https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-says-military-trying-to-gerrymander-away-deficiencies-in-microsoft-s-jedi-bid
7 days ago
by Joseph Tsidulko The Pentagons plan to re-evaluate the controversial award is rife with problems, from not allowing AWS to offer a new price in light of shifting storage requirements, to ignoring several other source-selection criteria, AWS argues. The cloud leader has sued the government claiming President Donald Trump corrupted the process by which the military chooses a commercial cloud vendor to transform its IT systems.
AwsMilitaryTryingMicrosoftshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-savings-plans-what-they-are-and-why-you-should-care/
a week ago
Amazon Web Services launched AWS Savings Plans for EC2, Fargate, and Lambda.
AwsSavingsShouldhttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-commits-to-20m-in-cloud-credits-to-coronavirus-researchers
2 weeks ago
by Joseph Tsidulko The cloud giant looks to accelerate development of tests for the pathogen behind a global pandemic by allowing researchers to run workloads at no cost on its cloud. The launch has 35 labs and businesses participating.
AwsCommitsCloudCreditsResearchershttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-commits-20-million-to-speeding-up-covid-19-diagnostic-development/
2 weeks ago
The effort is designed to bolster collaboration between customers and be funded with AWS in-kind credits and technical support.
AwsCommitsMillionDiagnosticDevelopmenthttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/19/nasa_cloud_data_migration_mess/
2 weeks ago
Audit finds that error could actually mean less data flows to boffins because space agency may not be able to afford downloads
LaunchPetabytesAwsCloudyBeforehttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/13/aws_jedi_microsoft/
3 weeks ago
But Bezos' juggernaut still not happy, and we'll hear all about it soon
AwsCloudContractMicrosofthttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/dorothy-copeland-an-aws-and-ibm-channel-leader-takes-charge-of-partner-programs-at-blockchain-startup-r3
3 weeks ago
by Joseph Tsidulko This feels similar to when I started with AWS in early 2010, says the seasoned channel executive who goes back to her roots with a high-growth startup
AwsIbmChannelLeaderChargePartnerProgramsBlockchainStartuphttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/03/aws_to_double_sales_force/
4 weeks ago
Experts drafted in to help new hires answer customers' technical questions
AwsDoubleGoogleMicrosoftsGrowingCloudsGobbleLargerhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/26/aws_webinar_cloud_series/
a month ago
Wrap your assets up well before you send them on their journey
AwsEncryptionServiceshttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-ceo-andy-jassy-on-channel-conflict-competition-and-ai
2 months ago
by Donna Goodison 'There's this folklore mythology around if Amazon launches a business in a certain area, it means that all the other businesses in those areas are not going to be as successful,' Jassy says at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. 'I just haven't seen it.'
AwsChannelCompetitionhttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/federal-judge-grants-aws-request-to-pause-jedi
2 months ago
by Joseph Tsidulko A federal judge Thursday ordered the government to halt substantial implementation work on the JEDI cloud transformation initiative with Microsoft until AWS protest claiming President Donald Trump's interference corrupted the process moves forward in court.
FederalAwsRequesthttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/amazon-aws-in-frontline-crosshairs-with-new-pbs-documentary
2 months ago
by Donna Goodison AWS has given Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos billions to expand Amazon from a company that sells everything to a company that does everything, Frontline correspondent and director James Jacoby says in Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos.
AmazonAwshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/u-s-federal-court-judge-grants-aws-request-to-temporarily-block-jedi-contract-work/
2 months ago
Amazon has succeeded in temporarily halting work on the $10 billion JEDI contract, which Microsoft won late last year.
FederalAwsRequestTemporarilyContracthttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/12/deutsche_bank_hopes_the_cloud_will_fix_its_creaky_old_it_systems/
2 months ago
One of the Big Three will snap up floaty tech pact within 'months'
AwsMicrosoftGoogleCloudUnknownhttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-wants-to-depose-president-trump-in-jedi-cloud-lawsuit
2 months ago
by Joseph Tsidulko In its protest charging political interference corrupted the process of choosing the militarys cloud contractor, Amazon Web Services is asking a federal court to order a president who once reportedly told his defense secretary to screw Amazon to answer questions.
AwsPresidentCloudLawsuithttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-plans-multimillion-dollar-investment-in-brazil/
2 months ago
The company will expand its cloud infrastructure set-up in São Paulo over the next two years
AwsInvestmentBrazilhttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-plans-data-center-expansion-in-brazil
2 months ago
by Donna Goodison 'With this important investment by AWS, Amazon's cloud computing company, we are going to generate more jobs, technology and opportunities for startups as well, placing the state of So Paulo in the global context,' So Paulo Governor Joo Doria says.
AwsCenterExpansionBrazilhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/04/worldwide_cloud_computing_revenue_up_37_in_2019_rivals_gain_slightly_on_aws/
2 months ago
Can you smell the democratisation of IT? Neither can the shrinking 'others' section
WinnersInfrastructureCloudsRevealedAwsMicrosoftGoogleAlibabahttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/04/worldwide_cloud_computing/
2 months ago
Can you smell the democratisation of IT? Neither can the shrinking 'others' section
WinnersInfrastructureCloudsRevealedAwsMicrosoftGoogleAlibabahttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-brings-tailored-personas-to-amazon-polly-with-brand-voice/
2 months ago
National Australia Bank is the first global adopter of the new feature.
AwsBringsPersonasAmazon