Andy Jassy's keynote at the re:Invent conference revealed major new products making it easier to scale databases, and make AI accessible to everday developers.
AWS never offered direct access to hardware until it struck its deal with VMware. Now other customers have won access to those non-virtualized environments.
Juniper's networking business has been on a tear this year, boosting its revenue nearly 40 percent in the second quarter, and making it an attractive target for the telecom equipment giant.
AWS announced an array of new IoT services at its re:Invent conference, including AWS IoT Device Management, AWS IoT Analytics and AWS IoT Device Defender.
HP's vice president of customer experience for personal systems talks with CRN about an update to the HP Touchpoint Analytics service that has sparked media reports this week.
The 10 startups making noise in the cybersecurity market include companies solving challenges around analytics, the cloud, automation and orchestration, and privileged account management.
The cloud security vendor says its acquisition of startup NetWatcher will provide businesses with a real-time view of potential security vulnerabilities such as weak passwords, unsafe behavior and outdated software.
'What we wanted to do is create a company that had the breadth, scale and scope, and be able to address the demands of the market,' Robert Dutkoswky tells CRN.
Proofpoint says its acquisition of 18-employee startup Weblife will enable enterprises to secure their corporate and personal email from advanced threats and compliance risks.
Major disruptions in how businesses acquire and consume IT, including the cloud and increasingly complex new technologies, are giving solution providers a short window of opportunity to build the required expertise.
He also told the audience to pick a side when it comes to working with AWS or Oracle and challenged partners to find customers "using Oracle who are actually happy about it."
At re:Invent, AWS channel chief Terry Wise revealed brand-new resources, as well as a rebranded reseller partner program that acknowledges the evolution of channel partners who are looking to expand their profitability with Amazon.
Ingram Micro will bring the EcoStruxure offering from APC parent company Schneider Electric to the channel as a suite able to collect and analyze information from all smart devices in and around the data center.
"She'll be a great leader for the channel. Partners should be excited to have her on their team," said Dell CEO Michael Dell, during an event on Tuesday in Boston.
