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AWS re:Invent 2017

by Clare McGrane on August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 at 12:44 pmComment

AWS re:Invent is a learning conference hosted by Amazon Web Services for the global cloud computing community. The event features keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, fun challenges and much… Read More

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PGConf Local: Seattle 2017

by Todd Bishop on June 21, 2017July 27, 2017 at 6:37 pmComment

Join the PostgreSQL Community in Seattle! PGConf US in conjunction with the Seattle PostgreSQL User Group presents PGConf Local: Seattle, a local conference offering 2 days of educational content and… Read More

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Cloud Infrastructure as Code & Containers

by Todd Bishop on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 at 1:40 pmComment

If you are still using you mouse to configure and deploy within the any cloud then this is a great session for you to save time and reduce risk. If… Read More

Amazon Web Services shakes up cloud pricing with per-second billing

by Todd Bishop on September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 at 4:43 pmComment

Pay by the hour for cloud computing? That’s so last decade. Amazon Web Services today announced a new pricing structure that lets users pay by the second for Linux instances… Read More

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Introduction to Deep Learning for Developers

by Todd Bishop on August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 at 4:17 pmComment

In this session we will demonstrate how to get started with deep learning by launching a GPU machine with tutorial notebooks. We will go over fundamental concepts of Deep Learning… Read More

Zillow shifts Zestimate home valuation tool to the cloud, claims better accuracy than ever

by Nat Levy on August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 at 1:32 pmComment

As thousands of scientists work to improve Zillow’s Zestimate, the company said today its home valuation tool is more accurate than it has ever been. Zillow said it released a… Read More

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Underrepresented in Tech: Bridging the Racial Digital Divide

by Todd Bishop on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 at 1:55 pmComment

Join us at Underrepresented in Tech to discuss strengthening underrepresented communities in the tech workforce and ideas to improve the racial digital divide. Engage with our group of expert panelists… Read More

Amazon Web Services working on mysterious Alexa-powered enterprise collaboration service

by Nat Levy on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 at 10:45 amComment

Amazon is looking to staff up a “New AWS/Alexa Service” focused on enterprise collaboration, communication and document sharing, according to postings on its jobs website. “This effort is in direct… Read More

Amazon brings the boom to Bellevue: Here are the teams expanding into the tech giant’s big new office

by Nat Levy on August 7, 2017August 7, 2017 at 5:24 pmComment

Amazon is staffing up its big new Bellevue, Wash. office building, which looks ready for the coming deluge of badge-wearing, coffee-toting techies. Amazon’s jobs site shows 85 open positions in… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek: Everything we know about Microsoft’s layoffs and Redfin’s IPO announcement

by Clare McGrane on July 8, 2017July 7, 2017 at 3:34 pmComment

It might have been a holiday week, but it was still a busy one for the Seattle tech scene. First up: Microsoft finally confirmed a big sales reorganization that will cut… Read More

Tech Moves: Syntonic appoints AT&T, Sprint exec as chairman; former AWS engineering director leading new Russian cloud service

by Clare McGrane on July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 at 1:23 pm 4 Comments

Syntonic, a Seattle-based mobile services startup, announced a new chairman of the board Thursday: former AT&T and Sprint executive Steve Elfman. Elfman has a storied career in the mobile world, including… Read More

Amazon Web Services quietly forms a mixed reality team, but what is it building?

by Nat Levy on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 at 11:03 am1 Comment

Amazon is building a new “two pizza team” within Amazon Web Services focused on mixed-reality technology, another sign that the cloud powerhouse is expanding its reach and branching out into… Read More

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Week in Geek: Why Amazon is suing a former AWS exec, former Swype CEO’s new venture, and more

by Clare McGrane on June 17, 2017June 17, 2017 at 3:56 amComment

It was a busy week for Amazon: on Friday, the company announced plans to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, it’s the biggest acquisition yet. But before that news broke,… Read More

Tech Moves: Cambia Grove founder joins AWS as liaison to healthcare industry; VC Sheila Gulati joins Snapsheet board; etc.

by Clare McGrane on June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 at 1:26 pmComment

Cambia Grove, a hub for healthcare startups and entrepreneurs, announced Wednesday that founder and executive director Nicole Bell is leaving the company to join Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a… Read More

Former AWS executive temporarily barred from working at Smartsheet as non-compete lawsuit moves forward

by Nat Levy on June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 at 10:19 pm 2 Comments

A King County Superior Court Commissioner sided with Amazon in the opening salvo of a court battle over Smartsheet’s hiring of a former Amazon Web Services executive earlier this month.… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet scoops up AWS VP; theMaven adds new co-chairman; and more

by Clare McGrane & Nat Levy on June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 at 10:22 amComment

Smartsheet has some serious momentum. Fresh off a $52 million funding round, the Bellevue-based collaborative work management technology company brought in Gene Farrell to be its senior vice president of… Read More

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14th Annual Foundations of Science Breakfast featuring Andy Jassy and Adriane Brown

by Clare McGrane on March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 at 3:22 pmComment

Imagine that in our lifetime, the next generation of inventors and innovators cure cancer, reverse climate change, end hunger, push the limits of time and space, and discover new frontiers.… Read More

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Tech Talk: Engineering through Cost and Efficiency

by Todd Bishop on April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 at 3:18 pmComment

Join Seattle tech leaders from TUNE, Convoy, and Zillow on April 27th for our Spring Tech Talk. How are they tackling challenges with AWS? What were key learnings from the… Read More

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First live ultra-HD video from space features oohs, ahhs and zero-G ping pong

by Alan Boyle on April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 at 6:25 pmComment

NASA and AWS Elemental showed off something completely different from the International Space Station today: the first live video in ultra-high-definition 4K detail beamed down from space. The technical achievement was… Read More

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‘Watch your back, Jeff Bezos’: Amazon sparks laughs on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’

by Alan Boyle on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 at 8:24 am 2 Comments

HBO’s “Silicon Valley” comedy series presents a California-centric view of how tech is done (and undone), but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Seattle-based Amazon Web Services came in for satirical… Read More

News Brief

Elemental Technologies changes name to AWS Elemental to reflect acquisition by Amazon

This was Amazon’s highest-earning employee in 2016 — and it wasn’t Jeff Bezos

by Nat Levy on April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 at 10:13 amComment

Amazon Web Services is a cloud powerhouse, a more than $12 billion enterprise that would be a significant company on its own. So it’s no surprise that Amazon is rewarding… Read More

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Amazon Web Services plays role in NASA’s first ultra-HD live video from space

by Alan Boyle on April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 at 10:54 amComment

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stars in the highest-resolution video ever broadcast live from the International Space Station, bur Amazon Web Services will play a supporting role. The 4K ultra-high-definition live stream,… Read More

Snowflake cloud data warehouse startup raises $100M; Madrona’s role reunites ex-Microsoft execs

by Todd Bishop on April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 at 6:18 amComment

Snowflake Computing, the Silicon Valley-based cloud data warehouse startup that just announced a new engineering center in the Seattle region, has closed a $100 million funding round led by ICONIQ… Read More

Amazon Web Services to open data centers in Sweden in 2018, continuing global growth

by Nat Levy on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 at 7:15 amComment

Amazon Web Services said it will open data centers in Sweden next year to serve customers in Nordic countries such as Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. The new Stockholm region includes… Read More

Event Calendar

PGConf Local: Seattle 2017

Amazon Web Services shakes up cloud pricing with per-second billing

Zillow shifts Zestimate home valuation tool to the cloud, claims better accuracy than ever

Amazon Web Services working on mysterious Alexa-powered enterprise collaboration service

Amazon brings the boom to Bellevue: Here are the teams expanding into the tech giant’s big new office

Tech Moves: Syntonic appoints AT&T, Sprint exec as chairman; former AWS engineering director leading new Russian cloud service

Amazon Web Services quietly forms a mixed reality team, but what is it building?

Week in Geek: Why Amazon is suing a former AWS exec, former Swype CEO’s new venture, and more

Tech Moves: Cambia Grove founder joins AWS as liaison to healthcare industry; VC Sheila Gulati joins Snapsheet board; etc.

Former AWS executive temporarily barred from working at Smartsheet as non-compete lawsuit moves forward

Tech Moves: Smartsheet scoops up AWS VP; theMaven adds new co-chairman; and more

14th Annual Foundations of Science Breakfast featuring Andy Jassy and Adriane Brown

First live ultra-HD video from space features oohs, ahhs and zero-G ping pong

Elemental Technologies changes name to AWS Elemental to reflect acquisition by Amazon

This was Amazon’s highest-earning employee in 2016 — and it wasn’t Jeff Bezos

Snowflake cloud data warehouse startup raises $100M; Madrona’s role reunites ex-Microsoft execs

Building Secure and Scalable Mobile Applications of AWS

Powering ‘Cloud City’: What Seattle’s municipal utility has learned from using AWS and Azure

Cloud data warehouse startup Snowflake opens Seattle-area engineering office, plans big growth

Public cloud could become a utility like electricity, lifting AWS, Azure and others, Morgan Stanley says

Amazon Chime team responds to trademark suit, claims it wasn’t aware of competing Chime service

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