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London Calling! An AWS Region is coming to the UK!

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The AWS UK region will be our third in the European Union (EU), and we're shooting to have it ready by the end of 2016 (or early 2017). This region will provide even lower latency and strong data sovereignty to local users. Today, I am excited to add the United Kingdom to that list!

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Understanding the Importance of 5 Nines Availability

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Delta Air Lines experienced a severe system outage in 2017, resulting in flight cancellations and delays across their network. one of the world's largest online retailers, Amazon relies heavily on its website and digital infrastructure to facilitate sales and generate revenue.

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Understanding the Importance of 5 Nines Availability

IO River

Delta Air Lines experienced a severe system outage in 2017, resulting in flight cancellations and delays across their network. one of the world's largest online retailers, Amazon relies heavily on its website and digital infrastructure to facilitate sales and generate revenue.

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

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In support of Amazon Prime Day 2017, the biggest day in Amazon retail history, DynamoDB served over 12.9 Performant – DynamoDB consistently delivers single-digit millisecond latencies even as your traffic volume increases. million requests per second.

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