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AWS Beats Main Cloud Rivals in 2014 Reliability

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud was last year more reliable than main competitors Microsoft Azure and the Google Cloud Platform, according to figures from CloudHarmony Inc., which tracks service provider metrics.

Quantum Adds AWS Data Deduplication Service

Quantum Corp. introduced three new solutions designed to help users tailor cloud deployments for their specific needs, eschewing the traditional "one-size-fits-all" approach, including a data deduplication service for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.

Fastest AWS EC2 Instances Hit General Availability

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. this week launched its newest EC2 instance category, C4, based on the Intel Haswell processor.

AWS Loosens Its Reins on OpsWorks

Amazon Web Services Inc. this week said it is untethering its OpsWorks application management service from the cloud.

Cloud Price War: AWS Slashes Data Transfer Costs

In the latest example of cloud providers racing to the bottom (price-wise, that is), market leader Amazon Web Services Inc. slashed data transfer costs significantly this week.

AWS Adds Options for Reserved Instances Payments

Amazon Web Services Inc. this week gave users of its EC2 Reserved Instances service two new payment options.

AWS Joins Tech Giants in Making Renewable Energy Pledge

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. this week updated its sustainability page with this statement: "AWS has a long-term commitment to achieve 100% renewable energy usage for our global infrastructure footprint."

AWS Announces Changes to Partner Program Benefits

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. last week rolled out some changes to the AWS Partner Network, including an expansion of partner resources and the addition of programs aimed MSPs and SaaS-focused partners.

Amazon Launches 'AWS Lambda' and Docker Container Service

AWS unveiled the Amazon EC2 Container Service with Docker support during Thursday's keynote at the AWS re:Invent conference, taking place this week in Las Vegas.

AWS Unveils 'Aurora' Database Engine at re:Invent

Amazon Web Services Inc. rolled out a raft of new new services during Wednesday's re:Invent conference keynote, including the new Amazon Aurora relational database engine.

AWS Debuts DevOps Certification

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Thursday launched the new "AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional" certification.

Amazon Touts Another Strong Quarter for Cloud Biz in Earnings Report

Despite a poor showing for Amazon.com as a whole, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. maintained strong growth over its fiscal third quarter.

AWS Rolls Out Its Own Identity Management Service

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Tuesday launched the AWS Directory Service, an identity management solution for the cloud.

One-Fifth of Web Application Attacks Originate from AWS, According to Study

Datacenter security company Imperva has found that servers on Amazon Web Services (AWS) are the source of roughly 20 percent of all Web application attacks.

Cloud Storage Is Added to AWS Partner Network Competencies

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. this week introduced two new competencies to the AWS Partner Network (APN).

AWS To Team with AT&T for Secure Cloud Connectivity

AT&T Inc. on Thursday announced its plan to offer business customers secure and direct connections to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc.

AWS Reboot of EC2 Will Fix Xen Bug

Starting on Thursday evening, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) will be rebooting select Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances across all regions and availability zones.

AWS To Join Verizon Roster of Secure Cloud Connections

Telecom giant Verizon on Tuesday announced it is extending its Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI) service to include Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).

Cloudnexa and Partners Launch Bundled AWS Cloud Management Suite

Cloudnexa has partnered with Trend Micro Inc., Sumo Logic and AppDynamics to launch a consolidated cloud management suite for Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS).

Riverbed Upgrades AWS Storage Solutions

Riverbed Technology, which specializes in solutions that improve application and network performance, made several announcements recently aimed at storage, backup and recovery services for Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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