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Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 72

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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AWS brings Alexa to the enterprise with Alexa for Business

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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The new AWS service makes it easy for companies to voice-enable their offices with Alexa, giving workers an intelligent assistant.
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New features announced for VMware Cloud on AWS

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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Availability, networking, and security features added and extended native integrations with AWS Direct Connect.
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New availability and recovery capabilities announced for AWS database services

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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New Multi-Master capability makes Amazon Aurora the first relational database service to scale out both reads and writes across multiple data centers.
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New AWS features make machine learning more accessible to developers

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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Amazon SageMaker makes it easy to build, train, and deploy machine learning models, removing the heavy lifting and guesswork from the process.
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AWS launches new IoT services for scale; brings Machine learning to the Edge

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced six new services for IoT devices, including AWS IoT 1-Click and AWS Greengrass ML Inference.
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Amazon Web Services vs. Azure

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Apparently, AWS deploys about 200,000 updates each month so we are never short of new innovations to work with.
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AWS re:Invent kicks off with enhancements to partner and competency programmes

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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New AWS Solution Provider Program, AWS SaaS Factory, and AWS SaaS Accelerate Program help increase cloud adoption and APN Partner success.
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AWS announces new development platform for VR, AR, and 3D apps

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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VR and AR apps created in Amazon Sumerian will run in any browser that supports WebGL or WebVR graphics rendering.
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Testing, testing 1-2-3: Three reasons why cloud testing matters

Fri, 24th Nov 2017
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As cloud is the new normal, continuous testing of cloud workloads needs to be embraced as the new normal too,.
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4 trends driving Singapore's hyperscale data center market

Wed, 22nd Nov 2017
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Key players, from Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft to Alibaba Cloud, have increased their uptake of data center capacity in Singapore.
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Exclusive interview: Ruckus on public Wi-Fi and ANZ smart cities

Wed, 22nd Nov 2017
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For organisations with a Wi-Fi network with hundreds of thousands of access points, keeping on top of huge volumes of data traffic can be a challenge.
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Exclusive interview: Nlyte CMO asserts data centre future is hybrid

Thu, 9th Nov 2017
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In an exclusive interview at DCD Zettastructure, Mark Gaydos discussed the ever-evolving data centre industry and the implications for all involved.
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Enterprise demand for public cloud services drives accelerating growth

Wed, 8th Nov 2017
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Public cloud services adoption is accelerating as enterprises move larger strategic systems to SaaS and embrace PaaS and IaaS.
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CASE STUDY: War on ransomware marching forward with Europol coalition

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Authorities estimated global losses from ransomware in 2016 to be more than $200 billion - this coalition was formed to address this.
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AWS remains 'in a league of its own' as cloud market booms 40%

Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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Amazon remains 'in a league of its own' as a cloud provider, despite the rapid growth of key competitors Microsoft, Google and Alibaba.
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Increase in multi-cloud strategies sees higher OpenStack adoption

Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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Surveys conducted by Cloudify, Heavy Reading, SDxCentral, SUSE and the OpenStack Foundation demonstrate growth of OpenStack adoption across industries.
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Tenable launches cybersecurity focused partner program

Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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The new ecosystem includes a series of new and enhanced integrations across an initial set of featured partners.
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Analyst: big players continue to drive global cloud growth

Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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The global cloud market surged 43% year-over-year in Q3 2017, reaching USD $14.4 billion, as Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Google cemented their dominance.
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AWS & TIBCO collaborate on two serverless integration solutions

Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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AWS and TIBCO have teamed up to unveil two serverless integration solutions, targeting modern microservices and pay-as-you-go deployment models.
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AWS expands Aussie cloud presence with the help of NEXTDC

Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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AWS has partnered with NEXTDC to launch its first AWS Direct Connect location in Western Australia at the P1 Perth data centre, enhancing cloud access.