A significant outage at Cloudflare — a company whose infrastructure sits behind a huge share of the world’s websites — briefly disrupted access to many popular services. It was the latest in a run of 2025 incidents (Cloudflare, and major cloud platforms) that reminded everyone how concentrated the modern internet has become.
No business can control a global provider’s uptime, but you can plan for it.
Why this matters
- The internet is concentrated — a few providers underpin much of the web.
- Outages are inevitable — even the most reliable platforms have bad days.
- Dependencies are often invisible — you may not know what relies on what.
- Continuity planning pays off — fallback options keep you working.
What we’d advise
We help clients understand which tools depend on which providers and build sensible continuity plans — so an outside outage is an inconvenience, not a standstill.
Source: reported in 2025 across the technology press.