AWS re:Invent 2016 Highlights - James Hamilton

Here are some highlights of the AWS re:Invent 2016 Tuesday Night keynote with James Hamilton, VP & Distinguished Engineer, AWS. https://live.awsevents.com/en.html AWS continues to build at a crazy pace.. adding the data center capacity of a Fortune 500 every day.   AWS plans to add 4 more data center availability regions in '17 AWS now operates a 100GbE global network and has a growing interest in transoceanic cables. Several...

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AWS Adds Tools for its Partner Ecosystem

Amazon Web Services announced three new programs to help its partners who provide solutions and expertise for specific services, workloads, and industry verticals: The AWS Service Delivery Program: Identifies APN Consulting and Technology Partners that have passed technical reviews, and have a validated track record of customer success with a specific AWS service. For example, a customer planning to use Amazon Redshift can look to partners that...

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Ofcom to Seek Separation of Openreach from BT

Ofcom, the official regulator for the telecom market in the UK, will seek the legal separation of Openreach from BT.  Openreach is the division of BT Group that develops and maintains the UK’s main telecoms network used by providers such as Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone and BT’s retail business. Ofcom said the decision follows after BT failed to offer voluntary proposals that address competition concerns. Ofcom believes BT has the incentive and ability...

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Nutanix Hits $166.8 million in Quarterly Sales, up 90% YoY

Nutanix reported first quarter FY 17 revenue of $166.8 million, growing 90.1% year-over-year from $87.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.  Billings were $239.8 million, growing 86.9% year-over-year from $128.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. GAAP net loss of $162.2 million, compared with a net loss of $38.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. "The time warp between an enterprise-friendly VMware and a consumer-friendly...

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Alibaba Invests in Israel's InfinityAR Start-up

Infinity Augmented Reality, a start-up based in Israel, announced US$18 million in Series C funding for its software-based Augmented Reality engine. The round was led by the Alibaba Group, the largest online and mobile commerce company in the world in terms of gross merchandise volume, with participation from InfinityAR’s existing Series B investor, SUN CORPORATION, a large Japanese public company. “This is about so much more than the funds raised...

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