Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 22
Originally disrupting the book retailing business, Amazon Web Services has since emerged as a world’s
leader in the provision of ‘as a Service’ computing resources. With more than 200 services available
covering infrastructure, platform, compute, storage and applications as a service, AWS solutions are
provided from a network of 38 data centers around the world. A cluster of AWS data centres is planned
for New Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, and likely to be online by 2024.
Jeff Bezos to resign as CEO of Amazon later this year
Wed, 3rd Feb 2021
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Bezos will transition to the role of executive chair in Q3 2021, with current Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy to succeed Bezos at that time.
Twitter chooses AWS to provide its global cloud infrastructure
Wed, 16th Dec 2020
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Twitter has announced a two-year deal with Amazon Web Services to use its global cloud infrastructure for scaling their service.
Veeam AWS backup v3 adds support for RDS
Wed, 9th Dec 2020
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Veeam Software releases v3 of its AWS backup product, offering fully-automated native backup and disaster recovery solutions for Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS.
Tabcorp advances operations with Teradata AWS solution
Wed, 25th Nov 2020
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Tabcorp selects Teradata's Vantage on AWS for its data warehouse and advanced analytics platform, aiming to deliver more personalised customer experiences.
AWS launches new EC2 instance powered by NVIDIA GPUs
Thu, 5th Nov 2020
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The EC2 P4d, designed for machine learning and high-performance computing environment, features eight A100 GPUs and 400 Gbps of network bandwidth.
Global cloud market grows 33% in Q3 2020 to $36.5 billion
Fri, 30th Oct 2020
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Cloud computing market experiences significant growth as COVID-19 drives increased remote working and learning, according to Canalys data.
Cohesity and AWS collab on data management-aaS
Thu, 15th Oct 2020
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Amazon has made an equity investment in Cohesity and together the companies are releasing a new DMaaS offering on AWS.
Trend Micro receives AWS Outposts Ready designation
Thu, 24th Sep 2020
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Trend Micro's hybrid cloud security solutions have been designated as AWS Outposts Ready, allowing integration with Outposts deployments.
Rubrik extends AWS partnership with Outposts Ready designation
Wed, 16th Sep 2020
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Rubrik achieves Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts Ready designation for its successful integration with AWS Outposts deployments.
Google Cloud number one cloud service provider in retail - Canalys
Tue, 18th Aug 2020
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Google Cloud has ranked as the number one cloud service provider to the retail sector, outpacing overall market leader AWS and second-placed Microsoft Azure.
AWS launches fully-managed fraud detection service
Fri, 31st Jul 2020
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a fully-managed fraud detection service that can identify potential fraud activity in 'milliseconds'.
LPM Property Management leaves Amazon S3 buckets unsecured
Thu, 16th Jul 2020
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New Zealand property management firm LPM Property Management left over 31,000 images of personal information exposed on an unsecured Amazon database.
Rackspace and AWS extend relationship to reach more customers
Mon, 13th Jul 2020
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Under the Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS, Rackspace Technology is set on helping customers realise greater value from AWS cloud services.
Goanna Solutions brings AWS re/Start programme to Australia
Mon, 6th Jul 2020
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Goanna Solutions, along with AWS, introduces the AWS re/Start programme to Australia, offering cloud tech training to unemployed and underemployed individuals.
Veeam extends partnership with AWS
Tue, 23rd Jun 2020
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Veeam Backup for AWS v2 is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, complementing Veeam's recent AWS Storage Competency status achievement.
AWS and Slack enter strategic partnership
Fri, 5th Jun 2020
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Amazon Web Services and Slack unveil a multi-year partnership to enhance enterprise collaboration, integrating AWS's cloud tools directly into Slack's platform.
5G not impacted by COVID-19, commercial deployment draws near
Fri, 29th May 2020
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5G's commercial deployment is accelerating, undeterred by COVID-19, as mobile service providers advance towards faster, more secure networks.
Red Hat and AWS launch OpenShift, a joint Kubernetes service
Mon, 18th May 2020
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The new offering is designed to better enable organisation wide digital transformation and is targeted towards enterprises around the globe.
NVIDIA unveils its first GPU featuring Ampere architecture
Fri, 15th May 2020
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The NVIDIA A100 GPU boasts up to 20 times more power than its predecessors, boosting throughput for data centres as demand for data surges.
HPE rolls out GreenLake Central, delivering edge to cloud solution
Tue, 5th May 2020
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches GreenLake Central, offering a unified edge-to-cloud solution with enhanced hybrid cloud management and optimisation.