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How Big is AWS? Netcraft Finds 158,000 Servers
June 4th, 2013 : Jason VergeUK research firm Netcraft has issued an overview of Amazon's infrastructure in which it finds 158,000 web-facing servers. Read More
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Latisys Partners With Ascenty to Enter Brazilian Market
May 10th, 2013 : John RathEquinix adds AWS Direct Connect to Seattle, Latisys partners with Ascenty on metro fiber in Brazil, Read More
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Cloud News: Amazon Offers AWS Certification
May 6th, 2013 : John RathAmazon (AMZN) announced the launch of the new AWS Certification Program with the first of several exams that will made available in 2013. In other cloud news, Penguin Computing announced its Icebreaker CS storage platform, while Software AG acquired cloud vendor LongJump. Read More
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Report: Amazon To Build $600M Private Cloud For CIA
March 21st, 2013 : John RathAccording to a report in Federal Computer Week (FCW), the CIA has agreed to a cloud computing contract with Amazon Web Services to build a private cloud infrastructure. Read More
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Amazon OpsWorks: Empowering and Disrupting
February 20th, 2013 : Rich MillerThis week Amazon Web Services got the attention of the cloud computing community with its announcement of OpsWorks, which provides new configuration and automation features for applications housed on AWS. Here's a look at the notable analysis and commentary from around the web. Read More
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Amazon Launches Data Warehouse Service Redshift
February 15th, 2013 : Jason VergeAmazon has officially launched Redshift, a fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. Read More
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Amazon Web Services Unveils High Memory Instances
January 22nd, 2013 : Jason VergeAmazon Web Services continues to expand its applicability in the high-end computing world. The newest enhancement is a workhorse of an instance designed for real-time, high memory needs, called the High Memory Cluster Eight Extra Large instance type. Read More
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Amazon Adding Cloud Capacity in Northern Virginia
January 15th, 2013 : Rich MillerAmazon Web Service's move to add new data center infrastructure could shore up the reliability of its cloud computing infrastructure in Northern Virginia, which hosts key facilities in the outage-plagued US-East region. Read More
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Amazon Cloud Back Online After Major Christmas Outage
December 25th, 2012 : Rich MillerAmazon Web Services says it has recovered from the latest major outage for cloud computing service, which affected large customers, including Netflix and Heroku. Read More
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