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Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

GeekWire

Google Cloud’s ad on the Las Vegas Sphere, overlooking Amazon re:Invent. That’s the debate after Google Cloud bought advertising space on the Las Vegas Sphere to send a message to attendees this week at the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference, taking place on the next block over. See video below.

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Amazon’s cloud business and AI initiatives in the spotlight in advance of earnings report

GeekWire

Amazon’s cloud revenue growth rate and its artificial intelligence initiatives will be closely scrutinized when the company reports second-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon, Aug. Amazon Web Services revenue growth declined to 15.8% Wall Street analysts expect the company to report net sales (revenue) of $131.5

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Amazon stock jumps 7% after Q2 earnings beat estimates with $134.4B in revenue

GeekWire

Amazon’s cloud computing business reported revenue of $22.1 billion, up 12% from the year-ago period, but down from a growth rate of 33% a year earlier, part of a trend of slowing growth in the market-leading public cloud platform during the past year. Amazon Web Services: Amazon’s cloud business was up 12% at $22.1

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Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

GeekWire

The declining percentage comes from noticeably slower growth in the online segment over the past couple years (including year-over year declines in some recent quarters) and the continued growth of the company’s revenue from areas including third party seller services, Amazon Web Services, and advertising services.

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12 most popular AI use cases in the enterprise today

CIO Business Intelligence

Following is our analysis of the 12 most popular ways AI is being used across all industries in the enterprise today, as companies seek to capitalize on artificial intelligence’s promise to improve customer service, cut business costs, and supercharge business processes. AI can also be used for conducting initial video interviews.

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Expanding the Cloud ? introducing the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.

All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud â?? Today, Amazon Web Services has greater worldwide coverage with the launch of a new AWS Region in Sydney, Australia. The Region launches with two Availability Zones to help customers build highly available applications. All Things Distributed. introducing the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

All Things Distributed

In my many conversations with customers, and with the media, I encountered surprise and excitement about the extent that European enterprises have already been using the Amazon Web Services for some time. Shell''s scientists, especially the geophysicists and drilling engineers, frequently use cloud computing to run models.