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Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 52

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.
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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.
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Equinix: The elastic hybrid cloud evolution

Tue, 6th Dec 2016
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Snowmobile, a 45 foot container truck holds up to 100 petabytes of data to be moved from an enterprise data center to an AWS site.
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What is the future of sales without sellers?

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There is one startling development that is in its very early stages but is poised to make a huge impact across the industry.
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AWS unveils solution for infrastructures without data centers

Thu, 1st Dec 2016
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AWS Greengrass empowers IoT devices with local compute power, bolstering enterprises' on-prem infrastructures.
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Druva to deliver Phoenix on AWS

Thu, 24th Nov 2016
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Druva teams up with AWS to offer Phoenix, enhancing data protection with swift deployment and cost-savings for firms.
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AWS, Microsoft, IBM and Google dominating cloud but some tier twos are fighting back

Wed, 16th Nov 2016
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Amazon is continuing to dominate the public IaaS and PaaS space, as quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues top US$8 billion.
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Alibaba Cloud exploding as cloud adoption accelerates

Thu, 3rd Nov 2016
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Demand for cloud services grows as worldwide expenditure reaches $10bn in Q3 2016, with AWS leading the market.
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Customers to get the 'best of both worlds' with AWS and VMware

Tue, 18th Oct 2016
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VMware and AWS join forces to bring customers a unified hybrid cloud experience, enhancing application flexibility and data center investment.
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Where exactly is all the AWS Cloud infrastructure?

Fri, 7th Oct 2016
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The AWS Cloud operates 35 'Availability Zones' - within 13 geographic 'Regions' around the world. We take a look at where these are.
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Why the future of hybrid IT is now, and how AWS is shaping it

Fri, 16th Sep 2016
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A hybrid IT model, combining corporate computing resources with cloud computing, has become the clear choice for business. It could stay like that.
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Zerto - The fresh face of business continuity

Thu, 15th Sep 2016
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Zerto's virtualisation solution is disrupting the business continuity market, offering greater flexibility for modern businesses.
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Rackspace shakes up cloud strategy in new $4.3 billion deal

Mon, 29th Aug 2016
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Rackspace is set to become a private company under a USD $4.3 billion deal with Apollo Global Management, aiming for growth in the managed cloud industry.
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Global data center market set to grow, report says

Thu, 4th Aug 2016
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The global data center market is set to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of close to 11% during the forecast period.
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Unisys makes global waves in the IT security industry

Tue, 26th Jul 2016
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Unisys strengthens its IT security software leadership with new milestones, including US federal approval and partnership expansions.
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In depth analysis of AWS, Azure and Google IaaS: Who came out on top?

Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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Gartner's latest IaaS review reveals AWS leading, with Azure close behind, but Google trails in cloud service race.
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AWS sets the path for practical multimodal IT

Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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AWS is the biggest public cloud provider globally and it has grown from providing simple IaaS to a complex array of offerings.
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HyTrust study: state of the cloud

Tue, 28th Jun 2016
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Latest HyTrust study reveals 74% of firms to boost cloud migration, with Azure leading over AWS and vCloud Air in platform preference.
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Amazon Web Services secures capacity in Hawaiki cable

Wed, 11th May 2016
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Amazon Web Services has purchased capacity in the new Hawaiki submarine cable that will link New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
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AWS leaves cloud infrastructure services competitors in its wake

Wed, 4th May 2016
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AWS continued to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market Q1 of 2016, leaving all its followers including Microsoft and Google in its wake.
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Cloud disaster recovery confidence up, but challenges remain

Wed, 9th Mar 2016
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Confidence in cloud-based disaster recovery is growing, but risks, outages and downtime costs are still posing challenges for enterprises.