Amazon Web Services has added a new storage instance for data intensive applications. The new instances are designed for applications that require high storage depth and I/O performance. According to the AWS blog, the “High Storage Eight Extra Large (hs1.8xlarge) instances includes 120 GiB of RAM, 16 virtual cores (providing 35 ECU of compute performance), […]
Posted on December 21st, 2012 by admin
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Sutter Hill Ventures Greg Sands has left the firm to launch a $100 million fund to invest in early stage, cloud services for businesses and consumers that leverage data and analytics. Costanoa Venture Capital is launching with ten initial investments. Overall, investments in portfolio companies will range from $500,000 to $3 million. The mission is to help provide early […]
Posted on December 12th, 2012 by admin
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U.K.-based IT software and services provider, Advanced Computer Software Group (Advanced) — which has clients in both public and private sectors in its home market and abroad — has announced the acquisition of education software provider Serco Learning for £7.25 million ($11.6 million) in cash, £6.25 million of which is payable to Serco Group and £1 million to […]
Posted on December 10th, 2012 by admin
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Windows Azure Mobile Services has added push notification for developers so they can fire off updates that may include sounds, badges or SMS messages. Scott Guthrie, a corporate vice president in the Microsoft Tools and Servers group, writes that the new push notification , using Apple Push Notification Services (APNS), is one of a series of updates […]
Posted on December 6th, 2012 by admin
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According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Ray Ozzie’s startup, Talko, has raised $4 million to fund the development of its mobile communications apps and services. Little is known about the company except that it is developing communications software and tools for social interaction. Ozzie talked earlier this year about how the company, formerly known as Cocomo, will […]
Posted on December 3rd, 2012 by admin
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On stage at AWS re:Invent last week, CTO Werner Vogels discussed Amazon Web Services’ cloud philosophy, increasingly driven by a belief in building architecture that is cost-aware and designed to optimize economies of scale so it can do volume transactions at thin margins. The talk, a first-day keynote with Senior Vice President Andy Jassy, predicated the […]
Posted on December 3rd, 2012 by admin
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Amazon Web Services announced AWS Data Pipeline at the re:Invent conference today. The new service is designed to help developers manage applications through a data driven process. With the Data Pipeline, a customer’s workflow uses pre-made templates to flow the data to the correct destination. Data Pipeline includes: Orchestrated services for data driven workflows. Create […]
Posted on December 2nd, 2012 by admin
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I interviewed Amazon Web Services Senior Vice President Andy Jassy today at the AWS re:Invent conference. Before the interview I asked my Twitter followers what they’d like to ask. I could not use all of the questions but I’ve included a few here to give you a snapshot of the full recording, which is embedded below. […]
Posted on November 29th, 2012 by admin
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expected to earn $1.5 billion in revenues this year, but overall the organization still remains under-appreciated as a core asset of Amazon.com. But that may change this week as AWS holds its first conference in Las Vegas. The event should give more attention to an organization that has had arguably the […]
Posted on November 28th, 2012 by admin
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Revstream has a new offering for SaaS providers and subscription-based companies that takes into account the dynamics of managing cloud services as compared to traditional software billing. The new service, Revstream Cloud, is a SaaS that simplifies billing with business logic that’s not possible with traditional billing software. It stands in contrast to the company’s Revstream […]
Posted on November 20th, 2012 by admin
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