All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2015

Cloud computing is enabling amazing new innovations both in consumer and enterprise products, as it became the new normal for organizations of all sizes. So many exciting new areas are being empowered by cloud that it is fascinating to watch. Cloud analytics are everywhere. Cloud analytics are everywhere.

Analytics 136

Analytics Cloud Healthcare Retail 136

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

Often we think about innovation as going after new unchartered territories, but it is also important to innovate in those existing dimensions that will remain important for customers. For Amazon retail, some of those dimensions are low pricing, large catalog, fast shipping, and convenience. Expanding the Cloud â??

AWS 106

AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 106

All Things Distributed

MARCH 13, 2017

Digitalization offers almost endless possibilities to communicate faster, work more efficiently, and be more creative – in real-time. Today, companies take their server capacity and software from the cloud. But to thrive, innovations need a certain tension. That can be inconvenient. Digitalization is happening fast.

Social Media 85

Social Media Retail Automotive Innovation 85

ACM Sigarch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

cameras) in many usages ranging from digital security/surveillance and automated retail (e.g. Such innovation in AI algorithms and approaches results in an increase in model size, exponential growth in the compute needs, caching of temporal states, and multiple models to run simultaneously. Generative and Interactive Visual Workloads.

Wireless 54

Wireless IoT Analytics Architecture 54

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2016

UK companies are using AWS to innovate across diverse industries, such as energy, manufacturing, medicaments, retail, media, and financial services and the UK is home to some of the world's most forward-thinking businesses. These short sketches illustrate the power of the cloud for customers, but it is still early days.

AWS 166

AWS Cloud Artificial Intelligence IoT 166

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We launched DynamoDB last year to address the need for a cloud database that provides seamless scalability, irrespective of whether you are doing ten transactions or ten million transactions, while providing rock solid durability and availability. Efficient Queries. What are Global Secondary Indexes?

Games 130

Games Scalability Database Retail 130

All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2016

One of the most important mechanisms we provided was to offer customers a collection of primitives and tools, where they could pick and choose their preferred way to engage with the AWS cloud, instead of only providing one framework that they are forced to use, which includes everything and the kitchen sink. APIs are forever.

AWS 147

AWS Hardware Retail Virtualization 147

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2016

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.

Blockchain 40

Blockchain Retail Social Media Airlines 40

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 20, 2015

Developers need efficient methods to store, traverse, and query these relationships. In supply chain management, connections between airports, warehouses, and retail aisles are critical for cost and time optimization. Social media apps navigate relationships between friends, photos, videos, pages, and followers.

Database 134

Database Logistics Availability Social Media 134

The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

In the 1970s, the predominant business strategy was vertical integration: own the value chain from raw materials to retail outlets. In technology, cloud computing extends this story arc. Cloud, Saas, and BYOD allow firms to rent technology rather than own it. The research of the time supported this. This is beginning to change.

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Technology Technology 40