Cloud adoption is no longer a question of if, but how well it is governed, scaled and sustained. As we move into 2026, organisations are shifting from experimentation to maturity, rethinking cloud strategy, infrastructure investment and digital transformation as core operating decisions. This piece explores what has changed, what is solidifying, and what businesses should be preparing for next.

Cloudflare suffered a major global outage on 18 November 2025 that disrupted websites, applications and core services for several hours. A routine internal configuration change triggered an unexpected file duplication that caused Cloudflare’s traffic proxy processes to crash and interrupt global connectivity. The incident revealed how dependent organisations are on single infrastructure providers and highlighted the need for stronger resilience planning, careful change control and clear visibility over internal configuration pipelines.

When AWS went down on 20th October and half the internet froze, our Microsoft-based clients stayed online. This piece unpacks what really caused the outage, why single-provider setups are risky, and how thoughtful design and regular testing turn resilience from buzzword to reality.