As the new 5G wireless standard continues its deployment across the globe, network operators and cloud providers are collaborating to open new windows of enterprise and consumer opportunity. On Tuesday, Dish Network LLC offered details on how its previously announced partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc. will address connectivity needs for a wide range of ...

For a top technologist accustomed to keeping a laser focus on the future, Werner Vogels positioned much of his keynote at AWS re:Invent by looking back into the past. As if to amplify the historical theme of his presentation, Vogels (pictured) strode the keynote stage today wearing a T-shirt — he wears one that celebrates ...

Observers in the serverless computing community sat up and took notice on Tuesday when Amazon Web Services Inc. announced that four of its cloud-based analytics platforms would become available as serverless services. The news, delivered as part of the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, encompassed Amazon Kinesis, Amazon EMR, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon MSK. ...

In February 2020, Linda Jojo (pictured), executive vice president of technology and chief digital officer of United Airlines Inc., was in a meeting with Amazon Web Services Inc. to discuss how technology would transform the airline. One month later, the world turned completely upside down as a pandemic virtually stopped global travel “Nothing tells you ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. has made a big bet on machine learning and AI, and the company showed every intention of getting its money’s worth from the investment during a string of new product announcements today at AWS’ re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Following a keynote from Chief Executive Adam Selipsky on Tuesday where the company ...

The third day of AWS re:Invent 2021 kicked off with a two-hour presentation on the company’s initiatives in machine learning and artificial intelligence. In typical style for the public cloud giant, the approach taken by presenting executives, including Swami Sivasubramanian, vice president of Amazon AI, was to level-set customer expectations and then show precisely how ...

One of the many subplots surrounding AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas this week is the question of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s second act. Now that the public cloud has reached a level of scale and maturity since AWS was founded 15 years ago, what will fuel the cloud industry’s next wave of growth? Noted Greylock ...

There were several “firsts” at the start of AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas this week. It was the first time Andy Jassy was not on stage to deliver the opening keynote, and it was the first time his successor as AWS chief executive – Adam Selipsky – was accorded the honor. It was also the ...

Pathfinders were very much on the mind of Adam Selipsky, chief executive of Amazon Web Services Inc., during his first keynote delivery as the firm’s CEO on Tuesday. Selipsky, who worked closely with previous AWS CEO Andy Jassy to build the public cloud giant over the course of 11 years, referenced key “pathfinding” figures in his ...

ChaosSearch Inc. set out to revolutionize the data management and analytics market. The startup has opened a new window into how enterprises leverage the data lake by leaving information where it resides and allowing users to employ multiple tools to derive insight. The company’s quest for a new data paradigm was the focus of the ...