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Amazon signs up Brookfield as its newest cloud customer and inks renewable energy deal
Amazon Web Services Inc. chalked up another big customer win at AWS re:Invent today, as Brookfield Asset Management Inc. said it has chosen AWS as its preferred cloud provider. Brookfield, one of the world’s largest alternative investment management companies and a leading investor in renewable energy, said the partnership with AWS will enable it to accelerate ...
Striim brings real-time data integration and streaming to AWS applications
Striim Inc. is expanding its real-time data integration capabilities with the launch of Striim Cloud on Amazon Web Services Inc., enabling customers to stream data to their AWS-based applications the moment it’s generated. Generally available starting today, Striim Cloud on AWS makes it simple to deliver real-time, autonomous data pipelines to any application hosted on ...
EV charging outfit Wallbox says it’s going all-in on Amazon Web Services cloud
Amazon Web Services Inc. has rolled out yet another big customer that has decided to go all-in on its cloud infrastructure platform. In a move announced today at AWS re:Invent, Wallbox Chargers S.L., a leading provider of electric vehicle charging devices and management systems, said today it will move all of its design and manufacturing platforms, ...
AWS paves the way for advanced genetic research at scale with Amazon Omics
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it’s doubling down on genetics research with the launch of a new, purpose-built service called Amazon Omics. Announced at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Omics is designed to help healthcare providers and life sciences organizations store, query and analyze genomic, transcriptomic and other kinds of “omics” data, then generate insights that ...
HPE and NetApp deliver mixed financial results
Enterprise computing infrastructure firms Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and NetApp Inc. both reported mixed financial results today. However, while HPE’s stock made slight gains in the extended trading session on strong guidance for the next quarter, NetApp’s shares plummeted on a weaker-than-expected forecast. HPE beats revenue estimates HPE reported a net loss of $304 million, ...
AWS moves up the cloud stack with supply chain management and collaborative analytics applications
Amazon Web Services Inc. said at AWS re:Invent today it’s making a foray into the supply chain management market with the launch of a new, machine-learning powered cloud application that provides enterprises with a unified view of their suppliers, logistics, inventory and more. The move is yet another sign that AWS is shifting away from ...
Amazon Connect brings superior forecasting and chat analytics capabilities to contact centers
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it’s adding more machine learning capabilities to its cloud contact center platform Amazon Connect, making it easier for companies to forecast demand and analyze conversations in real time. Launched in 2017, Amazon Connect is an omnichannel cloud contact center service that businesses can use to enable customer service and customer ...
Anyscale updates streamline cloud scaling for AI and ML developers
Distributed computing startup Anyscale Inc. said at AWS re:Invent today it’s introducing a number of updates to its platform aimed at making Python-based artificial intelligence and machine learning workload development and scaling easier for developers. Anyscale is the company behind the open-source Python framework Ray, which is used to run distributed computing projects. Ray includes ...
With generative AI, Amazon’s Alexa can create original bedtime stories for kids
Amazon.com Inc. is showing off the power of its generative artificial intelligence models with a new service introduced today at its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas that makes it simple for parents to create compelling bedtime stories for their children. The new Create with Alexa feature on Echo Show devices relies on sophisticated conversational and ...
Descartes Labs migrates its geospatial intelligence platform to AWS
The geospatial intelligence services provider Descartes Labs Inc. has become the latest big enterprise to jump aboard the Amazon Web Services train, going all-in on the industry’s largest cloud infrastructure platform. In a statement announced at AWS re:Invent, Descartes said it will migrate its core information technology infrastructure, including its analytics and geoprocessing platforms, to ...