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SPECIAL REPORT: THE BATTLE FOR AI SUPREMACY

What to expect at AWS re:Invent: A summary from an exclusive preview with CEO Selipsky

In an exclusive one-on-one interview, Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief Executive Adam Selipsky provided a preview of what to expect at AWS re:Invent this week in Las Vegas, in particular AWS’ cloud plans amid the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence.  This year re:Invent is set to be a gen AI landmark event, where AWS ...
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Exclusive with AWS sales chief Matt Garman: How Amazon aims to lead in generative AI

For more than two decades, Amazon Web Services Inc. has been the undisputed leader of cloud computing, but with the recent eight-month surge towards artificial intelligence applications, rivals such as Microsoft Corp. are swiftly gaining ground.  The sudden generative AI shift has caused a rush among developers and businesses to embrace AI, and Microsoft’s monumental ...

At Google, women power the rise of Kubernetes

It’s well-known in the computing industry that information technology sectors skew heavily male, and the numbers only get smaller for women in leadership roles. Yet Kubernetes, a groundbreaking development in computing software, is proving fertile ground for women seeking recognition as software engineers and project managers. Last year, SiliconANGLE published a profile of Google’s power ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE CLOUD COMES OF AGE

AWS CEO Andy Jassy on acquisitions: ‘There is nothing off the table for us’

Amazon.com Inc. executives, from Chief Executive Jeff Bezos on down, are famous for refusing to comment about competitors. No such reticence, though, from Andy Jassy, CEO of the retail giant’s cloud unit Amazon Web Services Inc. Earlier this month, for instance, Jassy (pictured) tweeted in an ongoing spat with Oracle Corp. Chairman and Chief Technology ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE CLOUD COMES OF AGE

Andy Jassy exclusive: AWS doubles down on the hybrid cloud

Amazon Web Services Inc.’s essential promise has been that with its cloud services, companies no longer need data centers for just about all of their operations — but as it turns out, not quite all. As Amazon Web Services Inc. opens its seventh annual re:Invent conference this week in Las Vegas, it’s looking to extend ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE CLOUD COMES OF AGE

Exclusive interview: How CEO Andy Jassy aims to keep AWS atop the cloud

As Amazon Web Services Inc. opens its seventh annual re:Invent conference this week in Las Vegas, it’s looking to extend its dominance in the cloud computing juggernaut that’s sweeping across all of information technology. The Amazon.com Inc. cloud unit remains far out in front of main rivals Microsoft Corp.’s Azure and Google Cloud Platform, at ...