Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 29
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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Amazon, Mercury ink renewable energy deal using wind farms
Thu, 6th Apr 2023
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Amazon's first renewable energy project in Aotearoa will enable AWS' upcoming data centres in Auckland to operate on renewable energy when they launch in 2024.
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Databricks continues global success with London office
Wed, 5th Apr 2023
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Databricks expands across Europe with new offices in Tel Aviv, Zurich, London, Munich, and Stockholm, and plans for infrastructure in Paris.
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Veeam partners AWS to aid cloud migration in ANZ and APJ
Fri, 31st Mar 2023
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Veeam and AWS are investing strategically in a new channel program to accelerate customers' journey to the cloud.
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BT Group, AWS deal to target $500m IoT opportunity
Thu, 30th Mar 2023
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BT & AWS will collaborate on IoT industry solutions, new cloud networking propositions and new 5G edge computing services for its UK business customers.
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Zendesk enters SCA with AWS for customer service at scale
Wed, 29th Mar 2023
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The five-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services will help businesses deliver personalised CX at scale.
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Connetico appoints Michelle Bendschneider as CEO
Tue, 21st Mar 2023
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Connetico announced Michelle Bendschneider as new CEO, aiming to extend their leadership in cloud services and business digital transformation.
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Illumio joins the AWS public sector partner program
Thu, 9th Mar 2023
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The move builds upon Illumio’s existing engagement with AWS and will reduce risk, build resilience, and stop the spread of ransomware and other breaches.
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AWS to launch an Infrastructure Region in Malaysia
Fri, 3rd Mar 2023
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The AWS Infrastructure Region will enable customers to run workloads and securely store data in Malaysia while serving end users with even lower latency.
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Civo appoints Josh Mesout as Chief Innovation Officer
Thu, 16th Feb 2023
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Civo, the cloud-native service provider, hires Josh Mesout as Chief Innovation Officer to develop their ML program and reduce workload on developers.
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Mantel Group achieves global recognition from AWS and Google
Thu, 9th Feb 2023
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Mantel’s consulting partner, CMD Solutions, achieves AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency, and its Kasna engineers are recognised as Google cloud partners.
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Data management leader Denodo achieves AWS competency status
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data and Analytics ISV Competency status is only achieved by those who can demonstrate deep expertise in data integration.
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Loyalty NZ completes cloud migration to unlock new value
Thu, 26th Jan 2023
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Loyalty NZ, known for the Flybuys loyalty programme, has completed the cloud migration programme with the help of partners The Instillery, AWS and VMware.
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AWS launches 2nd infrastructure Region for securing data
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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The second AWS Region in Australia gives customers more options to run workloads, securely store data, and serve end users with even lower latency.
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AWS's Melbourne Cloud region welcomed by Equinix Australia
Tue, 24th Jan 2023
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Guy Danskine released a statement celebrating the news not just from Equinix's perspective, but Melbourne's and Australia's in general.
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AWS launches first Australian AWS Local Zone in Perth
Fri, 13th Jan 2023
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AWS Local Zones help AWS customers deliver distributed edge and hybrid cloud applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to end users in Perth.
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Genesys unveils strategic collaboration agreement with AWS
Thu, 12th Jan 2023
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The partnership aims to empower organisations to accelerate their digital transformation and cloud customer experience strategies.
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What Amazon wanted from New Zealand's prime minister
Thu, 29th Dec 2022
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Mega-company Amazon asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for help over billion-dollar data centres it is building here, and to have input on policy.
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Delinea unveils newest features of DevOps Secrets Vault
Tue, 20th Dec 2022
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The latest features in the release include Bring Your Own Key (BYOK), GitHub action integration, and user interface improvements.
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Digital Island announces AWS Service Delivery designation for Amazon Connect
Tue, 20th Dec 2022
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The achievement recognises that Digital Island follows best practices and has proven success in delivering AWS services to end customers.
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Entrust adds identity as a service to AWS Marketplace
Fri, 16th Dec 2022
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Entrust Identity as a Service (IDaaS) offers a cloud-based solution, including multi-factor authentication, passwordless login, and adaptive authentication.