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AWS and MLSE Digital Labs Announce SportsX Augmented Reality Program
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) Digital Labs have announced a new partnership program dubbed SportsX. Positioned as a new research and development program, the two major companies hope to create “new, innovative digital solutions that achieve technological advancement in sports.” SportsX utilizes AR technology to enhance the fan experience....
Amazon to Open Cloud Computing Hub in Calgary with $4 Billion Investment
Amazon has announced it will be expanding its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing hub to Calgary, Alberta, set to open in late 2023 or early 2024. AWS offers companies and developers of all sizes to run their applications from the cloud from various data centres located around the globe. For the new AWS Canada...
AWS Brings Apple’s Mac mini to the Cloud with EC2 Mac Instances
Amazon Web Services announced at its re:Invent conference it is launching Mac Instances, for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for the first time. Known as EC2 Mac instances, AWS will now allow customers "to run on-demand macOS workloads in the AWS cloud for the first time ever, extending the flexibility, scalability, and cost benefits of AWS...
Apple Reportedly Signs Deal to Use Google’s Cloud Platform for Some iCloud Services
Apple will reportedly switch to Google Cloud Platform to serve a portion of iCloud's data needs, a shift that would be a major notch in Google's belt as the company builds out its cloud product. The potential shift was reported to Twitter on Wednesday by The Information's Amir Efrati, who said Apple's move to Google...
Dropbox Announces Custom-Built Infrastructure As They Move Off Amazon’s AWS
After years of relying on the Amazon cloud to store its users' files, Dropbox has shifted gears and begun using primarily its own technology instead. In a blog post on Monday, the company said: "We’re excited to announce that we’re now storing and serving over 90 percent of our users’ data on our custom-built infrastructure.”...
Netflix Completes Massive Migration to the Amazon Web Services Cloud Platform
Netflix has been moving huge portions of its streaming operation to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for years now. In a blog post released by the company today, Netflix said that they have finally completed its giant shift to the cloud. “We are happy to report that in early January of 2016, after seven years of...