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Avnet Adds AWS Solutions to Cloud Marketplace

Avnet announced it's now offering solution powered by Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) through its one-stop cloud solutions shop.

AWS Among Leaders in Research Firm's Ranking of Operational Databases

Amazon Web Services was among the leaders in research firm Gartner Inc.'s recent ranking of operational DBMS vendors.

Oracle Tackles AWS with New Cloud Offerings

The industry is buzzing about Oracle Corp.'s multi-pronged assault on Amazon Web Services' position as the clear-cut cloud computing leader.

Unable To Beat Public AWS Cloud, HP Gives Up and Joins It

Hewlett-Packard has given up on its plan to join the pantheon of leading public cloud providers, instead focusing on private and managed cloud offerings and adding support for the Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure clouds.

New Relic Supports EC2 on AWS, Joins Partner Program

A set of New Relic monitoring features has been added to the company's Software Analytics Cloud, specifically designed for the Elastic Compute Cloud on AWS.

AWS Revenue Balloons by 80 Percent in Q3

Amazon Web Services' blockbuster growth continues apace.

Accenture-AWS Partnership Aimed at Cloud Migration

IT consultancy Accenture is teaming up with Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) to help enterprises migrate their business operations to the cloud.

Open Source Walmart Tool Threatens AWS Cloud Lock-In

Walmart is offering a cloud development tool that seeks to eliminate provider lock-in from major cloud players such as Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

AWS Adds Cloud Back-End for Mobile Apps

Among the many announcements at last week's re:Invent conference by Amazon Web Services was a preview of its new mobile hub for building, testing, and monitoring mobile apps that use services from the Amazon cloud.

SAP Challenges AWS in Cloud Analytics

It didn't take long for competitors to respond to the new cloud-based analytics service -- Amazon QuickSight, announced by Amazon Web Services last week -- as SAP today unveiled its own similar offering.

AWS Doesn't Let Up on Data Push at re:Invent

At the Day 2 keynote of the 2015 AWS re:Invent conference, the spotlight was on the Internet of Things (IoT).

AWS Unveils Data Analytics Service QuickSight, Other New Products

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Wednesday announced a slew of new products and services, including QuickSight, its first foray into the cloud-based business intelligence (BI) arena.

Rackspace Extends 'Fanatical Support' to AWS

Confirming earlier rumors, Rackspace on Tuesday announced it is extending its cloud support offerings to onetime rival Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc.

AWS Adds DevOps, IoT and Migration Partner Competencies

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Tuesday detailed a number of new ways it plans to invest in its partner community over the coming months.

Survey Highlights AWS Cloud Consumption Concerns

Tracking cloud computing usage and spending and allocating the proper costs to the proper business users is a prominent issue reported in a survey of 279 IT pros who attended recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Summits.

AWS Leads Cloud Vendors in Analyst Security Report

Amazon Web Services was the only vendor to be placed in the "leader" category in a recent report by research firm Forrester Research Inc. that measured Public Cloud Service Providers' Security.

AWS Offers Updated Linux Machine Image

Amazon Web Services announced a new Linux machine image on its Elastic Compute Cloud service.

AWS Details DynamoDB Outage, Preventive Measures

Amazon Web Services provided a detailed account of the recent service outage that reportedly brought down major Web sites and inconvenienced many customers in the US-East Region.

AWS Outage Hits Major Web Sites

Twitter and other social media sites were abuzz yesterday about an Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) outage in the eastern U.S. region that reportedly caused problems with several major Web sites.

Microsoft Says Its Cloud Is Bigger than AWS, Claims Edge in Hybrid

Microsoft doesn't provide revenue numbers for its Azure cloud service, but in other metrics an exec claimed it has an edge over Amazon Web Services -- specifically in size measured by the number of regions in which the services operate and in hybrid offerings.

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