News & Trends
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Upskilling program AWS re/Start doubles its global presence
We’ve long believed in the power of skills training to positively impact people’s lives. AWS re/Start is one of many programs we offer that removes barriers to learning. The full-time, 12-week program is free and prepares unemployed or underemployed
31.05.2025
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Tough customers: When startups and Amazon Web Services met
Wind back 15 years to the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the startup landscape was dramatically different, said Matt McIlwain, managing director of Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group. Startups are never easy, but if you were building a tec
31.05.2025
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Startups whose success nearly ruined them—but didn’t
Growing up in Seattle in the early 1990s, Brad Jefferson, co-founder of Animoto—a platform designed to help anyone, anywhere, to create customized, professional videos online—remembers a distinct feeling of possibility in the air. “We were surrounded
31.05.2025
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Amazon announces two initiatives to help protect against cyberattacks
Amazon announced two new security initiatives that will help protect organizations and individuals from increasing cybersecurity threats. Starting in October, Amazon will make cybersecurity training materials it has developed to keep its employees an
31.05.2025
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New Next Gen Stats powered by AWS debut for the 2021-22 NFL season
It’s fourth down and inches. The clock is ticking. Pressure is mounting. Decisions must be made in a split second. Does the coach play it safe and kick the ball? Or risk it and go for it? Coaches rely on experience and gut instincts in the moment, bu
31.05.2025
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AWS upskilling initiative trains people for data center roles
Allia Awad had never worked in a data center before joining Amazon. She’s now a security specialist at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in Virginia. Initially, Awad joined as an employee at an Amazon fulfillment center in the same area—a job
31.05.2025
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Firing up cloud machines like ‘elves on roller skates’
There is a saying among South Africans that boils down to this: A farmer makes a plan."It's an expression everybody knows and kind of lives by," said James Greenfield, VP of software engineering at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Cape Town, South Africa
31.05.2025
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Working backwards to move civil justice forward
A few months ago, Professor Amy O’Hara, a research professor at the Massive Data Institute at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, was feeling a little stuck. For the previous two years, O’Hara—an expert in data governance—and her
31.05.2025
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The 450 koalas that could help save their species
Dr. Carolyn Hogg has never been one to stay in her lane. The senior research manager for the Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group at the University of Sydney leads breakthrough scientific work in endangered species conservation and is—by her own admi
31.05.2025
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In rural Oregon, AWS data centers change lives
Since 2015, more than 80 people from northeastern Oregon have secured jobs in cloud computing thanks to an upskilling program created by AWS and Blue Mountain Community College. We spoke to three graduates of the Data Center Technician Training Progr
31.05.2025
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Teacher works with AWS to open up tech careers in rural community
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) began building data centers in northeastern Oregon, the company saw an opportunity to offer local people training to develop the skills they would need to pursue new careers in the industry—and Blue Mountain Community C
31.05.2025
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Women founders: How to beat bias to get backing for your business
Convincing investors to back a woman-founded startup can be tough, and you’d be right for thinking it’s tougher than ever during a pandemic. Recent data from Crunchbase shows that while U.S. startups raised a record-breaking $143 billion in 2020—up 1
31.05.2025