Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 60
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.
ClearPoint recognised for helping feed Kiwi kids
Thu, 9th May 2019
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The company was awarded Social Impact Partner of the Year at the AWS ANZ partner awards for their work with Eat My Lunch.
Amazon still safely ahead of chasing pack in cloud infrastructure market
Tue, 7th May 2019
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Despite Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and Tencent all substantially outpacing the overall market, Amazon is still clearly in front.
ISACA launches new resources for auditing AWS
Tue, 7th May 2019
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ISACA introduces a new audit program to aid IT professionals in evaluating AWS deployments, offering essential tools and guidelines for robust cloud security.
Canalys: Enterprise cloud market up 42% this quarter
Wed, 1st May 2019
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AWS has made the biggest gains up US$2.3 billion, while Google keeps it spot as fastest growing at 81% year on year.
AWS names award-winning ANZ partners
Mon, 29th Apr 2019
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The awards ceremony was held at the annual AWS Partner Summit in Sydney and acknowledged partners both traditional and born in the cloud.
Talend Cloud Remote Engines now available on AWS Marketplace
Thu, 11th Apr 2019
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Talend has launched its Remote Engines for Talend Cloud on AWS Marketplace, allowing seamless and secure integration across cloud and on-premise environments.
Trend Micro announces security products for Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes and Gmail
Wed, 10th Apr 2019
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Trend Micro has enhanced its Deep Security and Cloud App Security products for virtual machines on the Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes platform protection.
Canalys: Google, Alibaba Cloud fastest growing providers
Wed, 10th Apr 2019
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The Cloud Wars continue as Alibaba and Google stake claims in a market that will see spending hit US$143 billion next year, driven by the channel.
AWS programme to boost EdTech innovation
Tue, 9th Apr 2019
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AWS EdStart provides promotional credits, customised training, marketing opportunities, mentorship, and technical support to EdTech startups.
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.
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.