2020-12-16
Excited to announce that #Twitter has selected #AWS to support delivery of millions of daily Tweets as they grow globally - taking advantage of our Graviton2-based instances, our hybrid container service offerings and more! https://press.aboutamazon.com/ ... #aws #twitter #cloudcomputing
Bloomberg
Twitter says it has signed a multiyear deal to use AWS to power Twitter timelines, shifting away from its own infrastructure
2020-03-18
Part of @amazon's response to COVID-19 is that we're offering employment opportunities to those we recognize may be out of work or struggling with reduced hours. We're also recognizing our front-line employees with increased pay. https://blog.aboutamazon.com/ ... #aws #amazon #hiring
BuzzFeed News
Some warehouse workers say Amazon isn't doing enough to limit the spread of coronavirus within its fulfillment centers and demand additional protections
but isn't giving them enough time to do so, says worker Jonathan Bailey. The nearest bathroom is a 2-3 minute walk each way, reducing the amount of time workers have to meet compan...
2019-12-04
AWS Wavelength, delivered in partnership with Verizon & other Telcos, lets developers deploy applications that require ultra-low latency to mobile devices using 5G. Super excited to see what you'll develop in the cloud with Wavelength and Local Zones! https://www.verizon.com/...
Mostly Cloudy
Amazon unveils Local Zones, small data centers far from main AWS regions, general availability of Outposts, and a Verizon partnership for low latency 5G gear
THE AWS TAKE ON EDGE COMPUTING — AWS CEO Andy Jassy (left) and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg (right) introduce AWS Wavelength Tuesday at re:Invent 2019.
Local Zones are designed to provide very low latency (single-digit milliseconds) to applications (like high-perf graphics workstations) & are connected to nearby AWS regions when you need to scale out even more. Our first Local Zone will be in LA... [2/3] https://aws.amazon.com/...
Mostly Cloudy
Amazon unveils Local Zones, small data centers far from main AWS regions, general availability of Outposts, and a Verizon partnership for low latency 5G gear
THE AWS TAKE ON EDGE COMPUTING — AWS CEO Andy Jassy (left) and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg (right) introduce AWS Wavelength Tuesday at re:Invent 2019.
2019-10-16
And we're super close on #AWS to the same milestone. Migrating off #Oracle to purpose built cloud-scale DBs for the AWS services I owned brought the same benefits - better speed, cost, latency & availability. Nothing to lose but the onerous licensing and audits #ByeFelicia https://twitter.com/...
ZDNet
Amazon says its consumer business has decommissioned its final Oracle database and migrated 75 petabytes in ~7,500 Oracle DBs to multiple AWS database services
AWS said that Amazon's consumer business has decommissioned its final Oracle database and migrated 75 petabytes of data …