AWS Summit 2016 AWS Summit 2016

As the world’s dominant public cloud provider, Amazon Web Services is playing an increasingly important role for enterprises as they reshape both their IT and the wider business.

Every year, at the AWS Summit in Sydney, the company showcases how its Australian customers are using cloud services in new and innovative ways.

iTnews is an exclusive media partner of the 2016 Sydney Summit. We have highlighted the most innovative and game-changing deployments.

Pacific Magazines switches from 'managed Azure' to AWS

Pacific Magazines switches from 'managed Azure' to AWS

Allows New Idea to survive DDoS.
Ry Crozier Jan 23 2020 7:09AM Cloud
Super fund Rest hires ex-Vocus, Melbourne IT CTO

Super fund Rest hires ex-Vocus, Melbourne IT CTO

As it begins cloud push.
Matt Johnston Dec 16 2019 1:05PM Financial Services
Kmart Australia reckons real-time POS data is just your style

Kmart Australia reckons real-time POS data is just your style

Matches merchandise to customer demand.
Ry Crozier Dec 13 2019 7:05AM Cloud
NAB re-platforms call centres onto Amazon Connect

NAB re-platforms call centres onto Amazon Connect

Adding IVR options will no longer cost $70k and take months.
Ry Crozier Dec 10 2019 7:07AM Financial Services
Amazon lawsuit blames Trump for loss of Pentagon cloud contract

Amazon lawsuit blames Trump for loss of Pentagon cloud contract

Accusations of "improper pressure" and bias over $10 bn cloud contract to rival Microsoft.
Nandita Bose Dec 10 2019 6:32AM Strategy
Kmart Australia wants to "strangle" its mainframe "out of existence"

Kmart Australia wants to "strangle" its mainframe "out of existence"

Plans to rearchitect core merchandise system.
Ry Crozier Dec 9 2019 7:00AM Cloud
Amazon faces US antitrust scrutiny on cloud business: report

Amazon faces US antitrust scrutiny on cloud business: report

Enforcers start asking questions of AWS.
Staff Writer Dec 5 2019 1:40PM Cloud
AWS seeks to make legacy Windows apps immortal

AWS seeks to make legacy Windows apps immortal

Alternative Server 2008 upgrade path.
Simon Sharwood Dec 3 2019 1:29PM Cloud
AWS opens access to quantum computing systems

AWS opens access to quantum computing systems

Experimental previews of Rigetti, IonQ and D-Wave in the cloud.
Juha Saarinen Dec 3 2019 7:17AM Cloud
Sensis to re-platform cloud workloads onto more native AWS services

Sensis to re-platform cloud workloads onto more native AWS services

Kicks off 'Cloud 2.0' strategy.
Ry Crozier Dec 2 2019 7:07AM Cloud
AWS readies more powerful data centre chip - sources

AWS readies more powerful data centre chip - sources

At least 20 percent faster than Amazon's first Arm-based chip
Stephen Nellis Nov 28 2019 1:15PM Labs
Rio Tinto launches $10m school STEM program with AWS

Rio Tinto launches $10m school STEM program with AWS

Part accelerator, part talent pipeline.
Matt Johnston Nov 25 2019 1:40PM Training & Development
Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon's US$10bn cloud contract to Microsoft

Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon's US$10bn cloud contract to Microsoft

Amazon has previously said that politics got in the way of a fair bidding process.
Staff Writer Nov 25 2019 6:43AM Benchmarking Change
Qantas CIO reveals 70 percent of apps now lifted to cloud

Qantas CIO reveals 70 percent of apps now lifted to cloud

Throttles up rapid scaling to minimise disruptions.
Julian Bajkowski Nov 12 2019 1:25PM Strategy
NAB junk software bill balloons to $500m in cloud app exodus

NAB junk software bill balloons to $500m in cloud app exodus

But outages reduce after horror first half.
Julian Bajkowski Nov 7 2019 12:41PM Financial Services
AWS CTO Vogels says data security decisions down to customers

AWS CTO Vogels says data security decisions down to customers

After accusations by US lawmakers the web giant has not done enough to secure its servers.
Jack Stubbs Nov 6 2019 6:31AM Cloud
ANZ starts building out central 'enterprise cloud portfolio'

ANZ starts building out central 'enterprise cloud portfolio'

Reveals more on cloud scaling efforts.
Ry Crozier Oct 30 2019 7:00AM Financial Services
UQ uses data to find students 'at risk' of failing subjects

UQ uses data to find students 'at risk' of failing subjects

Also tries to better understand campus use.
Ry Crozier Oct 29 2019 1:13PM Cloud
Pentagon deal to boost Microsoft's position in cloud computing - analysts

Pentagon deal to boost Microsoft's position in cloud computing - analysts

AWS grip on the cloud market could be threatened by new Microsoft deal.
Staff Writer Oct 29 2019 6:59AM Strategy
Microsoft beats Amazon for Pentagon's US$10bn cloud computing contract

Microsoft beats Amazon for Pentagon's US$10bn cloud computing contract

Long awaited decision on Jedi.
Phil Stewart Oct 28 2019 6:56AM Cloud

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