5 Lessons from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Outage5 Lessons from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Outage

Facebook learned the hard way that a single configuration error can take down the mightiest of networks. Here are a few things that can help enterprises avoid making the same mistake.

Jessica Davis, Senior Editor

October 7, 2021

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Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis

Senior Editor

Jessica Davis is a Senior Editor at InformationWeek. She covers enterprise IT leadership, careers, artificial intelligence, data and analytics, and enterprise software. She has spent a career covering the intersection of business and technology. Follow her on twitter: @jessicadavis.

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