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Typo Set In Motion Chain Of Events That Shut Down AWS S3 Cloud
ANALYSIS: The causes of the massive Amazon Web Services outages that knocked as many as 150,000 websites offline went way beyond a typo in a server command
IT Life: Mark Corley, CTO at Avanade UK
Mark Corley, chief technology officer at Avanade UK, discusses IoT, AI, and doggedly sticking with the Windows Phone
Amazon Reveals Human Error Was Behind S3 Service Outage
Human error revealed to be behind S3 outage as Amazon promises to make changes and learn from the event
AWS Outage Demonstrates Need For Redundancy Even In The Cloud
ANALYSIS: AWS Outage demonstrates importance of building redundancy into your critical cloud apps even when your service provider is reliable
AWS Touts CISPE Membership To Help Its Cloud Services Meet EU GDPR
The membership should bolster data regulation trust in AWS for EU companies
Power Of AWS, Google, IBM & Microsoft Leaves Smaller Cloud Providers Grasping
Google, Microsoft and IBM have all increased their market share as chasing providers struggle to keep pace
AWS Growth Spurt Continues With £2.8bn Cloud Revenues In Q4
Revenue increased 47 percent year-over-year as AWS continued to ride the cloud wave in 2016
Are Military Veterans The Answer To The UK’s Tech Skills Gap?
IN DEPTH: The idea of tapping into the skills of military veterans has quickly spread through the technology industry
AWS re:Start Cloud Training Programme Aims To Close UK Skills Gap
In partnership with The Prince's Trust, the programme will be available to any level of technical expertise
UKCloud Cuts Prices To Fend Off Big US Players In The Public Sector
Cloud price wars keep driving service costs for public sector companies down
AWS Opens UK Data Centres With New London Region
AWS long-awaited UK data centres go live with launch of London region for public cloud
AWS Moves Into Canada With New Central Region
Amazon Web Services ignores Canada no more with new region serving country and the northern parts of the US
Met Office Shift To The Cloud Fuelled By Demand For Weather Data
IN DEPTH: Met Office discusses how demand for data is fuelling a move to the cloud and new super computer will improve the weather forecast
AWS Shield To Safeguard Web Apps From DDoS Nastiness
Amazon introduces AWS Shield managed service to protect against crippling DDoS attacks
Amazon Brings Trio Of Alexa-Inspired AI Services To AWS
Amazon follows rivals Google and Microsoft and gives developers access to AI services
AWS ‘Organizations’ Helps Admins Manage Multiple Cloud Accounts
Announcements at AWS re:invent include new partner programs
Nutanix CEO Takes Shot At AWS & VMware Union
INTERVIEW: “We’re not a hyperconvergence company…we’re enterprise cloud” says Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey, adding AWS-VMware tie up "leaves a lot to be desired"
AWS Pitches UK Data Centres And Security Automation To Regulated Industries
AWS is stressing the security, privacy and compliance of its cloud services to target late adopters in regulated industries
Best Of Breed Cloud: Why Enterprises Mix Microsoft Azure, AWS And Google Platforms
IN DEPTH: Ocado, Spotify and eve are all using a mix of cloud services - but is it feasible to use a best of breed approach in the long-term?
Big Four Of AWS, Google, IBM & Microsoft Azure Continue To Dominate Cloud
New research suggests the big four have no intention of letting cloud lead slip
Ocado Mixes AWS & Google Cloud Because Retailers Fear Amazon Having Their Data
Online retailer Ocado uses a mix of AWS and GCP for its cloud needs so that retail customers of its own Smart Platform aren't deterred by rival Amazon
Amazon Profit Growth Disappoints Despite Cloud Strength
Shares in Amazon slump over less than expected profits, despite continuing strength of its AWS division
Spotify Wants Google To Improve Cloud Platform After Going All-In On GCP
Spotify decided to go all-in with Google Cloud Platform but it still wants billing improvements and thinks AWS has some advantages for larger businesses
Cross Channel: VMware Cloud Opportunities And Canon Partner Apprenticeships
All the latest news from the world of the channel, including VMware’s cloud partner posturing
AWS Adds Support For Microsoft Windows Server 2016 On EC2 Cloud
Four guises of Windows Server 2016 will be available on top of Amazon’s cloud infrastructure
Amazon Could Include Broadband In Prime Subscriptions
Amazon could package broadband connections with its Prime video steaming service to take on Netflix and ISPs alike
Former Rivals VMware And AWS Become Cloud Partners
VMware services will be available on AWS cloud, combining on-premise virtualisation with public cloud scale and features
AWS And VMware To Announce Surprise Partnership
Amazon Web Services is no longer the mortal enemy in VMware’s eyes
BT Revamps Randstad Networks And IT Infrastructure In £88m Deal
BT to deploy VPN, VoIP and standardise office networks across 37 countries for Randstad