Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 51
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.
VMware Cloud on AWS steps on the gas for global expansion
Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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VMware Cloud on AWS has accelerated its global expansion - instead of one new AWS site per quarter, they're launching three new regions this month.
Analysts say AWS dominance forced IBM’s Red Hat acquisition
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Amazon CloudWatch now allows businesses to publish custom StatsD and collectd metrics, enabling advanced monitoring and auto-scaling.
AWS expands ECS offering in APAC
Mon, 1st Oct 2018
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Amazon ECS service discovery makes it easy for containerised services to discover and connect with each other.
Deloitte taps Brisbane cloud firm CloudTrek to bolster consulting services
Fri, 21st Sep 2018
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Deloitte says it’s continuing to pursue its technology consultancy business with help from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Brisbane-based cloud firm CloudTrek.
Domain Name Commission wins lawsuit against US intelligence firm DomainTools
Tue, 18th Sep 2018
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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
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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
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VMware VP Peder Ulander spoke with IT Brief about digitalisation, market disruptors, hurdles, and VMware's innovation.
Automation Anywhere supports all four major cloud providers
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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Automation Anywhere Enterprise now supports Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
Exclusive: The impact of hybrid cloud on Australia’s DC market
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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The Australian data center market is experiencing strong growth and is highly centralised in key metros, with Sydney and Melbourne as the main hubs.