Amazon.com Inc is said to be in discussions with Souq.com over a $1 billion purchase of the Dubai-based online retailer.
Amazon further powers cloud service data centres
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced it will build and operate a 100-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Ohio that will power its current and future cloud service data centres.
Amazon offers network file storage in the cloud
Amazon Web Services continues to chip away at the enterprise storage market, with plans for a new service designed to be a nimbler alternative to network attached storage (NAS) appliances.
Amazon acquires 2lementry
Amazon.com has acquired 2lemetry, a startup that has developed a platform for the integration of connected devices across enterprises, as it expands on its Internet of Things strategy. The current customers of 2lemetry will continue to be supported, with the name and branding retained.
Amazon Web Services hits 5-year high
Despite Microsoft’s strong growth in the cloud market, Amazon reached a five-year high in its share of the cloud infrastructure service market.
Amazon in $970 million game streaming site acquisition
Amazon will pay $970 million to acquire Twitch, a site for live video broadcasts of people’s video gaming sessions.
Why Amazon should widen focus
Ashish Panjabi, CEO, Jacky’s Electronics, discusses the online retail scenario across markets.
Amazon enters smartphone market with ‘Fire’
Amazon unveiled its highly anticipated entry into the smartphone market Wednesday, a handset called “Fire.” The phone, announced by CEO …
Amazon counters Google with its own cloud price cuts
The price war among major cloud providers continues, with Amazon Web Services announcing Wednesday that it is lowering the prices of a number of its cloud services, one day after Google slashed prices.
Infor goes all-in with Amazon Web Services for cloud ERP
Infor is showing increasing interest in Amazon Web Services for its cloud ERP software strategy, with plans to begin offering a series of product suites on the company’s IaaS (infrastructure as a service).
Amazon and Microsoft drop US cloud storage prices by up to 50%
Last April, Microsoft committed to matching Amazon’s Web Services prices for compute, storage and bandwidth.
Wall Street Journal: Amazon considering live TV streaming service
Amazon has approached several major media conglomerates to discuss adding live cable TV channels to its Prime Instant Video service, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Verizon signs-up Oracle to tackle Amazon in the cloud
Verizon is building up its cloud service to take on the heavyweight of the industry – Amazon Web Services – and says it took a big step toward that direction by partnering with Oracle this week.
Amazon: drones could cut delivery time
Amazon.com plans to deliver packages to customers using unmanned aerial vehicles in 30 minutes or less.
Amazon releases new tablet software update
Amazon has released the latest software update for its Android-based tablet line.
Amazon: New analytics tool can scrutinise massive amounts of data
Amazon Web Services this week released its new cloud-based data analytics tool Kinesis, which can analyse large amounts of data in real time and be paid for by the hour.
Report: Amazon wants to give you a free phone
There’s that old saying that the best things in life are free-and now Amazon has apparently decided that this maxim would make a formidable business plan.
Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work
The U.S. isn’t doing a good job keeping secrets. Think Edward Snowden. But demand for trustworthy IT professionals is strong, especially if they want to work for Amazon Web Services.
EMC takes on Amazon, Microsoft with public-cloud alternative
EMC today unveiled a new product initiative called Project Nile, which it expects will be the world’s first commercially available, complete …
Capgemini allows companies to move data analytics into Amazon cloud
Capgemini has launched an on-demand analytics platform via Amazon Web Services (AWS) to give companies a cost-effective way to handle their Big Data.