Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and more
On Monday, AWS announced the launch of Amazon Chime, a new service that’s designed to compete with the likes of WebEx, Skype for Business and GoToMeeting. It’s a powerful swing at some very entrenched...
View ArticleAWS Roundup: IoT buttons hit the enterprise, Directory launch and more
Amazon Web Services got off to a slow start in January, taking its time to sleep off the New Year’s festivities. But the cloud provider got up to speed by the end of the month, launching a handful of...
View ArticleAmazon's Alexa gains support for Outlook calendars
Users of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant can now ask her questions about the contents of their Microsoft-hosted calendars. On Wednesday, the assistant gained the ability to interact with calendars...
View ArticleAWS blames a typo for Tuesday’s outage
An authorized S3 team member entered a command incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed than was intended, Amazon said.
View ArticleAWS says a typo caused the massive S3 failure this week
Everyone makes mistakes. But working at Amazon Web Services means an incorrectly entered input can lead to a massive outage that cripples popular websites and services.
View ArticleAWS follows Google with Reserved Instance flexibility changes
Customers who have Reserved Instance contracts with Amazon Web Services will be able to subdivide some of their Linux and Unix virtual machine instances while maintaining their capacity discounts,...
View ArticleAWS offers Alexa developers free cloud credits
Developers interested in extending the capabilities of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant have some more free tools in their arsenal, thanks to a program the company announced Wednesday.
View ArticleCould Amazon become an enterprise collaboration contender?
Amazon has a series of apps that compete with Office 365 and G Suite, but they currently aren’t packaged and sold as a collective portfolio. Here’s how Amazon could become a major player in business...
View ArticleHere's everything announced at Wednesday's AWS Summit
AWS unveiled a smorgasbord of new functionality, including new billing for software-as-a-service applications, a new continuous integration tool, and enhancements to the company’s database services....
View ArticleAWS tries to protect its customers from DDoS attacks with new service
Amazon Web Services is trying to help protect its customers with a new service aimed at mitigating DDoS impacts. It’s called Shield, and the entry-level tier is enabled by default for all web...
View ArticleAWS wants to dominate beyond the public cloud with Lambda updates
Two years ago, Amazon Web Services made a splash when it introduced Lambda. Now, the company has gone even further to bring that technology outside of its core data center regions.
View ArticleHey Alexa, what are your competitors doing?
Internet-connected intelligent gizmos had a big showing at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, and there is one common thread between them: Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant.
View ArticleWhy Amazon is the current king of the virtual assistants
Amazon surprised many analysts and competitors with its Alexa cloud-based voice assistant, and the company seems determined to help partners pack the tech into every product imaginable. Alexa has a...
View ArticleAWS quarterly revenue continues to rise, but growth slows
The rocketship of cloud growth continued at the end of 2016 for Amazon Web Services. The public cloud provider announced Thursday that brought in a little more than US$3.5 billion during the fourth...
View ArticleAmazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and more
On Monday, AWS announced the launch of Amazon Chime, a new service that’s designed to compete with the likes of WebEx, Skype for Business and GoToMeeting. It’s a powerful swing at some very entrenched...
View ArticleAWS Roundup: IoT buttons hit the enterprise, Directory launch and more
Amazon Web Services got off to a slow start in January, taking its time to sleep off the New Year’s festivities. But the cloud provider got up to speed by the end of the month, launching a handful of...
View ArticleAmazon's Alexa gains support for Outlook calendars
Users of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant can now ask her questions about the contents of their Microsoft-hosted calendars. On Wednesday, the assistant gained the ability to interact with calendars...
View ArticleAWS blames a typo for Tuesday’s outage
An authorized S3 team member entered a command incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed than was intended, Amazon said.
View ArticleAWS says a typo caused the massive S3 failure this week
Everyone makes mistakes. But working at Amazon Web Services means an incorrectly entered input can lead to a massive outage that cripples popular websites and services.
View ArticleAWS follows Google with Reserved Instance flexibility changes
Customers who have Reserved Instance contracts with Amazon Web Services will be able to subdivide some of their Linux and Unix virtual machine instances while maintaining their capacity discounts,...
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