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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 …
AWS’ AI chief highlights continued evolution of its big bet on machine learning
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. …
Meeting expectations a key focus for AWS in machine learning/AI keynote at re:Invent
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 …
Greylock investor Jerry Chen assesses the second act for AWS and the cloud industry
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 …
Opening keynote at re:Invent 2021 demonstrates why AWS continues to lead the cloud race
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 …
Adam Selipsky charts his own path as CEO in first AWS re:Invent keynote
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 …
5 insights you might have missed from the ChaosSearch: Make Your Data Lake Deliver event
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. …
Watch live: AI, edge and custom silicon innovations on deck for AWS re:Invent 2021
Despite holding an all-virtual re:Invent in 2020, Amazon Web Services Inc. still rolled out a significant number of announcements. This year’s gathering will be a hybrid version, with in-person attendees in Las Vegas combined with an online-only audience, and the volume of …
Open-source leaders seek to fill the gaps in software supply chain security
Security of the software supply chain has gained significant attention over the past year. Two major cybersecurity attacks — SolarWinds and Kaseya — proved sharp reminders to reexamine every component of software development and deployment, including what they are and where they came …
Data lake transformation fueled by ChaosSearch approach to scalability, automation and multiple tools
There is a new era in data management and analytics, and it’s being driven by enterprise solutions implemented through firms such as ChaosSearch Inc. In a previous paradigm, data lived in a cloud object store and had to be extracted into a …