Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Before 2007 and the birth of the cloud computing market we are witnessing today, the on-premise model hosted in large local data centers dominated enterprise storage. Company employees managed information technology resources (compute, storage, network) and companies tightly controlled their data in facilities they managed.

Storage 79

Storage Cloud Media Operating Systems 79

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

Amazon DynamoDB stores data on Solid State Drives (SSDs) and replicates it synchronously across multiple AWS Availability Zones in an AWS Region to provide built-in high availability and data durability. The Amazon.com ecommerce platform consists of hundreds of decoupled services developed and managed in a decentralized fashion.

Applications 167

Applications Meeting System Data 167

The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Jassy, currently the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), is a core believer in Bezos’ business philosophies and a longtime veteran of the company, having run the cloud division since its inception nearly two decades ago. Photo: Getty Images.

Meeting 85

Meeting Cloud Data Center Internet 85

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2022

Equinix buys West African data center company for $320 million. Global data center operator Equinix expanded its capability and connectivity in West Africa in early April with the $320 million acquisition of MainOne, which offers services in Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire. TrueCommerce acquires DiCentral.

Enterprise 143

Enterprise Enterprise Oracle SAP 143