Amazon wrangling with online hosting woes

A problem disrupting the entire service could range from a flawed update pushed system-wide to sabotage by a disgruntled employee with high-level access to the network, according to Enderle.

Online retailer nevertheless the Seattle

Amazon is best known as an online retailer nevertheless the Seattle, Washington-based company is as well a major provider of cloud-computing services, renting out space on its powerful servers to clients around the world.

Global innovation companies are investing billions of dollars in cloud computing, which involves hosting information on the Web and providing it to clients on demand.