The recent CrowdStrike crash took place at the intersection of bad cybersecurity and badcloud computing.
It didnt take a cyberattack to cause this global crisis just a simple mistake.
Onefaulty updatefrom CrowdStrike affected businesses, governments, hospitals, and airlines.
When giants likeMicrosofttake a hit, the shockwaves can be devastating.
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Much has been written about the dangers of consolidating power in the hands of a few vast companies.
Dismantling big-tech monopolies would allow a genuinely multi-cloud environment to flourish.
Once we have a more open market, we can start to build a more resilient digital infrastructure.
To mitigate these risks, we require an open, transparent, and equitable cloud and IT ecosystem.
A wake-up call
This global outage highlights the urgent need for change.
Governments and regulators must take decisive action to dismantle the dominance of big tech.
We must learn from this incident and take proactive measures to prevent similar widespread disruptions in the future.
Mark Boost, is a pioneering entrepreneur renowned for his transformative impact on the tech industry.
He is the co-founder and CEO ofCivo,a groundbreaking cloud computing provider launched in 2018.
