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Article | 4/11/2011 Amazon adds app for easier two-factor authentication
Amazon Web Services has added the option to use applications to create codes for its Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) service, the company said on We...
Article | 11/10/2011 Nokia puts compression technology in mobile browser
The latest additions to Nokia's phone portfolio, the C2-05 and the X2-05, come with a new browser that uses Nokia's own compression technology to deli...
Article | 5/10/2011 Amazon adds free encryption to storage service
Using Amazon Web Services' new Server Side Encryption feature, enterprises will at no extra cost be able to encrypt data stored on the company's Simpl...
Article | 16/09/2011 Amazon Web Services receives critical gov't certification
Amazon on Thursday said that many of its Web services now have a crucial certification that allows federal government agencies with strict security re...
Article | 8/09/2011 Amazon cloud SDKs for Android, iOS exit beta testing
Amazon's SDKs (software development kits) for Android and Apple's iOS have exited the beta testing phase, the company said on Wednesday.
Article | 24/08/2011 Data centers largely unaffected by East Coast quake
Staff were evacuated at several data centers following Tuesday's earthquake but operations at most facilities appear to have been unaffected, accordin...
Article | 23/08/2011 Amazon adds in-memory caching to its cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a public beta test of ElastiCache, which is designed to allow enterprises to speed up their Web applications, t...
Article | 17/08/2011 Amazon boosts Web Services security for government agencies
Amazon is stepping up the security and access features of its cloud services in an effort to attract more government agencies as customers.
Article | 16/08/2011 Amazon promises to improve redundancy after Dublin outage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) learned a lot of lessons from the outage that affected its Dublin data center, and will now work to improve power redundancy...
Article | 9/08/2011 Software error complicates Amazon's data center recovery
Amazon Web Services' efforts to restore service following a power outage at its Dublin data center were complicated further on Monday by an error in t...
Article | 9/08/2011 Amazon Web Services reports outage in the U.S. late Monday
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud in North Virginia had connectivity issues late Monday, knocking off temporarily a number of websites and services that us...
Article | 8/08/2011 Lightning strike in Dublin downs Amazon, Microsoft clouds
A lightening strike in Dublin on Sunday caused a power failure in data centers belonging to Amazon and Microsoft, causing the companies' cloud service...
Article | 4/08/2011 Amazon boosts identity management, private cloud offerings
Amazon Web Services will introduce new capabilities for enterprises on Thursday, including identity federation and support for private network connect...
Article | 2/08/2011 Amazon competition to highlight cloud usage among startups
Amazon Web Services has opened the fifth annual AWS Start-Up Challenge, a contest that aims to recognize innovative uses of its cloud computing platfo...
Article | 20/07/2011 The cost advantage controversy of Cloud computing
One of the topics most associated with cloud computing is its cost advantages, or lack thereof. One way the topic gets discussed is "capex vs. opex," ...