Business, technology, and market conditions are changing faster and are having a bigger impact than ever before, accelerating organizations’ digital transformation plans. At the same time, it’s creating unique IT challenges and increasingly IT teams are being asked to shift from a center of operations to a center of innovation. To accomplish this, IT teams…
Making sense of business data so that you can get value out of it is worthwhile yet still challenging. Even though the term Business Intelligence (BI) has been around since the mid-1800s (according to Wikipedia) adoption of contemporary BI tools within enterprises is still fairly low. Amazon QuickSight was designed to make it easier for…
According to ESG, many IT organizations continue to report a shortfall in cloud, data protection and cyber security skill sets. With skill sets in short supply and cloud data protection complexity on the rise, organizations need simplified and more automated ways to protect and secure their critical data assets wherever they reside. As the leader…
We are currently working on regions in Australia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Spain , Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. Auckland, New Zealand in the WorksToday I am happy to announce that the new AWS Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region is in the works and will open in 2024. This region will have three Availability Zones and…
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its scientific laboratories are the foundation of our national defense. With responsibility for guarding national security through the military application of nuclear science, the NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. It works to reduce the global danger from…
Apache Kafka is an open-source platform for building real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. At re:Invent 2018, we announced Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka, a fully managed service that makes it easy to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. When you use Apache Kafka, you capture real-time data…
What we can all learn from the latest 2021 Global Data Protection Index Cambridge Dictionary defines readiness as “willingness or a state of being prepared for something.” If we have learned anything from the events of 2020, it’s the absolute necessity to be ready for anything. And yet despite the advances organizations continue to make…
AWS Disaster Response Team volunteer Paul Fries runs cable to provide connectivity in a police station that has been converted into a supply distribution center and housing for National Guard troops and FEMA. During the crisis that has resulted in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the AWS Disaster Response Team is providing personnel and resources…
Many customers I’ve spoken to think of the cloud as a location—specifically, the public cloud—a place to go to unlock speed, agility, and increased innovation for their development and IT organization. They look to the public cloud to give them the power to instantly spin up resources when needed—and shut them down when they’re not….
Choose the right payment solution that aligns with your IT strategy The process for acquiring new IT infrastructure is often brutal. Much effort is put into investment planning and defining equipment priorities. Finance teams work hand in hand to determine feasibility, funding, and cost control. The impact on cashflow, long-term cost and usage cycle is…