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• AWS can’t help Amazon avoid first loss since 2015

  Despite Amazon Web Services going from strength to strength, the retail giant suffered its first quarterly loss since 2015 to start the financial year.

• AWS promotes Darryl Grauman to head of APAC strategic alliances

  Amazon Web Services has promoted Darryl Grauman to head of strategic alliances across Asia Pacific.

• AWS to launch Local Zones in Manila and Bangkok

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to launch its AWS Local Zones offering in Manila and Bangkok within the next two years.

• Partner certs and training defy AWS expectations

  A report commissioned by Amazon Web Services has claimed partners that go hard on training and certifications from the cloud giant can tap into more benefits for their business than they realise.

• AWS hails new APAC Weather Index for Amazon Forecast

  AWS' Forecast product has added its Weather Index functionality to the Asia Pacific region, allowing demand forecasts to utilise weather conditions.

• CMC Telecom plugs PVcomBank's integration backbone into AWS

  CMC Telecom has taken the Vietnam Public Joint-stock Commercial Bank’s service integration backbone to the cloud, choosing AWS for hosting.

• AWS pulls ahead as cloud market surge continues

  AWS’ worldwide market share inched back up to 33 per cent after Microsoft and Google slowly gained ground in previous quarters.

• Amazon dominates in the global IaaS arena as others gain ground

  Amazon has led the charge once again in the global IaaS public cloud services market for 2020, but other vendors are clawing their way back up.

• AWS acquires encrypted comms vendor Wickr

  Amazon Web Services has acquired end-to-end encrypted communication technology software vendor Wickr and is offering its services to partners and customers immediately.

• Amazon Kendra gains availability in AWS’ Singapore region

  Amazon Web Services’ artificial intelligence search service Amazon Kendra has launched in the cloud giant’s Singapore region.

• AWS and Microsoft clash for the 2020 global public cloud revenue crown

  The global public cloud services market grew 34.1 per cent to US$312 billion, in 2020, with AWS and Microsoft duking it out for number one spot.

• AWS launches DevOps Guru into general availability

  AWS has launched its machine learning service Amazon DevOps Guru, which can detect operational issues and recommend actions for remediation.

• Q1 global cloud infrastructure spend cracks $40B for first time

  The digital transformation driven by COVID-19 has pushed global spending on cloud infrastructure services to a first quarter record.

• Philippines and Brunei join ASEAN's AWS Outposts club

  AWS' Outposts offering can now be shipped and installed at customer data centres and on-premises locations in the Philippines and Brunei.

• Amazon EMR Studio launched into general availability in Sydney and Singapore

  AWS has launched its Amazon EMR Studio, an integrated development environment (IDE) for Amazon EMR, into general availability in its Sydney and Singapore cloud regions.