Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

On March 13, 2006, Amazon Web Services launched Simple Storage Service (S3). and heralded a gradual but steady global adoption of cloud-based storage services. Many business processes are now expected to be dynamically executed in a parallel fashion (Agile business, Social Media Customer Service).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Right now, tech industry figures who talk about “the metaverse” are usually excited about digital platforms that include some of the following things: Feature sets that overlap with older web services or real-world activities. Social 3D spaces like CyberTown long predate Second Life.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Lil Nas X’s “Panini,” NASA’s social media presence, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line, and John Krasinski’s Some Good News YouTube show are among the winners of this year’s Webby Awards. National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things.

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All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

The Amazon.com ecommerce platform consists of hundreds of decoupled services developed and managed in a decentralized fashion. Each service encapsulates its own data and presents a hardened API for others to use. Most importantly, direct database access to the data from outside its respective service is not allowed.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2022

Where Qualtrics uses online surveys to ask people how they feel, Clarabridge uses AI to identify sentiment by analyzing social media, chat sessions, and other information sources. Aptean sews up deal to buy SCM and fashion ERP specialists. billion all-share acquisition of Clarabridge on Oct. TrueCommerce acquires DiCentral.

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