Month: October 2022

AppStream 2.0, the application streaming service from Amazon Web Services (AWS), now offers a new instance option to handle graphics-heavy apps. AWS announced this week that it launched a GPU-optimized AppStream 2.0 instance called Graphics Design. This launch comes just over a month after the unveiling of the first two GPU instances for the offering,…

Amazon Web Services (AWS), recently announced enhancements to its AWS Partner Network offerings (APN). These include more resources for independent software vendors, new competencies, and a broader marketplace. These announcements were made at the ongoing AWS reInvent conference, which was held as a virtual event for three weeks this year. Doug Yeum, Worldwide Channel &…

Amazon Web Services (AWS), recently announced improvements to its managed file storage service Amazon FSx, focusing on Windows Server. Amazon FSx Windows File Server now supports hard drive (HDD storage), the company announced last Wednesday. It is touted as the “lowest-cost file storage solution for Windows applications and cloud workloads.” The HDD option costs $0.013…

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), has updated its AppStream 2.0 tool to run desktop apps in a web browser. This update includes features for smaller companies and software vendors. AWS customers can stream desktop apps to users via the service. This allows them to take advantage of AWS cloud resources as well as pay-as you-go…

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), which has been the subject of numerous data exposure reports, has increased the security of its Amazon DynamoDB NoSQL service by adding encryption-at-rest functionality. Last year, AWS was mentioned in a series reports that revealed private data left exposed on its S3 storage buckets. This was primarily due to user…

Alces Flight, a new entry to the AWS Marketplace, provides an “effortless” yet fully featured High Performance Computing environment (HPC) that can be launched in minutes according to Jeff Barr. Barr wrote last week that the application can be used on-demand or spot instances and comes with a job scheduler, hundreds of HPC applications and…

What can you learn in just 6 words? Lonnie Pacelli, President and CEO of Leading on the Edge International, says that there is a lot. This anecdote inspired him: “Legend has It that Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a story in six lines by friends. Hemingway answered the challenge with the following story: “For…

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