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.

Deutsche Bank taps US tech companies for makeover

Deutsche Bank taps US tech companies for makeover

Bids sought from Microsoft, Google and AWS to overhaul outdated, fragmented technology.
Patricia Uhlig and Tom Sims Feb 12 2020 6:42AM Financial Services
Amazon wants Trump to testify on ‘order to screw Amazon’ in Pentagon deal

Amazon wants Trump to testify on ‘order to screw Amazon’ in Pentagon deal

After key Pentagon cloud contract was awarded to rival Microsoft Corp.
David Shepardson and Nandita Bose Feb 11 2020 6:59AM Cloud
NAB to use customised voice in its call centres

NAB to use customised voice in its call centres

Based on new capability offered by cloud provider AWS.
Ry Crozier Feb 5 2020 6:25AM Financial Services
Microsoft cloud revenue regains momentum, sending profit above estimates

Microsoft cloud revenue regains momentum, sending profit above estimates

First acceleration of Azure revenue growth in two years.
Stephen Nellis Jan 30 2020 12:34PM Financial Services
AWS outage cripples ACT Emergency Services Agency website as Canberra bushfire rages

AWS outage cripples ACT Emergency Services Agency website as Canberra bushfire rages

Wobble drags on through Thursday
Julian Bajkowski Jan 23 2020 6:00PM Cloud
AWS suffers cloud problems in Sydney region

AWS suffers cloud problems in Sydney region

Offline data store takes out services for hours.
Ry Crozier Jan 23 2020 1:30PM Cloud
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

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