Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 24
Originally disrupting the book retailing business, Amazon Web Services has since emerged as a world’s
leader in the provision of ‘as a Service’ computing resources. With more than 200 services available
covering infrastructure, platform, compute, storage and applications as a service, AWS solutions are
provided from a network of 38 data centers around the world. A cluster of AWS data centres is planned
for New Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, and likely to be online by 2024.
Spark Business achieves AWS Migration Competency status
Thu, 6th Apr 2023
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The designation recognises Spark Business Group, through CCL and its cloud consultants Leaven, provides proven technology and deep expertise to help customers.
Amazon, Mercury ink renewable energy deal using wind farms
Thu, 6th Apr 2023
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Amazon's first renewable energy project in Aotearoa will enable AWS' upcoming data centres in Auckland to operate on renewable energy when they launch in 2024.
Databricks continues global success with London office
Wed, 5th Apr 2023
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Databricks expands across Europe with new offices in Tel Aviv, Zurich, London, Munich, and Stockholm, and plans for infrastructure in Paris.
Veeam partners AWS to aid cloud migration in ANZ and APJ
Fri, 31st Mar 2023
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Veeam and AWS are investing strategically in a new channel program to accelerate customers' journey to the cloud.
BT Group, AWS deal to target $500m IoT opportunity
Thu, 30th Mar 2023
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BT & AWS will collaborate on IoT industry solutions, new cloud networking propositions and new 5G edge computing services for its UK business customers.
Zendesk enters SCA with AWS for customer service at scale
Wed, 29th Mar 2023
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The five-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services will help businesses deliver personalised CX at scale.
Connetico appoints Michelle Bendschneider as CEO
Tue, 21st Mar 2023
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Connetico announced Michelle Bendschneider as new CEO, aiming to extend their leadership in cloud services and business digital transformation.
Illumio joins the AWS public sector partner program
Thu, 9th Mar 2023
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The move builds upon Illumio’s existing engagement with AWS and will reduce risk, build resilience, and stop the spread of ransomware and other breaches.
AWS to launch an Infrastructure Region in Malaysia
Fri, 3rd Mar 2023
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The AWS Infrastructure Region will enable customers to run workloads and securely store data in Malaysia while serving end users with even lower latency.
Civo appoints Josh Mesout as Chief Innovation Officer
Thu, 16th Feb 2023
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Civo, the cloud-native service provider, hires Josh Mesout as Chief Innovation Officer to develop their ML program and reduce workload on developers.
Mantel Group achieves global recognition from AWS and Google
Thu, 9th Feb 2023
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Mantel’s consulting partner, CMD Solutions, achieves AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency, and its Kasna engineers are recognised as Google cloud partners.
Data management leader Denodo achieves AWS competency status
Fri, 27th Jan 2023
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data and Analytics ISV Competency status is only achieved by those who can demonstrate deep expertise in data integration.
Loyalty NZ completes cloud migration to unlock new value
Thu, 26th Jan 2023
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Loyalty NZ, known for the Flybuys loyalty programme, has completed the cloud migration programme with the help of partners The Instillery, AWS and VMware.
AWS launches 2nd infrastructure Region for securing data
Wed, 25th Jan 2023
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The second AWS Region in Australia gives customers more options to run workloads, securely store data, and serve end users with even lower latency.
AWS's Melbourne Cloud region welcomed by Equinix Australia
Tue, 24th Jan 2023
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Guy Danskine released a statement celebrating the news not just from Equinix's perspective, but Melbourne's and Australia's in general.
AWS launches first Australian AWS Local Zone in Perth
Fri, 13th Jan 2023
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AWS Local Zones help AWS customers deliver distributed edge and hybrid cloud applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to end users in Perth.
Genesys unveils strategic collaboration agreement with AWS
Thu, 12th Jan 2023
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The partnership aims to empower organisations to accelerate their digital transformation and cloud customer experience strategies.
What Amazon wanted from New Zealand's prime minister
Thu, 29th Dec 2022
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Mega-company Amazon asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for help over billion-dollar data centres it is building here, and to have input on policy.
Delinea unveils newest features of DevOps Secrets Vault
Tue, 20th Dec 2022
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The latest features in the release include Bring Your Own Key (BYOK), GitHub action integration, and user interface improvements.
Digital Island announces AWS Service Delivery designation for Amazon Connect
Tue, 20th Dec 2022
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The achievement recognises that Digital Island follows best practices and has proven success in delivering AWS services to end customers.