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Watch out, Coachella? Amazon gets into music festival business, releases lineup for ‘Intersect’

by Kurt Schlosser on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 at 7:44 amComment

An impressive lineup of musicians will be assembling in the desert in December for a two-day festival, but it’s not some sort of extension of Coachella — it’s Amazon. There… Read More

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It’s true: Amazon has been profitable for nearly two years, even without AWS cloud windfall

by Nat Levy on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 at 9:19 amComment

Amazon has compiled a run of record profits over the last few years. There’s a perception that the highly profitable, market-leading Amazon Web Services cloud division has been the sole… Read More

Amazon launches AWS IQ, a marketplace of third-party cloud experts for on-demand projects

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 at 12:45 pmComment

Amazon.com opened up its online retail marketplace to third-party sellers early on, shaking up the e-commerce industry and extending the company’s influence and reach. Later, the company expanded into a… Read More

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NFL fans can access live Next Gen Stats for first time via Amazon’s Thursday Night Football stream

by Taylor Soper on September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 at 1:55 pmComment

Amazon is geeking out its Thursday Night Football streams this season by giving viewers access to advanced statistics during live games for the first time. Fans watching TNF games via… Read More

Tech Moves: Goldman Sachs snags AWS exec; Vicis names COO; Leafly, Jama, FlavorCloud hire product chiefs

by James Thorne on September 12, 2019September 13, 2019 at 11:40 amComment

— Goldman Sachs hired former AWS exec Marco Argenti as co-chief information officer and former Verizon chief technology officer Atte Lahtiranta as CTO. Argenti is the former vice president of… Read More

Amazon to double presence in Portland, Ore., adding 400 new tech roles

by Monica Nickelsburg on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 at 8:52 amComment

Amazon is growing its Portland, Ore. tech team by 400 people and moving into a new 84,000 square foot office in the city’s urban core. The company said Wednesday it… Read More

Senator Wyden wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

by Monica Nickelsburg on August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 at 8:54 pm1 Comment

A U.S. senator from Oregon wants Amazon to explain the role it played in a hack that exposed sensitive data from more than 100 million Capital One credit card applicants.… Read More

Pentagon reconsiders $10B cloud contract as Trump sounds alarm over alleged Amazon favoritism

by Monica Nickelsburg on August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 at 4:05 pm1 Comment

The Department of Defense announced Thursday it is reviewing a $10 billion, 10-year contract to build the military’s war cloud. Amazon and Microsoft are the last contenders in the contest,… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS exec for joining rival Google division as cloud wars escalate

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 at 10:31 am 2 Comments

Amazon’s pioneering cloud business gave the company an early lead in an emerging and lucrative industry but competition is heating up between Amazon Web Services and newer entrants, like Microsoft… Read More

Amazon acquires enterprise flash storage startup E8 Storage

by Taylor Soper on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 at 11:06 amComment

Amazon has acquired enterprise flash storage startup E8 Storage. Founded in 2014, the company sold a rack-scale software storage solution for the cloud. Israel’s Globes pegged the deal at $50… Read More

Seattle engineer arrested in Capital One hack that affected 106M people

by Taylor Soper on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 at 11:09 am 6 Comments

Seattle-based engineer Paige Thompson was arrested Monday for allegedly hacking into Capital One’s databases and gaining access to approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers. Capital One… Read More

Amazon R&D and infrastructure spending spikes as tech giant staffs up on technical talent

by Nat Levy on July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 at 8:12 amComment

Amazon is spending more cash to hire top technical workers in key growth areas as the Seattle company competes for talent in a tight labor market. Amazon’s headcount rose 13… Read More

Amazon hires lobbyist with Trump ties amid contentious Pentagon cloud contest

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 at 10:09 amComment

Amazon Web Services is enlisting Jeff Miller, a former fundraiser for President Donald Trump, according to a lobbying disclosure form published last week. Miller’s lobbying organization, Miller Strategies, will advocate… Read More

Why this supply chain startup is drawing comparisons to Amazon Web Services and Airbnb

by Taylor Soper on July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 at 6:54 pmComment

Amazon Web Services revolutionized the way that companies run their business online, allowing them to pay for as much compute power as needed without having to own or operate physical… Read More

Geek of the Week: Amazon’s David Ham takes Pride in his work and his role with LGBTQ group glamazon

by Kurt Schlosser on June 21, 2019June 22, 2019 at 10:54 amComment

June is a busy month for David Ham. The senior video program manager at Amazon Web Services has plenty to do during his day job. But as the president of… Read More

DHS moving biometric screening system to Amazon Web Services amid debate over government tech

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 at 10:52 amComment

The Department of Homeland Security is migrating the system it uses to search for people using biometric data to Amazon’s cloud. The identification system is currently hosted on DHS servers… Read More

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How AWS Ground Station is taking its giant leap for satellite links in small steps

by Alan Boyle on June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 at 9:48 amComment

LAS VEGAS – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company has gotten so big that it has to branch out into business lines that “move the needle,” like the recently… Read More

Tech Moves: Google snags Georgia Tech AI professor; Apptio hires exec from AWS; The Riveter names Portland leader; and more

by James Thorne on June 3, 2019June 6, 2019 at 7:33 am1 Comment

— Natural language processing expert Jacob Eisenstein is taking a gig as a research scientist with Google AI in Seattle. Eisenstein is an associate professor at Georgia Tech and has… Read More

GeekWire Cloud Summit is almost here: Learn from tech leaders at Slack, Microsoft, AWS and more

by Tom Krazit on May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 at 2:36 pmComment

We’re just one week away from the third annual GeekWire Cloud Summit, which will feature some of the leading forces behind this incredible once-in-a-generation shift in how businesses use and… Read More

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AWS Ground Station satellite control system is officially open for business

by Alan Boyle on May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 at 4:36 pmComment

Six months after a sneak preview, Amazon Web Services has just raised the curtain on AWS Ground Station, its cloud-based system for controlling satellites and downloading satellite data. AWS says… Read More

Slack renegotiated its deal with Amazon Web Services in 2018, will spend at least $212M more through 2023

by Tom Krazit on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 at 8:34 amComment

Slack revealed Friday that it joined the parade of companies that renegotiated long-term deals with Amazon Web Services over the last few years as they grew from scrappy startups into… Read More

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Watch out, Coachella? Amazon gets into music festival business, releases lineup for ‘Intersect’

It’s true: Amazon has been profitable for nearly two years, even without AWS cloud windfall

NFL fans can access live Next Gen Stats for first time via Amazon’s Thursday Night Football stream

Tech Moves: Goldman Sachs snags AWS exec; Vicis names COO; Leafly, Jama, FlavorCloud hire product chiefs

Amazon to double presence in Portland, Ore., adding 400 new tech roles

Senator Wyden wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

Seattle engineer arrested in Capital One hack that affected 106M people

Amazon R&D and infrastructure spending spikes as tech giant staffs up on technical talent

Amazon hires lobbyist with Trump ties amid contentious Pentagon cloud contest

Why this supply chain startup is drawing comparisons to Amazon Web Services and Airbnb

Geek of the Week: Amazon’s David Ham takes Pride in his work and his role with LGBTQ group glamazon

Tech Moves: Google snags Georgia Tech AI professor; Apptio hires exec from AWS; The Riveter names Portland leader; and more

GeekWire Cloud Summit is almost here: Learn from tech leaders at Slack, Microsoft, AWS and more

Slack renegotiated its deal with Amazon Web Services in 2018, will spend at least $212M more through 2023

Working Geek: Amazon’s Nancy Wang helps women PMs make themselves heard via her nonprofit

Report: Amazon testing new program that connects outside investors with startups that use AWS

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names AWS vet as CTO; Ex-Nike exec heads Grayl’s board; Indeed replaces CEO

Amazon unveils new service to mine and decode medical records using artificial intelligence

Amazon launches ‘Amazon Future Engineer’ program to support computer science education

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