Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 52
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.
Millions of Facebook user records exposed in latest data leak
Thu, 4th Apr 2019
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UpGuard reported that each of the data sets was stored in its own Amazon S3 bucket configured to allow public download of files.
Salesforce accused of sex trafficking in lawsuit by 50 women
Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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The 50 ‘Jane Does’ allege that Salesforce built customised services for the web forum Backpage while publicly boasting about fighting sex trafficking.
Data centre titans blazing green energy trail – AWS under fire
Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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Data from Cloudscene has revealed tech giants like Google and Apple are setting a precedent in renewable energy, but AWS has come under fire.
Dropbox invests in hosting data inside Australia
Fri, 22nd Mar 2019
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Global collaboration platform Dropbox has announced it will now host Australian customer files onshore to support its growing base in the country.
HubSpot achieves AWS digital customer experience competency status
Thu, 7th Mar 2019
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HubSpot achieves AWS Digital Customer Experience Competency status for Marketing Automation, offering an all-in-one platform to support the customer lifecycle.
Huawei to fight US allegations with their own lawsuit
Tue, 5th Mar 2019
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The lawyers are alleging that their client was detained, searched and interrogated for three hours in violation of constitutional rights.
Exclusive interview: Google’s escalation of the cloud wars
Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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Rackware's CEO believes Google is going to be doing more acquisitions and buying an enterprise salesforce to grow more aggressively.
Exclusive Q&A: Why has Google thrown down the $13b gauntlet?
Tue, 26th Feb 2019
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Google's latest US$13 billion investment in its US data centres marks a strategic move to gain ground in the competitive cloud market, says Francesco Paola.
In ongoing cloud war, Google to acquire data migration specialist
Wed, 20th Feb 2019
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Google is currently behind AWS and Microsoft in the cloud battle, and it would seem this play is an attempt to claw some ground back.
CylancePROTECT now available on AWS Marketplace
Tue, 19th Feb 2019
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Customers now have access to CylancePROTECT for AI-driven protection across all Windows, Mac, and Linux (including Amazon Linux) instances.
Veritas strengthens AWS partnership with new competencies
Fri, 8th Feb 2019
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Veritas bolsters its AWS alliance as Veritas NetBackup and Backup Exec attain AWS Storage Competency status, enhancing data protection for cloud users.
2018 cloud infrastructure spend exceeds US$80b
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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According to Canalys, spending grew by 46% in 4Q18 and AWS maintained dominance with nearly a third of the total.
Channel partners growing in importance for cloud services
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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Canalys analysts say the huge growth in cloud services will be of benefit to channel partners with a number of incentives.
AWS’ on-premises play an admission of hybrid cloud's future
Wed, 6th Feb 2019
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According to Nutanix’s Jeff Smith, public cloud is not - and never has been - a panacea, and it seems the world has finally caught up to that fact.
Big cloud providers continue to squeeze out smaller players
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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Last year saw almost manic growth in revenue for cloud providers as businesses continue to seek the benefits the services can provide.
Education IoT market to be valued at US$11.3 billion by 2023
Mon, 4th Feb 2019
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The IoT in education market is set to soar to USD $11.3 billion by 2023, driven by eLearning adoption and connected devices, despite security concerns.
AWS and Azure spending big bucks on data centres to get ahead
Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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A new report from Canalys has revealed what the world’s two largest cloud providers have been up to – and they’ve certainly been busy.
IDC: Cloud ‘megaplaforms’ are heading to 70% workload share
Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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While the Big Four providers will have the lion’s share, lock-in will be avoided through multi-cloud and cloud-native approaches.
AWS awarded protected level certification by the ACSC
Thu, 24th Jan 2019
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Amazon Web Services secures ACSC's protected certification, enabling Australian organisations to handle highly sensitive data securely in the AWS APAC region.
FalconStor announces AWS integration
Thu, 24th Jan 2019
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FalconStor, rebranding its flagship product to FalconStor Data Mastery Platform, announces its integration with AWS, targeting complex enterprises.