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Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace and satellite industry — and headed by someone who helped set up the U.S. Amazon Web Services facilitates Capella Space’s catalog of satellite radar imagery. AWS Photo).

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Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. Dave Brown, Amazon EC2 vice president, announces the new Mac Instances on Monday night.

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Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for final-frontier startups

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services is raising the curtain on AWS Space Accelerator, a four-week business support program that’s open to space startups seeking to use Amazon’s cloud computing services. AWS Ground Station makes use of a network of satellite dishes. AWS Photoillustration).

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Amazon Web Services partners with Brazil’s space agency to boost business on the final frontier

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services and the Brazilian Space Agency are joining forces to support long-term growth of the space industry in Latin America’s largest country. and Max Peterson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services. Alcantara Space Center serves as Brazil’s main launch site. AWS Photo).

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The US Leads In Public Cloud Services, But Other Regions Are Catching Up

Forrester IT

Public cloud services are one of the biggest disruptions in the tech market in the past 15 years. Rymer published their latest public cloud services outlook, The Public Cloud Services Market Will Grow Rapidly To $236 Billion In 2020 ,projecting 22% annual growth in public cloud services over the 2015-to-2020 period.

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After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. Jassy showed stats that put AWS’s share of the cloud infrastructure market at 45%, more than double its closest competitor, Microsoft Azure. Screenshot via webcast). Amazon Photo).

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AWS uses its cloud experience to help telcos transform

TM Forum

event, TM Forum Chief Analyst Mark Newman talks with Adolfo Hernandez, Vice President – Global Telco Business Unit at Amazon Web Services (AWS), about the company’s recent partnerships with communications service providers including DISH Network, Swisscom and Verizon.

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