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Amazon EC2 Run Command Gets an Update

Enhancements to the latest update include additional Windows management commands, document management and sharing capabilities, and an open source Simple Systems Manager agent. 

AWS Launches New EC2 Instance for SAP Workloads

Five months after launching its smallest EC2 instance type, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) on Wednesday unveiled its largest -- the X1.

AWS IoT Button Sells Out in Less than a Week

Just introduced last week, the limited release AWS IoT Button, designed to help developers use Internet of Things and other data-related services from Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), is no longer available.

AWS App Discovery Tool Now Available To Aid Migrations

The Application Discovery Service, a tool to aid in the migration of enterprise apps to the Amazon Web Services cloud, is now officially available.

AWS Enjoys Shift from On-Premises Datacenter Spending to Cloud

Amazon Web Services is the main benefactor from the growing expenditure on cloud infrastructure services, which research firm Canalys estimates reached $8.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, en route to $190 billion by 2020.

AWS Partners To Assist Enterprise Blockchain Experimentation

Digital Currency Group announced it was collaborating with Amazon Web Services to help enterprises better leverage blockchain technology, the underlying basis for the digital currency called bitcoin.

Infosys Teams with AWS To Ease Cloud Migration

Infosys, in a new strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services, is aiming to help enterprises smooth the transition to cloud computing.

Report Shows AWS Slow To Yield Ground to Fast-Growing Competitors

With a 31 percent worldwide market share in the cloud infrastructure market, Amazon Web Services is maintaining a solid lead over competitors who are themselves enjoying growth rates of well more than 100 percent, according to new data from Synergy Research Group.

Cloud Growth Bolsters Amazon's Q1 Earnings

Amazon.com reported positive earnings in its first-quarter financial report on Thursday, with the growth in its cloud business leading the pack.

AWS Launches Device Farm Remote Access Preview

Amazon Web Services beefed up the capabilities of its AWS Device Farm mobile app testing service with a new remote access beta offering.

Capital One Open Sources AWS Resource Management Tool

More known for financial services than cloud development tools, Capital One has nevertheless open sourced its Cloud Custodian tool for managing AWS cloud computing and storage resources.

AWS To Simplify Application Migration to Cloud

Coming soon from Amazon Web Services is a new service designed to simplify the process of planning the migration of enterprise applications to its cloud.

Survey Investigates Moving Apps to AWS Cloud

E-mail was front and center in a new survey published by Intermedia to investigate what applications are being migrated to the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Andy Jassy Named AWS CEO

Apparently growing a product into a $10 billion business deserves a promotion: Longtime Amazon Web Services leader Andy Jassy has been named CEO.

npm Enterprise JavaScript Package Manager Now on AWS

The company behind the enormously popular npm package manager for JavaScript has put its enterprise offering on the Amazon Web Services cloud, making it available as an Amazon Machine Image for the first time.

Amazon CEO: AWS Is a $10 Billion Business

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hailed his company's decade-old cloud business this week, saying that Amazon Web Services is growing at a faster rate than its parent company did.

Splunk Updates AWS Cloud Tool for Big Data Analytics

Splunk today announced an update to its Splunk Cloud service, an "operational intelligence" tool that uses a Web interface to search, monitor and analyze machine-generated Big Data on the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Azure Cloud Finally Sports Lambda Alternative

It was inevitable that the final shoe would drop: Microsoft finally announced a competitive alternative to the Amazon Web Services Lambda service, making it the last major cloud rival to play catch-up in serverless, event-driven, pay-as-you-go computing.

Bsquare Teams with AWS for Business-Driven IoT Service

Targeting business and industrial customers, Bsquare Corp. announced it was working with Amazon Web Services to provide a cloud-based Internet of Things service.

Google Stackdriver Monitors Google Cloud and AWS

It seems everybody wants to help Amazon Web Services users monitor their cloud deployments. Shortly after IDERA updated its cloud infrastructure monitoring tool by integrating a bevy of new AWS services, rival Google announced its own monitor to track hybrid implementations that span both the Google Cloud Platform and Amazon clouds.

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