AWS Joins Google Cloud In Removing Egress Costs
Forrester IT
MARCH 13, 2024
Last week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to remove egress fees when migrating data to another cloud provider or on-premises. Unlike Google, however, AWS […]
Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud
GeekWire
JULY 12, 2023
Chris Vonderhaar, former Amazon Web Services data center leader, will serve as Google Cloud’s vice president of demand and supply management. LinkedIn Photo) Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud.
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Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office
GeekWire
APRIL 15, 2024
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. Seattle-area tech giant Microsoft separately announced last week that it is investing $2.9 Tadao Nagasaki.
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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
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. The team also modified the process for sending data to and from the satellite, to build in more tolerance for communication delays.
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Seattle Seahawks’ deep dive into analytics starts with a ‘data lake’ built by Amazon Web Services
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
It’s trendy these days to turn to sports data analytics for a deep dive into how a team is set up to compete and what metrics make the most sense for how players perform in a game. For the Seattle Seahawks, that dive starts with a “data lake” built with Amazon Web Services.
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Dancing with the cloud: Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky takes steps to fight homelessness
GeekWire
MARCH 11, 2023
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky during a rehearsal session with his professional dance partner Lauren Smith. But a group of notable personalities in the city, including Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky , will do their best to use dance to raise money to help combat the issue.
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What to expect at re:Invent: Amazon Web Services navigates uncertain economic times
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
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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Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing
GeekWire
JUNE 30, 2020
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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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms, Q3 2022
Forrester IT
JULY 12, 2022
To help enterprises decide which AI/machine-learning (ML) platform to invest in, Forrester evaluated vendor platforms offered by Amazon Web Services, C3 AI, Cloudera, Databricks, Dataiku, DataRobot, Google, H2O.ai, IBM, Microsoft, Palantir, RapidMiner, RStudio, […].
Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue
GeekWire
MARCH 29, 2024
Veeam Software , the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has officially shifted its corporate headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to the Seattle area, drawn by the close proximity of the major cloud providers and the deep pool of technical talent. Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran inside the company’s new headquarters.
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After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention
GeekWire
DECEMBER 3, 2020
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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Microsoft is a guinea pig for climate friendly concrete as it paves the way to greener data centers
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Microsoft contractors mixed test slabs of lower-carbon concrete at the site of a new data center in Quincy, Wash. Dan DeLong Photo for Microsoft) Microsoft is building 120 new data centers this year alone, and operates more than 300 of the server hubs worldwide. So the Redmond, Wash.-based
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AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue
GeekWire
OCTOBER 30, 2023
“AI projects are not just about AI meters, they have lots of other cloud meters as well,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, citing the impact of AI on the Azure cloud platform. Global spending on cloud infrastructure services topped $68 billion in the third quarter, up 18% year-over-year. storage and computing).
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Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar
GeekWire
MAY 30, 2023
GeekWire File Photo The Amazon Web Services executive who oversaw the cloud giant’s massive network of data centers is suddenly gone, without explanation. Amazon confirmed the departure of Chris Vonderhaar, who had been at the company for nearly 13 years, in response to a GeekWire inquiry on Tuesday.
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Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals
GeekWire
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces the company’s new cloud data products. Microsoft said its previously announced Azure Synapse Analytics technology is now generally available, with capabilities including data warehousing, artificial intelligence, security and compliance. Screenshot via webcast).
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Microsoft unveils custom AI chip, with help from OpenAI, playing catch-up with Amazon
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Microsoft describes the Azure Maia AI Accelerator as the first designed by Microsoft for large language model training and inferencing in the Microsoft Cloud. One of the Microsoft-designed chips, the Azure Maia AI Accelerator, is optimized for AI tasks, including generative artificial intelligence.
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Larry Ellison makes first-ever visit to Redmond to announce Oracle databases in Microsoft cloud
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, and Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison on a live stream from Redmond, announcing plans to expand their partnership with a new service called Oracle Database@Azure. where Microsoft is based, which speaks in part to fierce nature of the longtime rivalry between the companies.
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AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Reporting from Las Vegas … Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky doubled down on the new era of artificial intelligence with a series of product announcements and thinly veiled but repeated criticism of Microsoft and OpenAI. AWS CEO introduces “Amazon Q” at re:Invent 2023.
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Why Microsoft is Pinterested
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
The Financial Times reported Wednesday that Microsoft has held talks in recent months to acquire Pinterest. The talks, which are “currently not active,” could have led to Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date, given Pinterest is valued upwards of $51 billion. Microsoft Azure trails AWS and Google Cloud is in third.
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Does Africa Present An Opportunity For The Chinese Clouds?
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Africa is home to 20% of our planet’s land and 16% of its people, but none of the hyperscale public clouds run from data centers there — yet. Microsoft will offer Azure from data centers in Cape Town and Johannesburg later this year, and Amazon recently announced plans to follow suit with an Amazon Web Services […].
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Tech Moves: Salesforce-backed Oleria hires CTO; Microsoft vet joins Lyra Health; and more
GeekWire
MAY 3, 2023
He worked in various roles at Microsoft, where he helped build the SQL server, incubated multiple Azure platform services, and integrated third-party services onto the cloud. Bill Cox , a longtime Microsoft business leader , joined Lyra Health as its vice president of product marketing.
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Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security
CTOvision
DECEMBER 2, 2019
There are a raft of platforms and services jostling for business when it comes to getting organisations up on the cloud and changing the way they operate. At the heart of this market is the big three cloud platforms – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
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AWS to invest $5.3 to build data centers in Saudi Arabia to bolster tech in the region
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 5, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest high-tech giant to announce a major stake in Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning technology industry, unveiling a plan this week to invest more than $5.3 billion in the Middle East kingdom to build data centers and a significant cloud presence in the region. billion to launch new cloud areas.
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Microsoft reports a Majorana development in its quest to build quantum computers
GeekWire
MARCH 14, 2022
(Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft). Microsoft says its researchers have found evidence of an exotic phenomenon that’s key to its plans to build general-purpose quantum computers. Microsoft has chosen a particularly exotic technological strategy, which involves inducing quantum states on topological superconducting wires.
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Microsoft acquires Seattle startup Suplari, which uses AI to analyze corporate spending
GeekWire
JULY 28, 2021
Microsoft has acquired Suplari , a Seattle startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies understand and get a handle on their spending. Founded in 2016, Suplari analyzes procurement and spending data flowing into various enterprise systems. Suplari co-founders Jeff Gerber, Brian White, and Nikesh Parekh. Suplari Photo).
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Microsoft joins space industry information clearinghouse to boost cybersecurity
GeekWire
JUNE 23, 2021
A series of pictures documents the construction of an Azure Orbital ground station at Microsoft’s data center in Quincy, Wash. Microsoft Azure via YouTube). Microsoft is joining the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center as a founding member, with a mission to strengthen cybersecurity for critical space assets.
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Microsoft alumni reunite in Redmond, look ahead to what’s next in AI and the world
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Ali Spain, the Microsoft Alumni Network’s outgoing executive director, opens the Connect 2023 conference in Redmond on Thursday morning. Microsoft will turn 50 in less than two years, and attendees spanned many of the company’s decades. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert at the Microsoft Alumni Network conference.
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Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy
GeekWire
MARCH 23, 2021
Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will join Amazon Web Services as its new CEO. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).
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Cloud Data Security
Tech Republic Big Data
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
In this whitepaper we describe the various CSP security offerings and provide a framework for data protection with a set of strategic selection criteria. The post Cloud Data Security appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Tech Moves: OfferUp names new CTO; Amazon data center leader departs; and more
GeekWire
JANUARY 13, 2022
Longtime Amazon data center leader Joe Minarik departed the tech giant after more than 16 years to join Dallas-based DataBank as chief operating officer. Minarik joined Amazon in 2005, prior to the launch of Amazon Web Services, and was most recently the head of global data center supply. Joe Minarik. DataBank Photo).
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Tech Moves: Flexport hires Microsoft CVP; Avalara adds chief revenue officer; and more
GeekWire
JANUARY 5, 2023
. — Teresa Carlson , a longtime tech executive who was most recently a corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined Flexport as its new president and chief commercial officer. Carlson spent the past eight months at Microsoft as a CVP and executive-in-residence; she previously was a vice president at the company from 2001 to 2010.
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At Ignite, Microsoft unveils data analytics, server, and DevOps products for Azure
Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
At its Ignite 2021 conference, Microsoft took the wraps off of new data analytics, server, and DevOps products across Azure. Read More.
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Tech Moves: AWS community head departing; Pfizer exec joins Truveta board; UW Medicine names CEO
GeekWire
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Emily Freeman , head of community for Amazon Web Services , is departing. Previously she was chief of staff for cloud advocacy at Microsoft, and a vice president at Kikbox. Previously she was chief of staff for cloud advocacy at Microsoft, and a vice president at Kikbox. Emily Freeman. before considering my next role.”
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Top 10 Data Center Stories, September 2013
Data Center Knowledge
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Data center expansions by Google, Microsoft and eBay captured the attention of readers in September, along with a cloud outage for Amazon Web Services. Here are the most viewed stories on Data Center Knowledge for September 2013, ranked by page views. Google Has Spent 21 Billion on Data Centers.
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Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025
GeekWire
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Microsoft President Brad Smith. Microsoft announced a scholarship program for U.S. Altogether, the campaign aims to to train as many as 250,000 new cybersecurity workers in the country by 2025, most of whom will work for businesses other than Microsoft. GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong). government agencies.
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Microsoft and Oracle, frenemies at last: What others can learn from their unlikely partnership
GeekWire
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, with Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison, announcing their recent partnership. Microsoft Photo / Dan DeLong) “All partnerships are tactical. I asked if he would have imagined, when running Microsoft’s server and database businesses, that the rivals would someday be partners.
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Azure Orbital launches Microsoft into a cloud computing space race with Amazon
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
The world’s largest and most northerly commercial satellite ground station, KSAT’s Svalbard Station in Norway’s Arctic archipelago, will be part of Microsoft’s Azure Orbital network. ” Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich at the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit. . Microsoft Graphic). KSAT Photo).
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Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership
GeekWire
JULY 8, 2020
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of the artificial intelligence that the company previously contributed to an industry partnership to develop a COVID-19 search engine for researchers. Bigstock Photo.
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Microsoft and FedEx team up against Amazon with new tech and logistics partnership
GeekWire
MAY 18, 2020
Microsoft and FedEx will work together to develop new products and services under a multiyear technology and logistics partnership announced Monday morning. The newly announced partnership will rely heavily on Microsoft Azure, the No. Amazon debuted a new delivery program in June 2018 in Seattle.
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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more
GeekWire
JULY 27, 2023
Madrona Venture Group Photo) — James Phillips , a former corporate vice president and president at Microsoft, joined Google Cloud as a vice president. Phillips left Microsoft last year after spending a decade at the Redmond, Wash., Last year, Phillips joined Stripe after leaving Microsoft but departed one month later.
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Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
The International Space Station will soon get a connection to Microsoft Azure. The sky’s not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. NASA Photo). It won’t be the first orbital go-round for HPE, either.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith warns that U.S. is repeating a key Sept. 11 mistake in digital era
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Microsoft President Brad Smith discusses his book, Tools and Weapons, at a 2019 event in Seattle. Microsoft President Brad Smith says the U.S. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella convened a daily meeting with the company’s top security experts. A new paperback edition includes three new chapters. 11 attacks. .
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Hortonworks HDP 2.5: Improved Security and Data Governance
CTOvision
JULY 28, 2016
At Hadoop Summit in San Jose on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Hortonworks announced a new release of its Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Hadoop distribution, version 2.5, as well as an expansion of its Partnerworks program and a new partnership with AtScale , provider of a self-service Business Intelligence (BI) platform for Hadoop.
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