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.

Google Cloud product lead bails, explains why it lags AWS and Azure

Google Cloud product lead bails, explains why it lags AWS and Azure

Ignored containers for too long while it stressed startups and catchups.
Simon Sharwood Oct 9 2018 11:44AM Strategy
US, UK authorities hose down server supply chain hack claim

US, UK authorities hose down server supply chain hack claim

Department of Homeland Security and UK National Cyber Security Centre both deny report.
Staff Writer Oct 7 2018 5:54PM Financial Services
Jetstar spins up new data lake and analytics in AWS

Jetstar spins up new data lake and analytics in AWS

Targets customer personalisation in first instance.
Ry Crozier Oct 4 2018 12:00PM Cloud
Microsoft, IBM team to take on AWS with cheap data shifting

Microsoft, IBM team to take on AWS with cheap data shifting

'Bandwidth Alliance' promises free or discounted cloud-to-cloud transfers.
Stephen Nellis Sep 27 2018 11:14AM Financial Services
AWS cuts Australian data transfer costs

AWS cuts Australian data transfer costs

Cost down by up to 28 percent, but cuts are bigger in Japan.
Matt Johnston Sep 21 2018 4:33PM Cloud
Rio Tinto commits to deploy Azure Stack

Rio Tinto commits to deploy Azure Stack

Reveals it will employ 59 new IT staff in Australia.
Ry Crozier Sep 14 2018 6:52AM Strategy
Veolia to be 'data centre-less' within two years

Veolia to be 'data centre-less' within two years

Switches to cloud for worldwide IT ops.
Ry Crozier Sep 4 2018 12:35PM Cloud
AWS to manage on-premises databases

AWS to manage on-premises databases

With a little help from VMware.
Simon Sharwood Aug 28 2018 7:54AM Cloud
VMware cloud update combats Oracle, Microsoft

VMware cloud update combats Oracle, Microsoft

Tweaks licencing to avoid Larry's funnels, matches Satya's DR play.
Simon Sharwood Aug 27 2018 10:01AM Cloud
VMware-on-AWS Australia region goes live

VMware-on-AWS Australia region goes live

56 sockets, 1,008 cores, 14TB RAM and 299.6TB storage.
Simon Sharwood Aug 20 2018 12:20PM Cloud
IAG open sources AWS frameworks

IAG open sources AWS frameworks

Keeps baking security into code creation for cloud.
Ry Crozier Aug 15 2018 6:55AM Cloud
E-commerce-ware provider eCorner upgrades but shuns AWS and Azure, replaces Microsoft with VMware

E-commerce-ware provider eCorner upgrades but shuns AWS and Azure, replaces Microsoft with VMware

E-commerce-as-a-service outfit adopts almost-cloud model.
Simon Sharwood Aug 15 2018 6:00AM Cloud
NAB applies microservices to its team structure

NAB applies microservices to its team structure

Inside changes to IT and dev culture.
Ry Crozier Aug 14 2018 6:10AM Financial Services
Is the golden age of cloud opex already over?

Is the golden age of cloud opex already over?

Comment: AWS has US$16bn of future revenue in 3+ year contracts and Microsoft wants more cash up-front.
Simon Sharwood Aug 3 2018 11:55AM Cloud
ABS threw '400 censuses' of load at SSM survey

ABS threw '400 censuses' of load at SSM survey

Project was about rebuilding public trust.
Ry Crozier Aug 3 2018 7:00AM Cloud
Amazon's face ID tool mismatched members of Congress to mugshots

Amazon's face ID tool mismatched members of Congress to mugshots

Rekognition fail.
Staff Writers Jul 27 2018 7:11AM Security
Facebook refutes push into public cloud

Facebook refutes push into public cloud

As share price smashed.
Simon Sharwood Jul 26 2018 5:36PM Cloud
Sydney man allegedly stole $600k of AWS Snowball drives

Sydney man allegedly stole $600k of AWS Snowball drives

Joint NSW-FBI investigation.
Ry Crozier Jul 20 2018 8:42AM Cloud
AWS could start selling network switches

AWS could start selling network switches

Hybrid cloud play.
a Staff Writer Jul 19 2018 11:57AM Networking
Swinburne builds private cloud for large data sets

Swinburne builds private cloud for large data sets

Augments hybrid cloud strategy.
Steven Kiernan Jun 8 2018 9:00AM Cloud

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