Dozens (hundreds?) of smaller software companies are at AWS Re:invent to preview products that can grease the skids to successful hybrid cloud deployments.…
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Smart startups pick their (AWS) services carefully
Talko, like many modern day startups, takes advantage of low-cost web services to build a high-value application. The problem is so many services, so little time.…
Read MoreJust how big is Amazon Web Services’ lead? It depends on whom you ask
Amazon Web Services, which debuted in 2006, has a huge lead in public cloud. But it's unclear how long that lead will last, as Microsoft and Google gear up their IaaS efforts.…
Read MoreAmazon keeps on wooing enterprise admins, this time with Windows System Center support
If you want to win enterprise workloads to your cloud, making it easy for in-house admins to manage their resources from a familiar screen is a good way to start.…
Read MoreAWS names Dow Jones vet to drive its enterprise game plan
Stephen Orban, a former CIO at Dow Jones and a Bloomberg veteran as well, brings an enterprise worldview with him to Amazon Web Services.…
Read MoreBatten down the hatches: Here comes the next wave of public cloud hype
Microsoft, Amazon and Google are hosting big cloud events within weeks of each other, starting this month.…
Read MoreIBM software vet Andrew Spyker joins the Netflix cloud platform team
Andrew Spyker, who's already won the vaunted Netflix Cloud Monkey award, liked it so much he's joining the company as a member of its cloud platform engineering team.…
Read MoreTectonic shift as public cloud giants acknowledge the power of private deployment options
News flash: Amazon and Google start to realize that businesses want more than public cloud.…
Read MoreWhy tech giants turn to Netflix for IT help
Why is it that IBM, Paypal and other tech powers turn to a video streaming company for help with technology? There's a very good reason.…
Read MoreFrom desktop-as-a-service to real-time data streaming, Amazon dominated the week in cloud
It was pretty much all Amazon all the time last week, although Pivotal, IBM, and Apcera shoehorned some news in as well.…
Read MoreWall Street sees boom time ahead for Amazon’s cloud biz
Amazon Web Services revenues may hit $30 billion within the decade, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Scott Devitt.…
Read MoreTop 5 best (off-stage) moments at AWS Re:invent
Amazon Web Services desktop virtualization, real-time data streaming, and RDB Postgres support news stole the show, but there was a lot else going on at AWS re:Invent. Here are my highlights.…
Read MoreHow Amazon is building substations, laying fiber and generally doing everything to keep cloud costs down
Amazon Web Services VP and Distinguished Engineer James Hamilton explained during a session at the AWS re:Invent conference how the cloud provider keeps costs as low as possible and innovation as high as possible. It's all about being the master of your infrastructure.…
Read MoreNew from AWS — big, bad instance types
DynamoDB and other NoSQL databases could make very good use of new mega I2 EC2 instances, says Amazon's Werner Vogels.…
Read MoreQ: Does Amazon do private cloud? A: It’s complicated
AWS is building a special cloud for the CIA's sole use. That sounds pretty private to most of the world. But Amazon the public cloud builder doesn't see it that way…
Read MoreAmazon says CloudTrail will track all those API calls for risk-averse enterprises
So just who is making all those API calls to your Amazon Web Services and what are those calls doing? Amazon's new CloudTrail aims to corral that for you.…
Read MoreAmazon to add Postgres to its most-favored database list
Postgres will take its position alongside MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle as a top tier database in AWS' Relational Database Service, sources said.…
Read MoreGearing up for AWS re:Invent
What to expect: Keynotes by Amazon Web Services bigwigs (minus Jeff Bezos); Netflix, NASA; a scrum of partner announcements; and lots of counter programming from cloud rivals.…
Read MoreRightScale rolls up multi-cloud management and cost analytics in one suite package
The early mover in multi-cloud management is melding cloud cost and usage analytics with its management services in a new suite.…
Read MoreAPI-crazy Amazon adds a new tool to boost support for enterprise AWS customers
Amazon says its new API will help businesses on support contracts automate how their support calls are set up and handled.…
Read MoreAmazon offers cloud certifications; more proof that AWS is all grown up
Amazon is following the lead of its IT elders by rolling out technology certifications for developers, solution architects and admins.…
Read MoreNetflix fronts $100K for best cloud ideas
Netflix wants to hear about your great cloud computing ideas and is willing to pay for the privilege.…
Read MoreAmazon gets (more) serious about the enterprise. No kidding
The fact that Amazon Web Services is targeting enterprise accounts is nothing new. The company's just getting more blatant about it.…
Read MoreWatch out HP, IBM, Teradata, Oracle: Amazon Redshift is here
Can Amazon take on the giants of data warehousing and win? Now we'll be able to find out as its Paraccel-based Redshift service comes online.…
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