Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, said during the AWS Public Sector Summit that government agencies and enterprises are embracing cloud computing technology because of its potential to increase agility and speed of operations. He pointed to the CIA's award of a $600M contract to AWS in 2013 as having an impact on how organizations perceive the technology.

More

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, said the agility and speed that cloud offers when it comes to improving customer experiences is the primary reason why government agencies and enterprises migrate to the cloud, CRN reported Wednesday.

More

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, has said the company plans to make a “very competitive” offer for the Defense Department’s single-award cloud procurement contract, CRN reported Wednesday. DoD issued the final draft solicitation for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud acquisition program in April with plans to release the final request for proposals […] More

Salesforce has picked Amazon Web Services to provide a public cloud infrastructure to the customer relationship management company as part of Salesforce’s effort to expand its international service infrastructure. Salesforce will migrate its Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, App Cloud, Community Cloud and Analytics Cloud to the AWS platform under the agreement, AWS said Wednesday. AWS CEO […] More

Amazon Web Services has moved to introduce its cloud-based services in China in an effort to help address market demands, Xinhuanet reported Thursday. Meng Jing writes AWS will kick off its cloud-computing services in the country with a limited preview early in 2014. Andy Jassy, senior vice president of AWS, told a recent Beijing conference […] More

Adam Selipsky, former president and CEO of Tableau Software, is set to succeed Andy Jassy as CEO of Amazon Web Services in May and will return to AWS as analysts predict further growth for the company driven by a potential increase in federal spending on cloud contracts, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. “I believe that AWS will increase its footprint by 25% to 30% over the next 12 to 18 months, given the federal opportunities,” said Dan Ives, a technology, internet and media analyst at investment firm Wedbush Securities. “We believe that this is a golden age within federal cloud."

More

Zoom has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the enterprise video communications firm's preferred cloud provider. Under a multi-year partnership agreement, Zoom will continue to leverage AWS’ global infrastructure and portfolio of services, including capabilities in compute, storage, content distribution and security, to create a seamless, secure extension of its data centers.

More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has set a schedule for this year’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit along with a new event focused on promoting microsystems research and development. 

More

Andy Jassy and Pat Gelsinger, respectively CEOs of Amazon Web Services  and VMware, announced at a recent industry event that both companies will debut a hybrid cloud service intended for government customers in the AWS GovCloud region by the end of 2019. Both executives spoke about the planned release of VMware Cloud on AWS and other joint offerings at the […] More

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, said in an interview on “Bloomberg Technology” show that aired Saturday the company has worked with Amazon Web Services in efforts to deploy cloud computing platforms to the government sector. Both companies recently announced a partnership to integrate AWS GovCloud (US) into SAP NS2’s Secure HANA […] More