Historically, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role had been strictly focused on accounting for financial information. These days, there’s a need — and even some pressure — for CFOs to evolve their scope and influence the innovation agenda within their enterprises. For starters, they can help prioritize and invest in it. It’s the season for […]

We have added a collection of purpose-built services to the AWS Snow Family for customers, such as Snowball Edge in 2016 and Snowcone in 2020. These services run compute intensive workloads and stores data in edge locations with denied, disrupted, intermittent, or limited network connectivity and for transferring large amounts of data from on-premises and […]

Trust is the cornerstone on which the banking industry is built. When consumers lose trust in a bank’s ability to manage risk, the system stops working. We’ve seen what follows—financial crises, bailouts, destruction of capital, and losses of jobs. Put simply, consumers trust banks to keep their money safe and return the money when requested. […]

There is a saying that anyone who believes that exponential growth can last forever in a finite world is a madman or an economist. I would add the data center executive to this group. And who can blame us? The data center industry has been growing exponentially since its inception, while the recent pandemic ushered in record-breaking […]

We hope you can join us on Wednesday, April 26, for a free-to-attend online event, AWS Developer Innovation Day. AWS will stream the event simultaneously across multiple platforms, including LinkedIn Live, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch. Developer Innovation Day is a brand-new event designed specifically for developers and development teams. In the event, sessions throughout the […]

One of the most distinguishing things about our federal government is its broad scope of services. No other institution is responsible for doing so much for so many, so quickly, in an ever-changing landscape. No other institution must respond simultaneously to such a breadth of challenges that have only been amplified over the last few […]

AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure are two of the most popular cloud computing platforms currently available in the market. AWS is a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon that provides a wide range of cloud-based services such as computing power, storage, and databases to businesses and individuals. It offers an extensive range of services, […]

The last decade has seen an unparalleled level of digital transformation, which soared to even greater heights during the last three years. Across industries, the exponential growth of technologies such as hybrid cloud, data and analytics, AI and IoT have reshaped the way businesses operate and heightened customer expectations. Businesses are now entering an even […]

Last week, I had a chance to chat with Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of database, analytics and machine learning services at AWS. He caught me up on the broad landscape of generative AI, what we’re doing at Amazon to make tools more accessible, and how custom silicon can reduce costs and increase efficiency when training and […]

As companies seek to cut cloud costs, more are looking to take advantage of the saving opportunities provided by AWS discount offerings and avoid paying the hefty price tag for On-Demand. But what is a realistic level of savings? For some resources, savings potential are underused, leaving millions in savings on the table. For example, […]