Internal email shows Amazon has started laying off cloud employees as part of its plan to cut 9,000

Two people with knowledge of the layoff plans said the "ProServe" professional services unit is one of the targets for cuts. Read the full email.
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AWS Takes On Enterprise E-mail

Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) today took a tilt at traditional enterprise e-mail providers by announcing a preview of Amazon WorkMail. In a direct challenge to primary cloud services rivals Microsoft ...
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Leaked email from one of the leading Amazon Web Services CEO candidates shows the 3 growth priorities for the cloud business this year

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AWS Warns Users To Secure Storage Buckets

In the wake of several high-profile data leaks, Amazon Web Services warned customers Wednesday to re-examine S3 storage drives with policies allowing their contents to be shared with the world. AWS ...
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Replacing AWS Channel Chief Doug Yeum: What Partners Want

‘[Bringing in] somebody that knows their partners and the channel dynamics is very important,’ says Emil Sayegh, CEO of Austin, Texas-based Ntirety, an AWS Select Consulting Partner. ‘The channel is ...