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Security Firm: AWS IAM Quirk Leaves Accounts Open to Takeover

A new report warns AWS administrators of a potential weakness in the cloud giant's Identity and Access Management (IAM) service that could leave user accounts vulnerable to being hijacked by attackers.

AWS To Replace Jassy with Tableau CEO

The next leader of Amazon Web Services will be Tableau CEO and former AWS marketing executive Adam Selipsky, the company announced Tuesday.

Amazon S3 Object Lambda Now Generally Available

AWS is making it easier for users to make customizations to their data as it's retrieved from Amazon S3 to be used by other applications.

AWS Eases .NET Deployments with CLI Tool Preview

AWS this week released the first preview of an open source .NET deployment tool for the .NET CLI, aimed at easing the process of deploying .NET Web applications on its cloud.

AWS Launches Managed Chaos Engineering Service

The new Fault Injection Simulator from AWS is now generally available, letting users actively run tests against their applications to detect potential weaknesses.

In Cloud AI Development, AWS Falls Behind Microsoft and Google

Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant report on cloud AI developer services finds former leader Amazon Web Services falling behind competitors Microsoft, Google and IBM.

Today's Cloud: Mostly Multicloud and Hybrid, with AWS Narrowly Leading Azure

Multicloud and hybrid cloud implementations are the rage among organizations worldwide, according to a recent report by Flexera, which also noted a narrowing gap between cloud leader AWS and runner-up Azure.

JFrog Brings DevOps Tools to AWS, Azure Government Clouds

Government customers of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure can now access solutions from the JFrog DevOps Platform from their respective app marketplaces.

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Databricks Now on AWS

Databricks announced a new partnership with Google Cloud to enable the deployment of its namesake data engineering solution on another leading cloud platform.

AWS Amplify Now Works with Google's Flutter SDK

A new version of AWS Amplify has been released with support for the Google Flutter software development kit.

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Pandemic, Partners Drove Late-2020 Cloud Boom

Spending on cloud infrastructure services accelerated dramatically in the end of 2020, driven by pandemic-related business adjustments and the growing influence of channel partners.

AWS Chief Andy Jassy To Become Amazon CEO as Bezos Steps Down

E-commerce and cloud juggernaut Amazon.com announced a major executive change on Tuesday, alongside its earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020.

AWS Open Sources More Parts of Its .NET Porting Assistant

AWS has open sourced its Porting Assistant for .NET's graphical user interface (GUI), the latest component in the tool to become available to the open source community.

Azure, AWS Have Most To Gain in Pandemic-Driven IT Spending

Cloud computing's Top 2, AWS and Microsoft Azure, are some of the biggest beneficiaries of the coming 2021 IT spending surge, driven largely by the increase in remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Blue Prism Intelligent Automation Tool Lands on AWS

Now listed on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace is the flagship solution from Johannesburg, South Africa-based Blue Prism, which provides intelligent automation software.

Top 10 AWS News of 2020: JEDI Comes to a Head, COVID-19 Drives Growth

AWS saw unrivaled usage growth this year as the pandemic made remote work the norm. Meanwhile, the fight between Microsoft and Amazon over the JEDI contract got even more contentious.

AWS re:Invent 2020 Recap

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year's re:Invent was held as a three-week virtual event. Despite the adapted setting, AWS still announced a (characteristically) vast amount of product updates, milestones and launches.

AWS Unveils Next-Gen Greengrass Platform, Now Open Source

Version 2.0 of AWS Greengrass, an edge runtime service from Amazon Web Services that lets Internet of Things devices tap into the AWS cloud, was released this week.

AWS Sets Goal To Train 29 Million People on Cloud by 2025

With demand for cloud computing skills on the rise, Amazon Web Services has unveiled a plan to provide free cloud training to millions of people around the world.

AWS Adds ISV Partner Resources, Expands Marketplace

AWS recently announced enhancements to its AWS Partner Network offerings, including more resources for independent software vendors, new competencies and a broader partner marketplace.

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