Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories - Page 3
Originally disrupting the book retailing business, Amazon Web Services has since emerged as a world’s
leader in the provision of ‘as a Service’ computing resources. With more than 200 services available
covering infrastructure, platform, compute, storage and applications as a service, AWS solutions are
provided from a network of 38 data centers around the world. A cluster of AWS data centres is planned
for New Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, and likely to be online by 2024.
AMD EPYC chips gain ground across major cloud giants
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AMD’s EPYC chips win wider deployment at AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle as cloud providers ramp AI, HPC and database workloads.
THE ICONIC scales Datadog to handle peak sales surges
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THE ICONIC expands Datadog observability across AWS microservices to keep Black Friday traffic spikes and checkouts running smoothly.
Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools
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Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.
Cloudflare reports sharp global fall in shutdowns, outages
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Cloudflare reports government-ordered internet shutdowns plunged in late 2025, even as cable damage, storms and war kept outages high.
Rackspace names Joseph Vito to lead global alliances
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Rackspace appoints Joseph Vito to spearhead global strategic alliances, bolstering its hybrid cloud and AI partnership ecosystem.
Mantas raises USD $1.77m to insure against cloud downtime
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Mantas raises USD $1.77m seed to launch parametric insurance that pays out automatically when verified cloud outages hit businesses.
Cloudflare reports Q4 fall in shutdowns amid outages
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Cloudflare logs steep Q4 drop in state-ordered shutdowns, but flags more than 180 2025 outages from cable damage, storms and conflict.
Dynatrace wins top observability & cloud security nods
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Dynatrace wins dual accolades as Gartner customers’ choice and ISG Leader for observability and cloud-native security in 2025 reports.
Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to cut token costs
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Microsoft launches Maia 200 AI chip in US data centres, claiming 30% cheaper token generation and triple FP4 speed over Amazon Trainium.
RAIDS AI launches real-time rogue AI behaviour monitor
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RAIDS AI rolls out a real-time platform to spot and flag rogue AI behaviour, targeting failures, bias and regulatory exposure.
AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres
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AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.
Devart adds AI Assistant & wider support in dbForge 2025.3
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Devart’s dbForge 2025.3 brings an AI Assistant to SQL Complete in SSMS, alongside Visual Studio 2026 and latest database engine support.
Claroty raises $150m to expand cyber-physical security
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Claroty secures $150m in fresh funding to accelerate global expansion of its cyber-physical security platform for critical infrastructure.
Misconfigured cloud training labs open paths to attacks
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Misconfigured cloud training labs on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure expose major firms to live attacks via overly permissive access roles.
Thoughtworks unveils AI/works for legacy modernisation
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Thoughtworks launches AI/works, an agentic platform to reverse-engineer legacy systems and speed enterprise app delivery in 90 days.
Thoughtworks launches AI platform to modernise legacy IT
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Thoughtworks unveils AI/works, an agentic platform that reverse engineers legacy systems to speed enterprise modernisation and delivery.
Kodak Alaris adds AI integrations to Info Input 7.5
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Kodak Alaris adds native gen AI integrations and new workflow tools to Info Input 7.5, targeting faster, more automated document processing.
Thomson Reuters unveils industry Trust in AI Alliance
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Thomson Reuters launches Trust in AI Alliance with Anthropic, AWS, Google Cloud and OpenAI to develop trustworthy agentic AI systems.
Lancom wins AWS Managed Service Provider designation
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Lancom wins coveted AWS Managed Service Provider status, boosting its cloud credentials and access to joint sales and technical support.
Spence Software halves IT costs with 11:11 cloud move
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Spence Software shifts its S2Web SaaS platform to 11:11 Systems’ cloud, slashing IT spending by 50% and boosting performance and control.