AWS Announces general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Customers can now run fully managed NetApp ONTAP file storage on AWS.
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. The new storage service allows customers to launch and run fully managed NetApp ONTAP file systems in the cloud.
ONTAP is NetApp’s fil... Read more
Amazon MemoryDB by AWS is now generally available
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon MemoryDB for Redis, a managed in-memory database the company says will simplify the application development process. Enterprise applications have different data access speed requirements.
For instance, a revenue forecasting tool ma... Read more
AWS announces new generation of x86-based compute instances
Amazon Web Services is adding a new generation of Intel x86-based compute options to its series of general-purpose EC2 compute instances. The new Amazon EC2 M6i instances the company announced should give users a better balance of network resources, storage, memory and compute.
The instances are... Read more
Amazon shuts down accounts and cloud infrastructure related to NSO Group
Amazon Web Services has shut down cloud infrastructure and accounts linked to the Israeli-based NSO group according to a news report by VICE on Monday.
Recent reports from The Washington Post and other publications revealed that NSO Group’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of... Read more
EU lawmaker’s proposals for tougher tech laws in the bloc gets backing
A pivotal EU lawmaker in the European Parliament leading the debate on stricter rules aimed at tech giants (Facebook, Google, Amazon) and other similar platforms, now has the backing to tighten the bloc's citizens' fundamental rights in the draft rules.
The Digital Services Act, which was propos... Read more
Big brands come together against Amazon’s empire in France
A collective of powerful brands (including Heineken and L'Oréal) have won the first round in a legal battle against Amazon, concerning contracts made with the e-commerce giant. A French court ruled against the US giant’s efforts to delay the case, in a ruling given on June 22.
According to de... Read more
Tech Leaders have a new strategy to create tech giants in Europe
Will they ever give Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter a literal run for their money?
As we reported yesterday, 2020 is proving to be a banner year for EU tech startups. European tech firms are seeing massive growth in funding, and that is also fueling growth. The performance in this sector is... Read more
Amazon launches ‘bug bust’ initiative
Amazon Web Services is trying to entice developers to build better software with minimal bugs, through the launch of its global AWS BugBust competition. The idea is to get developers to compete to find and fix more than a million software bugs before the end of this year.
The developers who find... Read more
Amazon gives developers AWS credits and reduces commission cut to 20%
Amazon is taking an interesting approach in its bid to entice developers to use Amazon Web Services for its AI services and IT infrastructure. The company started by becoming part of the app-platform pack, through the reduction of the cut it takes from smaller developers who use the Amazon Appstore... Read more
Amazon Web Services and Ferrari enter an agreement on data
Ferrari has agreed to make Amazon Web Services (AWS) their artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud storage provider. This is to aid the design and testing of their cars and launch their fan engagement platform.
Amazon Web Services has agreed to be luxury carmaker Ferrari's provider ... Read more