Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 56
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.
Spark reveals new cloud-based customer experience system for Kiwis
Thu, 6th Apr 2017
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Spark has launched PureCloud, a new customer experience system by Genesys, aimed at helping New Zealand businesses improve their customer interactions.
Consulting partner Versent wins big at the AWS Partner Summit
Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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Versent clinches AWS Consulting Partner of the Year, heralding cloud innovation with their promising Stax tool.
Cloud war collateral: What the rise of AWS, Azure has meant for data centers
Thu, 30th Mar 2017
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Cloud titans AWS and Azure's ascent reshapes data centres, spurring unprecedented tech advances and efficiency in the race for market dominance.
Zadara expands enterprise storage-as-a-service coverage in AWS Beijing region
Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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Zadara Storage and Futong recently announced the availability of Zadara’s VPSA Storage array at the Beijing Sinnet Technology Co., Ltd data center.
Salesforce to establish local infrastructure in Sydney
Tue, 21st Mar 2017
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Salesforce boosts Aussie presence with new Sydney-based infrastructure on AWS, eyeing local service enhancement.
EXCLUSIVE: Veritas EVP delves into 3 key trends of the ANZ channel
Fri, 3rd Mar 2017
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Digital transformation has given rise to a number of trends in information management - Mike Palmer explains how the channel can capitalise on them.
Amazon's AWS S3 suffers failure - Slack, Medium and Quora all affected
Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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Major outage strikes Amazon's AWS, leading to widespread disruption for Slack, Medium, and Quora among others.
CyberArk talks credential privileges, data breach laws and the 'sprint method'
Tue, 28th Feb 2017
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Cybersecurity company CyberArk is employing hackers to fight against cyber threats and develop innovative security solutions.
Veritas & AWS team up with new collab, channel partners align
Thu, 16th Feb 2017
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Veritas Technologies and AWS team up to deliver 360 data management capabilities, helping enterprises cut costs and increase productivity.
CyberArk boosts privileged account security for AWS
Mon, 13th Feb 2017
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CyberArk enhances AWS security, aims to protect critical cloud-based user credentials against rising cyber threats.
Exclusive: AWS spot instance optimisation tool coming to Westcon-Comstor
Tue, 7th Feb 2017
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Westcon-Comstor will launch an AWS spot instance optimisation tool later this month to enable resellers to take advantage of spot optimisation prices.
Microsoft, Google, IBM surge but AWS still dominates public cloud services
Mon, 6th Feb 2017
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Microsoft, Google and IBM are slowly gaining on AWS in the public cloud services market, as the IaaS and PaaS infrastructure service market top US$7b.
NTT comms & AWS team up for point of presence in Aus data center
Wed, 1st Feb 2017
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NTT ICT partners with AWS to offer Melbourne's first Direct Connect, boosting cloud access with lower latency and costs.
Apple vs Qualcomm: Two more lawsuits in semiconductor war
Thu, 26th Jan 2017
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Apple files two lawsuits against Qualcomm in China, alleging violation of anti-monopoly law and patent license terms.
Apple's $1billion lawsuit against chip maker Qualcomm
Mon, 23rd Jan 2017
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Apple sues Qualcomm for $1bn, alleging anticompetitive tactics in the chip maker's attempts to maintain smartphone semiconductor monopoly.
HPE's StormRunner Load empowers app developers through AWS Marketplace
Thu, 19th Jan 2017
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HPE’s new SaaS solution StormRunner Load launched last month, and it is one of the first solutions for app development on AWS.
Cloud services to watch in 2017
Tue, 10th Jan 2017
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Cloud computing has allowed for rapid innovation in the industry, with over 1,000 new features introduced by AWS in 2016 alone.
DataCenterNews Asia waves goodbye to 2016 with top stories of the year
Fri, 16th Dec 2016
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From major green initiatives to strategic alliances, 2016 was a dynamic year for the data centre sector, with impactful moves by Microsoft, Lenovo, and more.
AWS reinvents its portfolio to capture greater IoT business
Mon, 12th Dec 2016
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AWS is reinventing its Internet of Things (IoT) suite and addressing numerous shortcomings, with a one-year anniversary build-out of a suite of IoT.
If storage were invented today, here’s what it would look like
Wed, 7th Dec 2016
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Let us picture the ideal storage platform if the technology were invented today, without limitations, pre-conceived ideas or restrictions.