Amazon Web Services news and trends

AWS and Anthropic to Build 5x Larger Supercomputer
artificial intelligence // December 03, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Anthropic are building a supercomputer that will be five times the size and have five times the performance of the one Anthropic used to train its current generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed “Project Rainier,” the EC2 UltraCluster of...

Amazon Debuts AWS Data Transfer Terminals For Faster Cloud Uploads
Amazon // December 02, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) says its data transfer terminal offering has gone online. The terminals, announced in a blog post on Sunday (Dec. 1), provide a physical location where users can bring storage devices to upload data more quickly to the AWS cloud. The first...

AWS CEO: Companies Zero In on Most Valuable AI Applications
artificial intelligence // December 02, 2024

Two years into the generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom, CEOs and chief information officers are looking to focus on the use cases that deliver the best return on investment, Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Garman said that...

Amazon and SAP Team to Help BBC’s Cloud Move
Amazon // November 27, 2024

Amazon Web Services says it’s helping the U.K.’s most famous broadcaster move to the cloud. The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) will embark on this transformation using RISE with SAP on Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company said in a news release Wednesday (Nov. 27). “As...

Interviews & Exclusives
AWS and TSYS Say Financial Services’ Shift to the Cloud Includes Responsible Innovation

December 12, 2024
It seems like everything is moving to the cloud — from data to infrastructure — as companies seek to cut costs and scale their operations. In financial services, that means bringing new products and payments to new markets and users as new ecosystems take shape, especially as artificial intelligence gains prominence. It was a topic […]

AWS and J.P. Morgan Weigh In on the Cloud’s Role in Payments Modernization

October 25, 2024
Although the technology has come a long way in a short period of time, it’s not like an organization can hit a switch and migrate to the cloud. Not yet,...

AWS Says Technology Helps Firms Meet Changing Data Localization Regulations

August 27, 2024
Technology can help banks and payment companies stay in conformance with local data regulations, AWS Head of Payments Mark Smith writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Beyond the Horizon: How...

Walmart Takes AI to Consumers as Amazon Focuses on B2B

August 15, 2024
As artificial intelligence continues transforming an array of industries, Walmart and Amazon are competing to harness generative AI to enhance their retail operations and customer experiences. Both are using the...

Quick Reads
AWS and Anthropic to Build 5x Larger Supercomputer

December 03, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Anthropic are building a supercomputer that will be five times the size and have five times the performance of the one Anthropic used to train its current generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed “Project Rainier,” the EC2 UltraCluster of Trn2 UltraServers will use hundreds of thousands of Trainium2 chips […]

Amazon Debuts AWS Data Transfer Terminals For Faster Cloud Uploads

December 02, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) says its data transfer terminal offering has gone online. The terminals, announced in a blog post on Sunday (Dec. 1), provide a physical location where users...

AWS CEO: Companies Zero In on Most Valuable AI Applications

December 02, 2024
Two years into the generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom, CEOs and chief information officers are looking to focus on the use cases that deliver the best return on investment, Amazon...

Amazon and SAP Team to Help BBC’s Cloud Move

November 27, 2024
Amazon Web Services says it’s helping the U.K.’s most famous broadcaster move to the cloud. The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) will embark on this transformation using RISE with SAP on...