The ever-increasing mass adoption of IoT devices is leading to a consistent rise in the data generated through these devices. Large corporations are cashing on this opportunity through their range of cloud services to handle IoT data.  Brands like Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have ventured into this market with an arsenal of lucrative options. Should […]

Interactive applications need to process requests and respond very quickly, and this requirement extends to all the components of their architecture. That is even more important when you adopt microservices and your architecture is composed of many small independent services that communicate with each other. For this reason, database performance is critical to the success […]

Digital transformation and the migration of data and applications to the cloud is a global phenomenon. While we may like to think that the cloud knows no borders, the reality is that geopolitics holds just as much sway, if not more in certain situations, online as it does on the air. Content providers building new […]

One of the many things I have missed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is the thrill of seeing live music. Nothing beats feeling, hearing, and seeing music performed live. It’s the real-time interaction between the audience and the performer that elevates great music into something euphoric. Whatever the genre, as a performer, it […]

There has been a lot of talk over the past few years about quantum computing and how it promises to revolutionize the computing world. But for many years this has been quite theoretical, with little advancement in practical terms. However, that seems to now be changing, with several exciting advancements in the production of quantum […]

Last year, we introduced the sixth generation of EC2 instances powered by AWS-designed Graviton2 processors. We’re now expanding our sixth-generation offerings to include x86-based instances, delivering price/performance benefits for workloads that rely on x86 instructions. Today, I am happy to announce the availability of the new general purpose Amazon EC2 M6i instances, which offer up to […]

To be successful in today’s fast-moving world, businesses need to analyze data quickly and take meaningful action. Many of our customers embrace this concept to become data-driven organizations. Data-driven organizations treat data as an asset and use it to improve their insights and make better decisions. They unleash the power of data by using secure […]

The hybrid work model is here to stay—at least for the time being. That’s how things feel in these still uncertain times. This new way of work that has evolved from the pandemic-driven, work-from-home strategy has clearly gained traction among more organizations. And while no one can guess what the future will bring, one thing […]

For years the Space Race was the domain of countries and the national space programs. Namely Russia and America with China and India joining the game more recently. The space industry has been dominated in the private sector by SpaceX or at least the headlines have been. Elon Musk’s firm has dominated the private space […]

Before COVID-19, most enterprises had a digital transformation in flight, but the pandemic threw those programs into hyperdrive. Scrambling to accommodate workforces that were suddenly working online and mostly from home, organizations invested heavily in cloud-based infrastructure, applications and rich collaboration tools. Those changes, made out of necessity, accelerated cloud migrations. They won’t go away, […]