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Google and Microsoft reportedly in race to launch IaaS

Microsoft's push to get out an Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud product looks likely to beat Google's, as both head to go up against Amazon's EC2, according to a report Read more

18 May, 2012 by Dara Kerr
Netflix: How we got a grip on <endeca_term>AWS</endeca_term>'s cloud

Netflix: How we got a grip on AWS's cloud

...years developing a global video distribution system using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. By outsourcing to Amazon, the company says it has been able... Read more

18 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

ElasticHosts unveils simple cloud web hosting for SMEs

...use, and starts from a user experience that shows flexibility," Davies said. AWS's cloud consists of tens of separate services that must be chained... Read more

3 May, 2012 by Jack Clark

Amazon switches on DynamoDB cloud database service

...Werner Vogels said in a webcast announcing the technology. In the past, AWS has focused on providing infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), but the addition... Read more

19 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Oracle: Enterprise cloud adoption could take 30 years

It could be 30 years before major enterprises move the majority of their IT operations to the public cloud, thanks to a 'generational' mistrust of cloud security, according to a senior Oracle executive Read more

25 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Amazon adds '1-Click' software setup to its cloud

...Amazon has launched the AWS Marketplace, a cloud application store that lets customers buy and deploy software... Read more

20 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

AWS service interruptions raise doubts over reliability

...Friday, affecting the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) component of Amazon Web Services' (AWS) US east coast region.AWS service interruptions caused downtime on Reddit. Credit... Read more

18 March, 2011 by Jack Clark
Citrix: Why hypervisor dominance matters

Citrix: Why hypervisor dominance matters

...VMware's approach can encourage enterprise lock-in, why Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a potent lead in the cloud and why a major change... Read more

12 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

AWS makes itself a home for penetration testing

...may flag, need to fill out a validation form. Amazon Web Services (AWS) then checks and verifies this before letting them run from its cloud... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Greenpeace slams Amazon over green datacentre efforts

...and both said these were incorrect, but declined to provide their own.AWS reviewed Amazon Web Services was given an F for transparency, an F... Read more

18 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Amazon plugs A9 search into its AWS cloud

...a fully-managed, scalable search service based within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Launched on Thursday, it will initially be available from the company... Read more

13 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

AWS ElastiCache makes apps jump to attention

...companies to increase the responsiveness of applications on their websites, according to AWS. "Caching has become a standard component in many applications to achieve a... Read more

23 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

AWS cloud accidentally deletes customer data

...customer data after the outage on Sunday, according to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud services provider was still attempting to recover customer data held... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

AWS cloud outage knocks out Quora, Reddit

...Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) at Amazon's northern Virginia site, which handles AWS operations for the US East Coast, at 7:39pm PDT (3:29am... Read more

9 August, 2011 by Steven Musil

AWS releases Oracle Relational Database Service

...provisioning, backups, patching and monitoring for Oracle Database 11g Release 2. The AWS Oracle RDS comes in two versions: the first is a licence-included... Read more

25 May, 2011 by Larry Dignan

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