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Slideshows about Amazon Web Services

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  Inside the AWS Summit in Sydney

  As the dust settles on the 2017 AWS Summit in Sydney, ARN looks back an action packed two-day event, covering global keynote presentations, 80 breakout sessions on the latest technology solutions, and channel focused tracks involving local cloud stories and insights.

  Inside the AWS Summit in Sydney
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  IN PICTURES: Distribution Central over the years - a tribute (+70 photos)

  The Distribution Central history goes back to when it was founded in 1992 as Firewall Systems, an IT security services provider. The company was acquired by Scott Frew and Nick Verykios in 2004, with Frew founding LAN Systems - now Westcon-Comstor - and both founding 1World Systems and Micro Networks. ​​This slideshow pays tribute to DC over the years, its co-founders, and the people that have graced both it and Frew and Verykios' associated companies. So here's some some DC party meltdowns plus plenty of history.

  IN PICTURES: Distribution Central over the years - a tribute (+70 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Splunk Live! 2015 technology showcase (+12 photos)

  Splunk Live! 2015 recently hosted its event in Sydney, where not only Splunk and its partners took to stage to talk about the latest trends in technology, but also showcased their latest technologies. Some of the vendors seen included Palo Alto, Amazon Web Services, Netapp, Nimble Storage, and dynatrace. It was a full house, as this pictorial shows.

  IN PICTURES: Splunk Live! 2015 technology showcase (+12 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Amazon's Women Shine (+43 photos)

  Amazon Web Services has bolstered the diversity in information technology discussion at its Sydney Summit with its AWS Shine event. Around 100 people, predominantly women, attended Shine. Speakers for the event included former Olympian, Libby Trickett; Member of the A/NZ Amazon Leadership Team, Ashlee McCusker; Sharmilla Tsourdalakis CIO from GPT Group; and Danielle Fletcher from PropellHer.

  IN PICTURES: Amazon's Women Shine (+43 photos)
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  In Pictures: Amazon Web Services Sydney Summit

  Billed as Australia's largest Cloud event, the Amazon Web Services Summit was held at a variety of venues including the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Cricket Ground and Bavarian Bier Cafe.

  In Pictures: Amazon Web Services Sydney Summit
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  IN PICTURES: Westcon NZ BlueSky Event

  Westcon NZ hosted Cloud vendors Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Plan B, Symantec.cloud, Cloud DC, Virsae, FaceMe, at the distributor's Bluesky 2015 event in Auckland...

  IN PICTURES: Westcon NZ BlueSky Event

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News about Amazon Web Services

• Westcon-Comstor earns AWS Security Competency status

  Claims to be the first IT distributor to achieve the status in Asia Pacific.

• AWS shop Versent embraces multi-cloud with Microsoft partnership

  Joins Microsoft Cloud Partner Program.

• Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers, including some at AWS

  The latest round of Amazon layoffs will impact AWS, Twitch, advertising and PXT, CEO Andy Jassy said.

• Tech Data gains AWS Premier Tier Service Partner status

  Claims it is the first distributor in the A/NZ region to earn the status.

• AWS, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat crowned PaaS leaders

  For their strategies and leadership in promoting advanced technologies.

• AWS growth slows further by persistent macroeconomic uncertainty

  Amazon’s cloud computing division, reported a 20 per cent growth in Q4, compared with 27.5 per cent and 33 per cent growth in Q3 and ...

Interviews about Amazon Web Services

• Under new regional leadership, AWS ups partner ante through ‘customer obsession’

  As new Head of Partner Success across Asia Pacific and Japan, Corrie Briscoe maintains channel consistency through increased customer focus

• Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman talks vision, AWS tension and IPO plans

  The new CEO of the cloud data warehouse vendor talks frankly about what he wants to bring to the company and some of the key ...

• Google gunning for Aussie channel as Melbourne cloud partner signs up

  Tech giant fires warning shots at AWS and Microsoft Azure as cloud channel war heats up in Australia

• CloudMGR - Advancing through acquisition

  Inside the benefits of being acquired from the perspective of the seller.

• ​AWS - Providing a platform for ISV innovation

  As chief advocates of the independent software vendor, Amazon Web Services head of channels and alliances, Stefan Jansen, outlines to how the vendor is providing ...

Features about Amazon Web Services

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• Open source innovation is now all about vendor on-ramps

  AWS, Microsoft, and Google are all racing to figure out how to turn their innovations into open source on-ramps to their proprietary services

• Rackspace is cuting 6% of its workforce

  Cuts come about 3 months after the managed hosting and cloud provider went private

• Amazon’s cloud will be half way to 100% renewable power by end of next year

  Google, Microsoft have also made big green energy commitments for cloud facilities

• What’s behind Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s aggressive cloud expansions

  An arms race is on in the IaaS cloud as leading vendors build out data center capacity around the world

• Mobile apps still have long way to go in state governments

  But Arkansas stands out with Gov2Go mobile app