by ray | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon
(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon Web Services is arguably Amazon’s second-greatest creation, after the construction of a retail empire that has done so much to influence the way just about everything is bought and sold. But if the parent is holding back the...
by ray | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon
Wired on AWS: In the first half of 2015, revenue from AWS jumped 65 percent and accounted for 7 percent of Amazon’s overall revenue—and 37 percent of its profits. Though they share some infrastructure, AWS and Amazon’s e-commerce and hardware businesses are very...
by ray | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon
There are lots of stories about the formation of AWS, but this much we know: 10 years ago, Amazon Web Services, the cloud Infrastructure as a Service arm of Amazon.com, was launched with little fanfare as a side business for Amazon.com. Today, it’s a highly successful...
by ray | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon
Almost four years ago, the New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo wrote about a strategy to keep all your technology future-proof in a rapidly evolving environment. His advice still holds up: Use Apple hardware for your smartphone and PC. Use Google services for...
by ray | Jan 25, 2018 | Tech News, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are two very hot buzzwords right now, and often seem to be used interchangeably. They are not quite the same thing, but the perception that they are can sometimes lead to some confusion. So I thought it would be...
by ray | Jan 25, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ahead of Amazon’s big AWS division Re:invent conference next week, the company has announced two developments in the area of artificial intelligence. AWS is opening a machine learning lab, ML Solutions Lab, to pair Amazon machine learning experts with customers...
