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Amazon Cloud Customers Face Service Issues in Chilly East Coast Region

With the US facing unusually chilly temperatures, Amazon Web Services’ US-East region (Northern Virginia) faced technical issues early on Jan. 3 that left some of the most popular online services and websites briefly inaccessible. New status updates show that issues continue to plague Amazon’s Northern Virginia location and its customers. Continue reading

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Mentions CIA Private Cloud Contract in 60 Minutes Interview

In an interview with Charlie Rose for 60 Minutes, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos mentioned the secretive cloud his company is building for the US Central Intelligence Agency, casually confirming that it will be a private cloud – something that the public cloud provider has been previously unwilling to undertake. Continue reading

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New IBM Cloud Ad Campaign Targets Competitor Amazon

November 5, 2013 — IBM wants to remind the public that its cloud hosts 270,000 more websites than Amazon Web Services including “more of the most highly trafficked websites than Amazon and every other cloud provider.” This is part of IBM’s new online and print campaign that singles out AWS as its competition. Keep on reading: New IBM Cloud Ad Campaign Targets Competitor Amazon Continue reading

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US Court Rules in Favor of AWS Over IBM in CIA Cloud Battle

October 8, 2013 — Amazon won a court battle Monday against IBM over a $600 million dollar cloud computing contract awarded by the CIA. Keep on reading: US Court Rules in Favor of AWS Over IBM in CIA Cloud Battle Continue reading

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AWS and DevOps Skills in High Demand, says Dice

September 11, 2013 — Recruiters are overwhelmingly searching for developers with skills using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform, according to the latest “Mad Skills”report from Dice. Keep on reading: AWS and DevOps Skills in High Demand, says Dice Continue reading

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