across global teams, freezing creative workflows and revealing how fragile connected marketing ecosystems can be when a single platform stalls.
For marketing teams, it was a reminder that cloud reliability is business reliability. When SaaS pipelines stall, creative work and campaign management stall with them. The incident highlighted the importance of strong infrastructure, clear vendor communication, and solid contingency planning to ensure that a few hours of downtime do not cascade into missed deadlines or lost client trust.
In Summary
The AWS outage was a reminder that even the strongest systems are only as reliable as the people and processes behind them. True stability comes from foresight and communication, the ability to anticipate disruption, respond quickly, and turn recovery into an opportunity to strengthen trust.
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October 23rd, 2025
