Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 63
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.
Workday customers start deployments to AWS infrastructure
Wed, 14th Nov 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
hcm
Workday customers begin deploying their applications on AWS, expanding their cloud capabilities and addressing data sovereignty needs in various geographies.
Cisco and AWS collaborate for hybrid cloud platform
Sat, 10th Nov 2018
#
hybrid cloud
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
Cisco partners with AWS to offer a hybrid cloud platform, streamlining Kubernetes deployment across private data centers and AWS.
Informatica releases its next-generation iPaaS in APAC
Fri, 9th Nov 2018
#
paas
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
Enterprises in APAC can now leverage Informatica's iPaaS, which delivers a secure microservices-based solution.
How Kiwi businesses can embrace a mobile workforce
Thu, 8th Nov 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
converged infrastructure
As an early adopter of Amazon Web Services, Suncorp uses the public cloud to manage many applications and services central to its business.
Intel who? AWS opts with AMD chips for cost-savings
Thu, 8th Nov 2018
#
semiconductors
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
AMD shares surged about four percent after the announcement that Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be employing its services.
Analysts say AWS dominance forced IBM's Red Hat acquisition
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
supply chain
IBM bets big with a USD $34 billion takeover of Red Hat, spurred by AWS's cloud dominance and aiming to become the top hybrid cloud provider.
Tensions between China and US causing cloud war
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
dc
Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.
Big 5 cloud providers tighten stranglehold on market
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
iaas
While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.
Oracle's Ellison calls out Amazon with next-gen cloud
Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
iaas
Larry Ellison claims the rest of the cloud market is based on decade old technology with poor security, comparing Oracle's new offering with Amazon.
Supermicro to test for spy chips, Apple & AWS call for retraction
Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
#
semiconductors
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
Supermicro vows to test its motherboards for alleged spy chips amid strong denials from Apple and AWS, who demand Bloomberg retract its claims.
Demand drives Talend to add new APAC cloud data infrastructure
Fri, 12th Oct 2018
#
datacentre infrastructure
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
The company claims its growth in APAC is exceeding 100 percent every year, fuelling the need for more infrastructure.
Guinness World Records migrates to AWS public cloud
Tue, 9th Oct 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
cloud services
Setting records itself, the Guinness World Records has made huge strides in its digital transformation journey.
AWS announces three major updates to their enterprise solutions
Tue, 9th Oct 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
cloud services
AWS IoT Device Management now provides two new jobs timeout configurations, in progress timeouts and step timeouts.
VMware's shortcut to hybrid cloud
Tue, 9th Oct 2018
#
virtualisation
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
VMware and AWS are expanding their hybrid cloud solution to the Asia-Pacific region, with the launch of VMware Cloud on AWS for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
VMware appoints new VP of cloud in APJ
Mon, 8th Oct 2018
#
virtualisation
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
As vice president of cloud, David Bate will be responsible for the VMware cloud business and go-to-market efforts across the APJ region.
Commercial SaaS platforms on the rise in APAC
Thu, 4th Oct 2018
#
saas
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
Linius launches Software-as-a-Service platform, Linius Video Services, making its video virtualisation technology commercially available.
Amazon CloudWatch adds custom metrics support
Mon, 1st Oct 2018
#
data analytics
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
Amazon CloudWatch now allows businesses to publish custom StatsD and collectd metrics, enabling advanced monitoring and auto-scaling.
Domain Name Commission wins lawsuit against US intelligence firm DomainTools
Tue, 18th Sep 2018
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
#
data privacy
NZ's Domain Name Commission has won an injunction against US company DomainTools for scraping registration data.
Azure platform exploited the most for DDoS attacks – report
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
#
ddos
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
Research found a 35% increase DDoS attacks using public cloud server-based botnets from the previous 12 months.
Exclusive: Why company culture is key to digitalisation
Mon, 10th Sep 2018
#
virtualisation
#
hyperscale
#
public cloud
VMware VP Peder Ulander spoke with IT Brief about digitalisation, market disruptors, hurdles, and VMware's innovation.