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  • AWS, Microsoft cloud win US government security approval

    Three vendors, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, have won a key U.S. government authorization that will allow federal agencies to put highly sensitive data on the cloud-computing services.

    Written by Grant Gross24 June 16 01:38
  • ​What DevOps automation looks like in AWS

    DevOps isn’t just about getting the culture right – it’s also about the products and tools that will help guide your move to a more agile, smoother development approach.

    Written by Greg Cockburn26 April 16 09:33
  • Amazon Web Service exec on competing with Google and Microsoft

    It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the IaaS cloud market with Google and Microsoft both making big pushes to unseat Amazon Web Services. We caught up with Amazon’s Cloud Strategy GM Matt Wood to discuss how machine learning, real-time analytics and event-driven computing are driving new use cases in the cloud.

    Written by Brandon Butler08 April 16 02:44
  • Hybrid Clouds are hot, SDNs and DevOps coming on strong

    Some 80 per cent of companies are building hybrid Clouds, according to a survey of 3000 architects and engineers conducted by F5 Networks. Many respondents are also considering building software-defined networks and implementing DevOps over the next two to five years.

    Written by Clint Boulton14 Jan. 16 21:27
  • Use cloud to innovate like startups: AWS

    “It is difficult in this day and age to compete if you are not agile and move fast,” said Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services senior vice president.

    Written by Divina Paredes08 Oct. 15 09:18
  • Amazon snaps up Elemental to boost video on AWS

    Amazon will acquire Elemental Technologies in a bid to enrich the video capabilities of its AWS cloud service, the company announced Thursday.

    Written by Katherine Noyes04 Sept. 15 02:08
  • Australian firms quick to deploy cloud

    Australian IT departments run a bit ‘leaner’ than they do in the United States and have been quicker to deploy public cloud services, according to Stephen Orban, head of enterprise strategy at AWS.

    Written by Byron Connolly28 April 15 10:29
  • MYOB dives into mid-market cloud

    MYOB is moving deeper into the mid-market with the release Wednesday of its cloud-based ERP software, MYOB Advanced.

    Written by Byron Connolly28 Jan. 15 15:26
  • Microsoft and IBM keep the pressure on Amazon's cloud

    Until further notice, Amazon Web Services is the reigning public IaaS cloud leader. But deep-pocketed companies Microsoft and IBM are keeping the pressure on AWS with a flurry of announcements beefing up their clouds to close out the year.

    Written by Brandon Butler18 Dec. 14 08:05
  • How Amazon's cloud solved the "perfect storm" in networking

    LAS VEGAS - Amazon Web Services operates at huge scale - in Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant the research firm estimated AWS's capacity at five times larger than the company's next 14 competitors combined.

    Written by Brandon Butler14 Nov. 14 04:14
  • AWS readies for major reboot

    Amazon Web Services will be updating a substantial number of its Cloud servers, and has asked customers to re-launch their instances in the coming days, according to AWS consultants

    Written by Brandon Butler26 Sept. 14 01:57
  • Riverbed teases with free SteelStore offering

    Riverbed announced today that customers can now use the virtual edition of the company's SteelStore storage appliance for free, bundling the product with six months of Amazon S3 cloud storage (at 8TB per month of volume) on the house.

    Written by Jon Gold09 Sept. 14 23:23
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