Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 56
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.
Exclusive: Strengths and limitations of the AWS/Cisco partnership
Mon, 19th Nov 2018
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Iguazio CEO Yaron Haviv discusses whether the partnership really is a 'match made in heaven' and what it means for the industry.
Google Cloud CEO stepping down to welcome ex-Oracle exec
Mon, 19th Nov 2018
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Google Cloud has grown significantly under Greene's tenure, but has involved tens of billions of dollars and little gains on AWS and Azure.
Deloitte bolsters AWS offerings with CloudinIT
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Deloitte expands AWS services with CloudinIT team on board, enhancing Salesforce expertise and boosting Deloitte Digital in NZ from February 2019.
Exclusive: How the separation of Amazon and AWS could affect the cloud market
Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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Amazon's potential separation from AWS may not have a significant impact on the cloud market, says Unitas Global's Grant Kirkwood.
14 milestones Workday has achieved in 2018
Thu, 15th Nov 2018
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Workday experienced a stellar 2018 with 36% revenue growth, surpassing USD $2.1 billion, 31 million users, and a host of new innovations and acquisitions.
Workday customers start deployments to AWS infrastructure
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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Workday customers begin deploying their applications on AWS, expanding their cloud capabilities and addressing data sovereignty needs in various geographies.
Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.
Cisco and AWS collaborate for hybrid cloud platform
Sat, 10th Nov 2018
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Cisco partners with AWS to offer a hybrid cloud platform, streamlining Kubernetes deployment across private data centers and AWS.
Intel who? AWS opts with AMD chips for cost-savings
Thu, 8th Nov 2018
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AMD shares surged about four percent after the announcement that Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be employing its services.
VMware Cloud on AWS steps on the gas for global expansion
Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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VMware Cloud on AWS has accelerated its global expansion - instead of one new AWS site per quarter, they're launching three new regions this month.
Analysts say AWS dominance forced IBM's Red Hat acquisition
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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IBM bets big with a USD $34 billion takeover of Red Hat, spurred by AWS's cloud dominance and aiming to become the top hybrid cloud provider.
Tensions between China and US causing cloud war
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.
Big 5 cloud providers tighten stranglehold on market
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.
Oracle's Ellison calls out Amazon with next-gen cloud
Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
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Larry Ellison claims the rest of the cloud market is based on decade old technology with poor security, comparing Oracle's new offering with Amazon.
Supermicro to test for spy chips, Apple & AWS call for retraction
Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
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Supermicro vows to test its motherboards for alleged spy chips amid strong denials from Apple and AWS, who demand Bloomberg retract its claims.
Demand drives Talend to add new APAC cloud data infrastructure
Fri, 12th Oct 2018
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The company claims its growth in APAC is exceeding 100 percent every year, fuelling the need for more infrastructure.
Guinness World Records migrates to AWS public cloud
Tue, 9th Oct 2018
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Setting records itself, the Guinness World Records has made huge strides in its digital transformation journey.
VMware appoints new VP of cloud in APJ
Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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As vice president of cloud, David Bate will be responsible for the VMware cloud business and go-to-market efforts across the APJ region.
Amazon CloudWatch adds custom metrics support
Mon, 1st Oct 2018
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Amazon CloudWatch now allows businesses to publish custom StatsD and collectd metrics, enabling advanced monitoring and auto-scaling.
AWS expands ECS offering in APAC
Mon, 1st Oct 2018
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Amazon ECS service discovery makes it easy for containerised services to discover and connect with each other.