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Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 70

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.
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Cloud boom continues as giants threaten small operators

Tue, 1st May 2018
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Spending on cloud infrastructure services rose by 51% in Q1 2018, surpassing growth rates of the previous five quarters, according to Synergy Research data.
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Cyber insurance may have big part in Australia's future if data breach lawsuits gain ground

Mon, 30th Apr 2018
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Class-action lawsuits may now be a reality under Australia's mandatory notifiable data breach (NDB) legislation that is now in effect.
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Booming cloud infrastructure market an opportunity for channel partners

Fri, 27th Apr 2018
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​Worldwide spending on cloud infrastructure services is continuing its rampant growth after surging 47% in 12 months.
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SD-WAN enables a new cloud-first branch strategy

Fri, 27th Apr 2018
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Silver Peak discuss how SD-WAN can facilitate a stronger link to cloud services for an organisations remote branch.
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Five key features of Nakivo Backup & Replication v7.4

Fri, 27th Apr 2018
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Virtualisation cloud backup company Nakivo has released version 7.4 of Backup & Replication, complete with 11 new features.
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GlobalData: AWS, lower cloud adoption barriers or face being overtaken

Thu, 19th Apr 2018
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GlobalData has released commentary reporting Amazon's days at the top of the cloud market could be numbered unless it makes some changes.
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3 common mistakes companies make when adopting cloud

Thu, 19th Apr 2018
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As businesses increasingly turn to cloud computing, they often stumble on security, inefficient 'lift-n-shift' migrations, and overhyped serverless solutions.
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Australia rolls out compliance laws for cryptocurrency & digital exchange service providers

Wed, 18th Apr 2018
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Digital currency exchanges in Austalia must now register with AUSTRAC, and comply with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act.
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AWS recognises five local partners at 2018 ANZ partner awards

Tue, 10th Apr 2018
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The awards recognise partners who are playing a key role in helping customers remediate technical debt and drive innovation.
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Paessler to demonstrate network monitoring-as-a-service at upcoming AWS Summits

Tue, 10th Apr 2018
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Paessler will be showcasing PRTG in the cloud at the upcoming AWS Summits in Sydney, Australia, from April 10 to April 12 and Seoul South Korea.
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ioFABRIC: Surprise, your storage needs a forklift upgrade

Mon, 9th Apr 2018
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Businesses, it's time to stop the storage refresh cycle. ioFABRIC's AI-driven, objective-defined storage eliminates the need for costly upgrades.
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“As revolutionary as the Internet” - Oracle CTO unveils new autonomous database

Wed, 28th Mar 2018
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Oracle's Larry Ellison introduces new cloud database, claiming it's as revolutionary as the Internet. Takes aim at Amazon's offering.
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AWS launches image recognition AI for APAC developers

Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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Amazon Rekognition makes it easy to add image analysis to applications, using powerful, deep learning-based image and face recognition.
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Polycom brings Microsoft Teams and Alexa to 'conference smartphone'

Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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Polycom has expanded its capabilities with Microsoft, AWS, Zoom and Bluejeans to the Trio, the 'smartphone for the conference room'.
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Cloudera expands machine learning & data analytics footprint

Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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Cloudera has launched Cloudera Altus with SDX, a PaaS with a shared data catalog for machine learning and analytics.
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Exclusive Interview: The mandatory data breach laws are here, but can the channel take advantage?

Thu, 22nd Feb 2018
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We spoke to Juniper Networks to get their take on the Mandatory Data Breach Laws, and where they see opportunity for channel partners.
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Hackers exploit Tesla's AWS servers to mine cryptocurrency

Thu, 22nd Feb 2018
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Tesla is reassuring customers that a recent cryptojacking has not compromised vehicle safety of customer privacy.
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New malicious search engine trawls AWS servers for sensitive data

Sat, 17th Feb 2018
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​As if it wasn't easy enough already, the lives for hackers has just been made a lot easier with a tool that lays bare AWS S3 servers.
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The murky world of Australia & Singapore's workforce monitoring laws

Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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Australia's workforce monitoring laws rank second least complex, only behind the US, balancing IP protection with employee privacy, reveals a new study.
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AWS and SUSE expand collab to boost SAP migration to cloud

Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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SUSE has expanded their collaboration with Amazon Web Services to further accelerate SAP migrations to Linux on AWS.