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Introducing the AWS South America - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

This new Region has been highly requested by companies worldwide, and it provides low-latency access to AWS services for those who target customers in South America. In particular, South American IT-oriented companies are seeing very rapid growth. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. At werner.ly Syndication.

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Technology Short Take #87

Scott Lowe

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). From the Department of “Sitting in my Inbox for Way Too Long”, I wanted to point out a company that I ran into back in May of this year at the OpenStack Summit in Boston. Networking. Virtualization.

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Expanding the Cloud - Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo.

All Things Distributed

Japanese companies and consumers have become used to low latency and high-speed networking available between their businesses, residences, and mobile devices. With the launch of the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region, companies can now leverage the AWS suite of infrastructure web services directly connected to Japanese networks. Syndication.

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DROAM - Dreaming about Cheap Data Roaming - All Things.

All Things Distributed

The one thing that I have always struggled with during my travels are the data plans of the cell phone companies. One wireless company for example has an international plan that will charge you $25 per month for 50MB after which they will charge you $20 per MB. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Contact Info.

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Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Analyzing vast amounts of data is critical for companies looking to incorporate customer insights into their business, including building recommendation engines or optimizing customer targeting. s market, these companies must have a deep understanding of their customersâ?? Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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Expanding the Cloud - Opening the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore.

All Things Distributed

For example, there is a large European Insurance company that is looking to expand their EU-based product offerings to the Asia Pacific market. Before AWS, the cost and complexity of moving these applications in a traditional IT model would have prohibited or delayed the companys entry into the Asia Pacific market. At werner.ly

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Technology Short Take #72

Scott Lowe

Charles Min-Cheng Chan has a write-up on using IPv6 in Mininet. One thing in particular stood out to me from Josh’s post: “Other folks want to know how VMware will become the innovation leader again…” This statement makes it clear to me that VMware is not doing a very good job talking about the innovation that occurs within the company.

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