https://www.zdnet.com/video/nfl-and-aws-using-data-to-improve-player-health/
3 days ago
They are combining AWS' cloud and its capabilities in machine learning and artificial intelligence with NFL data to improve player health and safety.
AwsImprovePlayerHealthhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/10/linux_kernel_aws/
4 days ago
OS director on staying safe and advantages of Amazon's Nitro hypervisor
ManagingLinuxKernelAwsSecurityExpertsDealingFalloutSpectreMeltdownhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-reinvent-2019-postmortem-introducing-cassandra-and-bringing-ml-to-aurora/
5 days ago
AWS unveiled a large number of database announcements last week. Among them, a new service that could shake up the Apache Cassandra market, and bringing ML to Aurora.
AwsReinventPostmortemIntroducingCassandraBringingAurorahttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-launches-new-ec2-arm-based-machine-learning-inference-instances
5 days ago
by Donna Goodison 'If you look at instances to start, it's not just that we have meaningfully more instances than anybody else, but it's also that we've got a lot more powerful capabilities in each of those instances,' AWS CEO Andy Jassy said in his keynote address at the AWS re:Invent 2019 conference in Las Vegas.
AwsLaunchesMachine-learningInstanceshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-on-australias-encryption-bill-and-government-wide-contract/
5 days ago
The cloud giant's CISO has said his company will advocate 'very strongly' on behalf of its customers where the encryption Bill is concerned, and the company's local MD has said the region is among the most advanced markets in the world.
AwsAustraliasEncryptionContracthttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/09/outposts_local_zone_wavelength_its_a_new_era_of_distributed_cloud_says_aws_architect/
5 days ago
Adrian Cockcroft talks to El Reg about cloud architecture – and why we need more chaos in our systems
DistributedCloudAwsArchitecthttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/06/project_jedi_decision/
a week ago
Presidential 'disdain' may have been a factor in awarding mega-contract to Microsoft, says cloud supremo
PentagonsDecisionCountryAwshttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/ftc-expands-amazon-antitrust-probe-to-include-aws-report
a week ago
by Joseph F. Kovar A new antitrust probe of Amazon Web Services is the latest in several moves by the U.S. government to look at potential anti-competitive practices by the IT industry's largest on-line companies.
ExpandsAmazonAntitrustIncludeAwsReporthttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-establishes-service-ready-certification-for-partner-product-integrations
a week ago
by Donna Goodison 'Right now, the process for how customers are able to tell which products are well-integrated is not that simple,' says Doug Yeum, AWS head of worldwide channels and alliances.
AwsServiceCertificationPartnerProductIntegrationshttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-ceo-jassy-trump-s-political-influence-over-jedi-cloud-threatens-national-security
a week ago
by Joseph Tsidulko I think it's really risky for the country and for democracy, Jassy told reporters, if the decision for a platform to host military apps is not made objectively. AWS got a lot of information about the evaluation, he added, without getting into specific evidence of a corrupted process.
AwsTrumpsCloudThreatensNationalSecurityhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/nfl-and-aws-using-data-to-improve-player-health/
a week ago
They are combining AWS' cloud and its capabilities in machine learning and artificial intelligence with NFL data to improve player health and safety.
AwsImprovePlayerHealthhttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-marketplace-expands-private-offers-program-to-all-sellers
a week ago
by Donna Goodison 'Effective 2020, the fee that the ISVs pays for the billing, the fulfillment, the disbursement and collection -- most of these will be adjusted by 10 percent or greater depending on the price tier for that private offer model,' Dave McCann, vice president of AWS Marketplace, Service Catalog and Migration Services, says at AWS re:Ivent 2019 in Las Vegas today.
AwsMarketplaceExpandsPrivateOffersProgramhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/05/kubernetes_aws_ceo/
a week ago
Collaborating with other companies is such a drag
KubernetesAwshttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-unveils-retail-public-safety-and-disaster-response-competencies
a week ago
by Donna Goodison 'We've had a lot of recent conversations about first responders and disaster response communities, and how we can help them,' AWS vice president Sandy Carter said. 'Previously, there was really no easy way for these customers to find the right APN partner with that specialized skill that they need to serve this market.'
AwsUnveilsRetailPublicSafetyDisasterResponsehttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/andy-jassy-on-how-deloitte-slalom-rackspace-became-aws-superstars
a week ago
by Joseph Tsidulko The CEOs of those large AWS channel partners all understand the most important attribute of a senior leader: the ability to make hard decisions as to where to prioritize their businesses.
RackspaceAwshttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/meet-doug-yeum-aws-new-channel-chief
a week ago
by Donna Goodison 'It's my philosophy that things have to be a two-way street,' new AWS channel chief Doug Yeum tells CRN. 'There's got to be a reciprocal value for the investments that partners make into helping to strengthen the partner network.'
AwsChannelhttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-partner-network-to-get-new-program-for-startups
a week ago
by Donna Goodison We felt like there was an opportunity for us to build a special program to ensure that our startups were able to work closely with our enterprise customers and also for us to make additional investments into startups who are focusing on the B2B space, says Doug Yeum, AWS head of worldwide channels and alliances.
AwsPartnerNetworkProgramStartupshttps://www.crn.com/news/cloud/news/cloud/aws-slalom-unveil-joint-cloud-launch-centers
a week ago
by Donna Goodison This is the first time AWS and Slaloms joint customers will have the experience of working with them at the same time, in the same location, solving the same problem, says Michael Cowden, president of Slalom Build.
AwsUnveilCloudLaunchCentershttps://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-ceo-andy-jassy-trumps-disdain-for-amazon-influenced-dods-jedi-decision/
a week ago
Jassy suggested the DOD's decision to grant its $10B cloud contract to Microsoft was tainted by politics, potentially putting national security at risk.
AwsTrumpsAmazonDecisionhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-now-offers-aws-optimized-ubuntu-linux/
a week ago
Canonical has brought premium Ubuntu Pro Linux images to Amazon Web Services, which come with extended maintenance, broader security coverage, and critical compliance features.
CanonicalOffersAwsOptimizedUbuntuLinux