Don’t look for Snowflake Inc. to tailor its cloud infrastructure for use in on-premises environments anytime soon. IDC has predicted that 2021 will see over 90% of global enterprises relying on a mix of on-premises, public and private clouds to meet infrastructure needs. The prominent investment firm of Andreessen Horowitz has publicly stated that the ...

A number of announcements during AWS re:Invent last week involved storage that actively leverages the firm’s Graviton processor technology for managed file services and redefined the meaning of archived data. The latest news reflected a clear interest among storage executives at Amazon Web Services Inc. to push the innovation envelope within cloud environments. “We think ...

Aviatrix Systems Inc. calls itself a cloud-native networking company, but its chief executive takes that one step further. It is multicloud-native, according to Steve Mullaney (pictured), president and chief executive officer of Aviatrix, because the company delivers automation, advanced transit services, security and visibility across multiple cloud platforms. “I call it multicloud-native because what we ...

Among the many announcements to come from AWS re:Invent 2021 was a set of initiatives for the healthcare space. These included support for the migration of electronic health records to the cloud and significant performance improvements by a major healthcare software company. “One of the big trends in healthcare is digitizing records to really help ...

Amazon.com Inc. does not break out revenue from its public sector business, but what partner metrics are known help paint a general picture of how it is doing. And what the numbers show is that business is booming. “Our partners are just exploding in the public sector space right now; COVID accelerated their movement to ...

The distribution of data across multiple clouds and platforms is leading a number of enterprises to look more closely at the concept of a data mesh. This is a positive trend for Starburst Data Inc., which has seen momentum behind the data mesh concept. “The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation and that move to become ...

As the new 5G wireless standard continues its deployment across the globe, network operators and cloud providers are collaborating to open new windows of enterprise and consumer opportunity. On Tuesday, Dish Network LLC offered details on how its previously announced partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc. will address connectivity needs for a wide range of ...

For a top technologist accustomed to keeping a laser focus on the future, Werner Vogels positioned much of his keynote at AWS re:Invent by looking back into the past. As if to amplify the historical theme of his presentation, Vogels (pictured) strode the keynote stage today wearing a T-shirt — he wears one that celebrates ...

Observers in the serverless computing community sat up and took notice on Tuesday when Amazon Web Services Inc. announced that four of its cloud-based analytics platforms would become available as serverless services. The news, delivered as part of the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, encompassed Amazon Kinesis, Amazon EMR, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon MSK. ...

In February 2020, Linda Jojo (pictured), executive vice president of technology and chief digital officer of United Airlines Inc., was in a meeting with Amazon Web Services Inc. to discuss how technology would transform the airline. One month later, the world turned completely upside down as a pandemic virtually stopped global travel “Nothing tells you ...