article thumbnail

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

GeekWire

The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot office for more than 600 Amazon Web Services workers in Redmond, Wash. The tech giant moved into another former Macy’s space in 2018. Amazon Photo).

article thumbnail

Amazon would have posted $1.8 billion operating loss in Q4 2021 if not for Amazon Web Services

GeekWire

Another blockbuster quarter for Amazon Web Services masked one of the worst operating losses in the recent history of the rest of the company. Subtracting those cloud operating profits from the total shows that the rest of Amazon effectively posted an operating loss of $1.8 However, that total includes $5.3 billion, up 40%.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates

Storage IO Blog

Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates continue to expand feature, functionality, service capabilities of the public cloud providers capabilities across various geographies.

article thumbnail

A New Forrester Wave™ Assesses The Market For Full-Stack Public Cloud Development Platforms In China

Forrester IT

Our new “The Forrester Wave™: Full-Stack Public Cloud Development Platforms In China, Q3 2018” report is now live! This Wave evaluation uncovered a market in which Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei lead the pack. UCloud, Ping An Technology, and […].

Cloud 186
article thumbnail

Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

GeekWire

Nashlie Sephus, an applied science manager for Amazon Web Services AI, introduces the new Sagemaker Clarify feature at AWS re:Invent Tuesday. Screenshot via webcast). It also analyzes the machine learning model itself to help ensure the accuracy of the resulting predictions.

article thumbnail

Amazon downsizes AWS in a fresh cost-cutting round

CIO Business Intelligence

In a fresh round of layoffs, Amazon is laying off hundreds in the company’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon’s cloud computing division has long been a key driver of its profitability. In 2018, Amazon introduced cashier-less tech “Just Walk Out” at a Seattle store.

article thumbnail

SEC charges ‘decentralized’ Amazon Web Services competitor with scamming investors

The Verge

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the would-be creator of a “decentralized” Amazon Web Services alternative with scamming investors out of millions. In mid-2018, it reported that hackers had stolen a large number of CMCTs — halting trading and sending the price of the coins tumbling.