Articles about AWS – Page 7 of 19

Tech Moves: AWS names first head of space policy; WeWork Labs leader joins Alexa Fund; Moz co-founder leaves board

— Peter Marquez has joined Amazon Web Services as the first head of space policy. “There are many exciting things… Read More

Here are the six new stats Amazon will help the NFL track during the upcoming football season

Fans might not be able to engage in football by attending NFL games in person at the start of the… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted

— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board… Read More

NFL reveals new ‘Expected Rush Yards’ stat, with help from Amazon Web Services

Football fans wondering whether the next handoff to a running back could be another Beast Quake have another stat to… Read More

Geek of the Week: Anu Sharma left Amazon for Madrona to invest in helping new businesses

As someone who was already interested in investing from a personal standpoint, Anu Sharma said it was always on her… Read More

AWS opens up its Amazon Braket platform as ‘launch pad’ for quantum computing

Eight months after unveiling its Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, Amazon Web Services says the cloud-based service is officially open… Read More

DoD requests one month extension on JEDI reevaluation decision

[Update, Tuesday Aug. 11: U.S. Federal Claims Court Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith granted the one-month extension in an order today.] The… Read More

Amazon moves annual AWS re:Invent conference online as part of a free 3-week event

Amazon’s annual cloud conference is going fully digital this year as the global pandemic forces companies to move events online.… Read More

Amazon uses Twitch technology for new AWS live interactive video service

Amazon Web Services is giving content creators a new way to include live streaming video into their apps and websites… Read More

Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing

Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace… Read More

AWS ‘Honeycode’ makes Amazon a player in booming no-code software movement

A new Amazon service called Honeycode promises to let non-developers quickly create interactive web and mobile apps without knowing how… Read More

Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ

The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot… Read More

Why Amazon can sue a former cloud VP for joining Google despite state’s new non-compete law

Amazon’s attempt to enforce a non-compete agreement with a former marketing executive who took a job at Google caused a… Read More

Is Amazon’s facial recognition moratorium a victory for police reformers or just good PR?

Amazon’s surprise reversal on selling facial recognition software to police this week helped the company earn some goodwill at a… Read More

Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches

Amazon is seeking a court order to keep Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing, from… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job

Follow-up: Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches A lawsuit filed… Read More

Slack expands Amazon partnership, will switch to AWS Chime infrastructure for user calls

Slack will shift to Amazon Web Services’ Chime infrastructure for voice and video calls on its platform under an expanded… Read More

Zoom revenue spikes to $328M in Q1; CEO thanks Amazon Web Services for help meeting demand

Zoom blew past expectations for its first quarter earnings as the video conferencing company added millions of new users amid… Read More

Tech Moves: New GM at Microsoft for Startups; PayScale hires execs; former Docker CFO’s stealth startup; and more

— Entrepreneur Jeff Ma is now general manager of Microsoft for Startups. Ma founded CircleLending, Citzen Sports and tenXer, all… Read More

Amazon rips Microsoft for ‘spotty operational performance during the COVID-19 crisis’

Amazon took a swipe at Microsoft’s cloud computing technology performance this week, calling out the company’s “spotty operational performance during… Read More

Amazon’s new ‘AppFlow’ links cloud-based apps to AWS services, automating data flows

Amazon released a new cloud service called AppFlow that promises to easily connect cloud-based apps to AWS services, automating the… Read More

With high-tech rooms at home, Seahawks ready for remote NFL draft and AWS helps power entire event

Teams across the National Football League, familiar with the dreaded prospect of dropped passes or fumbled handoffs, are hoping dropped… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges to help WHO flood the world with coronavirus test kits

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the World Health Organization’s director-general are trading ideas on how to get the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More

Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS sales exec who joined Google Cloud

Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon… Read More

DoD likely to split JEDI contract between Amazon and Microsoft, analyst says

Could Amazon and Microsoft end up sharing the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract? That’s the likely scenario… Read More

Amazon: Pentagon should have tossed Microsoft’s JEDI bid over ‘noncompliant storage solution’

Amazon claims that Microsoft’s winning bid for the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion cloud computing contract should have been disqualified after… Read More

Amazon Web Services VP Adam Bosworth exits, says secret AWS product ‘coming relatively soon’

Adam Bosworth, a veteran tech executive known for his work at companies including Microsoft, Salesforce and Google, is leaving his… Read More

Amazon asks to depose Trump in lawsuit challenging Pentagon’s award of major cloud contract to Microsoft

Amazon is asking a federal judge for permission to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Department officials to prove bias… Read More

Amazon Web Services makes nearly 67% of Amazon’s operating profit in blockbuster quarter

Amazon Web Services posted net sales of nearly $10 billion and operating profit of $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter,… Read More

NFL partners with Amazon Web Services to improve player safety and ‘shape the future of football’

The National Football League is turning to Amazon’s cloud technologies as it looks to improve the safety of its players.… Read More