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HashiConf 2017 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote (general session) at HashiConf 2017 in Austin, TX. Speakers today will (apparently, based on the schedule) include someone from Amazon Web Services and Kelsey Hightower from Google. At this point, Vargo introduces Kelsey Hightower, Senior Developer Advocate from Google.

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

CIO Business Intelligence

Kirkland, a founding member of SustainabilityIT.org, an organization to drive global sustainability through technology leadership, says Choice was the first hospitality company to make a strategic commitment to developing a cloud-native and sustainable platform on AWS.

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Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services had embarked on a data center building boom to handle soaring demand as attendees gathered for its 2019 re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Eleven data center deals are now the subject of a suit by Amazon vs. two former AWS real estate managers and others. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).

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Liveblog: VMworld 2017 Day 1 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. He goes on to talk about how the rapid development of technology has changed people’s expectations and frame of reference (example given was the intuitive nature little kids just “know” how to use handheld devices).

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

GeekWire

She has worked for Qualtrics, which has dual headquarters in Seattle and Provo, Utah, since 2017. GameStop appointed former Zulily and Amazon Web Services engineering leader Matt Francis to the newly created role of CTO. “The technology changes all the time. . Francis was most recently an engineering leader at AWS.

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IT companies join Ukraine war sanctions against Russia

CIO Business Intelligence

On March 8, the largest online retailer said it would no longer make deliveries in Russia or accept new customers for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud offering. The Prime Video service for Russian users was also discontinued. Services for customers outside Russia were offered from there. This service is free of charge.

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Oracle names new cloud infrastructure leader, signals broader ambitions to challenge Amazon

GeekWire

When Oracle Cloud Infrastructure launched in 2016, aiming to compete against the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, it practically redefined the concept of minimally viable product, or MVP — with just one cloud region and a handful of cloud services.

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