Although most end users never get a clear view of the infrastructure underlying the services they consume via Amazon’s Elastic …
Amazon expands integrated status monitoring
Amazon Web Services has added the ability to monitor the status of storage volumes on EBS (Elastic Block Store), the …
Google and Amazon cut prices of cloud services
Both Google and Amazon have reduced the prices of their respective cloud-based services. Google has cut the price of its Cloud …
Amazon automates business processes with new cloud service
Amazon Web Services has launched Simple Workflow Service (SWF), which will allow enterprises to automate business processes across both cloud-based …
Amazon acquires voice recognition firm: report
Amazon appears to have quietly acquired Yap, a speech recognition start-up company, fueling speculation that the online giant is getting …
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire, its entry into the tablet fray
Amazon unveiled its tablet computer, the US$199 Android-based Kindle Fire, yesterday during a Manhattan launch event. The Wi-Fi-only tablet has …
Amazon redesigning site for tablets, report says
Online retailer Amazon.com is reportedly redesigning its Web site, which sells everything from books to electronics and handbags, with a …
Amazon steps up service security for government agencies
Amazon is stepping up the security and access features of its cloud services in an effort to attract more government …
Amazon launches free Kindle Cloud Reader app for Web browsers
Amazon yesterday introduced the free Kindle Cloud Reader application, which allows users to access Kindle books instantly from a Web …
Amazon’s Android e-store inferior: Apple
Apple this week called Amazon’s Appstore for Android “inferior” as it urged a federal court to block the online retailer …
Amazon adds identity management to Web console
The Amazon Web Services Management Console can now handle Identity and Access Management (IAM) features offered in its cloud, the …
Configuration error lead to cloud outage: Amazon
Amazon has released a detailed postmortem and mea culpa about the partial outage of its cloud services platform last week …
Amazon wants to make it easier to build complex clouds
With the launch of CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to make it easier for enterprises to put together …
Amazon to offer Oracle DB in the cloud
Oracle’s database will be available in the second quarter as part of Amazon Web Services’ Relational Database Service, the companies …
Amazon adds CloudWatch to management tool
Amazon has added CloudWatch to the list of services that are integrated with its AWS (Amazon Web Services) Management Console, …
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant disses Amazon cloud
Gartner's Magic Quadrant report has placed Amazon's cloud computing service in one of its lower tiers, saying that for all …
Microsoft, Amazon strike patent licensing deal
Amazon.com has agreed to pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum as part of a patent cross-licensing deal between the companies announced. …
Startup links VMware with Amazon to create secure cloud storage
A storage startup called Nasuni is unveiling a virtual NAS file server that runs on VMware and connects customers to …
Amazon pulls plug on, then bows to publisher in e-book row
After a brief protest, Amazon.com will continue to sell e-book titles from Macmillan despite the publisher's decision to raise prices …
Amazon EC2's model is a solution for shelfware, says IDC
Sick of overpaying for features they don't need or use, enterprise customers are eager for software vendors to enable pay-per-use …