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Ciao Milano! – An AWS Region is coming to Italy!

All Things Distributed

Currently we have 57 Availability Zones across 19 technology infrastructure Regions. In 2012, Amazon opened its first Italian office and its first Italian point of presence (PoP) based in Milan. To meet such large traffic numbers, they need a technology infrastructure that is secure, reliable, and flexible.

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As-Salaam-Alaikum: The cloud arrives in the Middle East!

All Things Distributed

Today, I am excited to announce plans for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring an infrastructure Region to the Middle East! This move is another milestone in our global expansion and mission to bring flexible, scalable, and secure cloud computing infrastructure to organizations around the world.

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Expanding the Cloud ? introducing the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.

All Things Distributed

By Werner Vogels on 12 November 2012 05:00 AM. This new Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region has been highly requested by companies worldwide, and it provides low latency access to AWS services for those who target customers in Australia and New Zealand. You can learn more about our growing global infrastructure footprint at [link].

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A Decade of Dynamo: Powering the next wave of high-performance, internet-scale applications

All Things Distributed

Our straining database infrastructure on Oracle led us to evaluate if we could develop a purpose-built database that would support our business needs for the long term. Performant – DynamoDB consistently delivers single-digit millisecond latencies even as your traffic volume increases.

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Expanding the Cloud ? The Amazon Simple Workflow Service - All.

All Things Distributed

By Werner Vogels on 22 February 2012 12:01 AM. They must deal with the increased latency and unreliability inherent in remote communication. Today, to accomplish this, developers are forced to write complicated infrastructure that typically involves message queues and databases along with complex logic to synchronize them.

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The AWS Storage Gateway - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

By Werner Vogels on 23 January 2012 12:01 AM. We have been working closely with our customers on their requests to bring the power of the Amazon Web Services cloud closer to their existing on-premises compute infrastructures. s storage infrastructure. All Things Distributed. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2021

Alex Russell

The cheapest (high volume) Androids perform like 2012/2013 iPhones, respectively. In 2016, Jio swept over the subcontinent like a monsoon dropping a torrent of 4G infrastructure and free data rather than rain. low-end Androids have finally caught up to the iPhone 5 from 2012. Tap for a larger version.