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  • To Beat IBM, Amazon Web Services Needs to Build the Next Xbox

    CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle isn't suggesting that Amazon get into gaming. Rather, AWS needs to approach IBM and the enterprise cloud the same way Microsoft successfully took on Sony. Otherwise, Amazon risks entering the annals of tech history alongside Lisa, Vaio and Zune.

    Written by Rob Enderle22 Nov. 13 13:40
  • IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product

    IBM will eventually beat Amazon Web Services, writes CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle, but not because AWS has an inferior product. In many ways, AWS is better than IBM's cloud offering. But Big Blue's experience with enterprise customers, not to mention the federal government, shows that great businesses processes often beat great products.

    Written by Rob Enderle15 Nov. 13 13:44
  • Amazon's new I2 instance aims for consistent high performance

    While getting the best performance from your systems is crucial, getting consistent performance is even more important, because it guarantees a satisfactory user experience and even sets the stage for building more capabilities on top of the system, Amazon Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels said Thursday at the AWS re:Invent 2013 user conference in Las Vegas.

    Written by Joab Jackson15 Nov. 13 01:21
  • Amazon offers PostgreSQL from the cloud

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering the open-source PostgreSQL relational database as part of its RDS (Relational Database Service).

    Written by Joab Jackson14 Nov. 13 19:41
  • AWS: Our virtual desktop will succeed where others have stumbled

    With the launch of a new hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service called WorkSpaces, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to convert more enterprises to virtual work environments, something other IT companies have enjoyed only modest success in doing.

    Written by Joab Jackson14 Nov. 13 01:19
  • Amazon bashes private Clouds, launches virtual desktops

    Private clouds offer "none of the benefits" of a robust public cloud, and are only a stopgap solution perpetuated by "old-guard" IT companies such as IBM, said Andy Jassy, Amazon senior vice president who heads up Amazon Web Services.

    Written by Joab Jackson13 Nov. 13 19:55
  • Red Hat expands OpenShift's European availability, slashes prices

    Red Hat is cutting prices on the commercial version of its OpenShift Online PaaS (platform as a service) and making it available in more European countries, moves aimed at gaining a stronger foothold in one of the enterprise software industry's hottest segments.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus11 Nov. 13 16:58
  • 5 things to watch for at Amazon's Cloud show

    Last year some 6000 attendees trekked out to Las Vegas for the first customer conference of what many consider to be the leading public IaaS Cloud provider: Amazon Web Services. AWS re:Invent 2012 saw the launch of a new data analytics and warehousing product, price drops on its services, and lots of tips and tricks for how to use Amazon's cloud.

    Written by Brandon Butler08 Nov. 13 17:10
  • Startups tackle ‘X’ factor challenge

    Getting in is easy, but global success is a massive challenge. Three Kiwi companies share how they grew in this type of environment.

    Written by Divina Paredes07 Nov. 13 12:34