"Amazon Web Services" news, interviews, and features

Slideshows about Amazon Web Services

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  Inside the AWS Summit in Sydney

  As the dust settles on the 2017 AWS Summit in Sydney, ARN looks back an action packed two-day event, covering global keynote presentations, 80 breakout sessions on the latest technology solutions, and channel focused tracks involving local cloud stories and insights.

  Inside the AWS Summit in Sydney
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  IN PICTURES: Distribution Central over the years - a tribute (+70 photos)

  The Distribution Central history goes back to when it was founded in 1992 as Firewall Systems, an IT security services provider. The company was acquired by Scott Frew and Nick Verykios in 2004, with Frew founding LAN Systems - now Westcon-Comstor - and both founding 1World Systems and Micro Networks. ​​This slideshow pays tribute to DC over the years, its co-founders, and the people that have graced both it and Frew and Verykios' associated companies. So here's some some DC party meltdowns plus plenty of history.

  IN PICTURES: Distribution Central over the years - a tribute (+70 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Splunk Live! 2015 technology showcase (+12 photos)

  Splunk Live! 2015 recently hosted its event in Sydney, where not only Splunk and its partners took to stage to talk about the latest trends in technology, but also showcased their latest technologies. Some of the vendors seen included Palo Alto, Amazon Web Services, Netapp, Nimble Storage, and dynatrace. It was a full house, as this pictorial shows.

  IN PICTURES: Splunk Live! 2015 technology showcase (+12 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Amazon's Women Shine (+43 photos)

  Amazon Web Services has bolstered the diversity in information technology discussion at its Sydney Summit with its AWS Shine event. Around 100 people, predominantly women, attended Shine. Speakers for the event included former Olympian, Libby Trickett; Member of the A/NZ Amazon Leadership Team, Ashlee McCusker; Sharmilla Tsourdalakis CIO from GPT Group; and Danielle Fletcher from PropellHer.

  IN PICTURES: Amazon's Women Shine (+43 photos)
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  In Pictures: Amazon Web Services Sydney Summit

  Billed as Australia's largest Cloud event, the Amazon Web Services Summit was held at a variety of venues including the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Cricket Ground and Bavarian Bier Cafe.

  In Pictures: Amazon Web Services Sydney Summit
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  IN PICTURES: Westcon NZ BlueSky Event

  Westcon NZ hosted Cloud vendors Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Plan B, Symantec.cloud, Cloud DC, Virsae, FaceMe, at the distributor's Bluesky 2015 event in Auckland...

  IN PICTURES: Westcon NZ BlueSky Event

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News about Amazon Web Services

• VMware tightens AWS cloud integration

  Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware automates DB provisioning

• Back-up the data in AWS Elastic Block Store

  If you use Amazon Web Services Elastic Block store, it warrants back-up to avoid possible data loss in the event of an outage

• AWS Config moves to a new pay model

  Results in 38 per cent drop in price

• AWS A/NZ partners growing faster than the vendor's business

  Partners such as Versent and DiUS are growing as fast as or faster than the AWS business

• Microsoft stays silent on Azure revenue figures

  Revenue grew by 73 per cent, but to what?

• Can Anthos be the ‘game-changer’ to entice Aussie partners to Google Cloud?

  As Google Cloud opens itself up to its rivals, Australian partners weigh in on what it will mean for them

Interviews about Amazon Web Services

• Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman talks vision, AWS tension and IPO plans

  The new CEO of the cloud data warehouse vendor talks frankly about what he wants to bring to the company and some of the key ...

• How VMware is leaning on IBM and AWS to go all-in on cloud

  Software giant is doubling down on partnerships with leading cloud providers

• DiUS has a smarter way of doing digital

  AWS experts help customers embrace digital through knowledge and training

• Why did AC3 buy Bulletproof?

  Sydney-based technology provider sheds light on an acquisition finalised following a six-month bidding war

• Google gunning for Aussie channel as Melbourne cloud partner signs up

  Tech giant fires warning shots at AWS and Microsoft Azure as cloud channel war heats up in Australia

• CloudMGR - Advancing through acquisition

  Inside the benefits of being acquired from the perspective of the seller.

Features about Amazon Web Services

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• Open source innovation is now all about vendor on-ramps

  AWS, Microsoft, and Google are all racing to figure out how to turn their innovations into open source on-ramps to their proprietary services

• Rackspace is cuting 6% of its workforce

  Cuts come about 3 months after the managed hosting and cloud provider went private

• Amazon’s cloud will be half way to 100% renewable power by end of next year

  Google, Microsoft have also made big green energy commitments for cloud facilities

• What’s behind Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s aggressive cloud expansions

  An arms race is on in the IaaS cloud as leading vendors build out data center capacity around the world

• Mobile apps still have long way to go in state governments

  But Arkansas stands out with Gov2Go mobile app