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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

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GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails.

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Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office

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LinkedIn Photo) Tadao Nagasaki , a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI to head up the company’s new hub in Tokyo, its first office in Asia. Bogdan was most recently director of learning and development on the Windows team. Tadao Nagasaki.

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Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team

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GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will reorganize its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) group to “lay the foundation for accelerated customer impact and growth in the years ahead,” according to an internal memo Monday morning.

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What to expect at re:Invent: Amazon Web Services navigates uncertain economic times

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Amazon Web Services will face a new challenge at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week: keeping software developers and big corporate customers engaged with the long-term potential of its cloud platform, while grappling with the more immediate realities of an economic downturn. Amazon Photo).

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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite

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For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably the world’s edgiest edge: a satellite in low Earth orbit. An artist’s conception shows D-Orbit’s ION spacecraft deploying smaller satellites. (D-Orbit D-Orbit Illustration).

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DTW 2022: Catalyst Awards celebrate excellence in innovation

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On the last day of Digital Transformation World in the Bella Center in Copenhagen, TM Forum’s 2022 Catalyst awards honored the outstanding achievements of teams working on innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the industry and broader society. Colt Technology, Gamestream, The Football Association, stc, Verizon.

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Amazon stock rises as Q1 earnings top estimates with $143.3B in revenue; AWS sales up 17%

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Amazon’s two big profit drivers, Amazon Web Services and advertising, posted year-over-year revenue growth of 17% and 24%, respectively. billion Q1 2022: $116.4 billion Q1 2022: $116.4 Amazon Web Services: Amazon’s cloud business was up 17% at $25 billion, with $9.4 billion Q1 2023: $127.4