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• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  AWS acquisition of Thinkbox could lead to more heavy-duty tools, users

  You have to spend money to make money. At least that's what AWS hopes with its acquisition of a suite of rendering tools that may draw in more high-performance computing workloads.

• March 16, 2017 16 Mar'17

  AWS Reserved Instances add flexibility in wake of new Google pricing

  AWS Reserved Instances are now more flexible than ever, but challenges remain with the discount service -- a problem magnified by Google's new streamlined discount offering.

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  Amazon S3 outage spotlights disaster recovery tradeoffs

  Tuesday's Amazon S3 outage reverberated around the internet, but cost and complexity will likely keep many users from scrambling to change their redundancy practices.

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  How Amazon S3 toppled AWS’ house of cards

  AWS attributed Tuesday's extended disruption to outdated processes and human error, according to a postmortem published Thursday. The post, which classified the incident as a "service disruption," ...

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  Kubernetes on AWS gets a boost with Quick Start

  A Kubernetes startup has been tapped to design a reference architecture for AWS. IT pros see a potential precursor to Kubernetes support in ECS.

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• February 28, 2017 28 Feb'17

  AWS disruption wreaks havoc for Amazon S3 users

  An AWS disruption Tuesday was the longest and most impactful downtime for the public cloud provider in years, as S3 became unresponsive in a major data hub.

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  AWS database migration push continues with data lake conversions

  New AWS database migration capabilities simplify data lake transfers to Redshift from Oracle and Teradata, but it still doesn't solve the biggest obstacles to move databases to the cloud.

• February 20, 2017 20 Feb'17

  Amazon EBS adds elasticity needed to avoid downtime

  Amazon EBS' new live volume modification for storage attached to S3 saves time and headaches for IT pros, who welcome the technology they say is overdue.

• February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17

  Amazon Chime re-extends AWS' reach into business productivity

  AWS' track record in business productivity is spotty, but Amazon Chime appeals to enterprise IT pros who want all their IT tools in the same shed.

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  AWS IPv6 support answers call for IP address space

  IPv6 is not new, but the proliferation of the internet of things creates new demand for the protocol. And AWS has responded in deliberate fashion.

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  Amazon Cloud Directory adds and removes flexibility

  Amazon Cloud Directory brings a cloud-native approach to data management and moves away from traditional models, but it isn't without tradeoffs for enterprise IT.

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  Acquisition bolsters AWS security tools at scale

  A quiet AWS acquisition last year could improve customers' ability to detect and respond to cyberattacks at scale through automation and machine learning.

• December 30, 2016 30 Dec'16

  A look at Amazon in the news in 2016

  AWS took steps to further shake up enterprise cloud, including new data centers, a Kubernetes competitor and the release of EFS. Here's what ranked on SearchAWS in 2016.

• December 23, 2016 23 Dec'16

  AWS upgrades in 2016 were an evolution -- not a revolution

  AWS upgrades in 2016 were big on enterprise demands with a range of services to aid in migrations, and a host of additions aimed to fill in gaps and expand on existing tools.

• December 16, 2016 16 Dec'16

  AWS Managed Services reflects Amazon's aim to meet enterprise needs

  AWS Managed Services, a radical departure from Amazon's early cloud strategy, reflects the shifting demand of its customers, but it doesn't meet all their needs just yet.