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Snowflake launches Retail Data Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

After launching the Healthcare and Life Sciences Data Cloud Platform just a week ago, Snowflake has announced a Retail Data Cloud aimed at helping retail and consumer goods companies make the most of their data.

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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

GeekWire

GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails. .”

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Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ

GeekWire

The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot office for more than 600 Amazon Web Services workers in Redmond, Wash. AWS is the market leader in the cloud computing industry, but Microsoft’s Azure has been gaining ground in recent years.

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Amazon Web Services debuts 5-week accelerator for clean energy startups

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services is announcing the creation of a 5-week accelerator to support clean technology startups. The Seattle-based cloud and online retail giant is partnering with Freshwater Advisors ? (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). The company will select 10 participants.

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After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. Jassy showed stats that put AWS’s share of the cloud infrastructure market at 45%, more than double its closest competitor, Microsoft Azure. Screenshot via webcast). Amazon Photo).

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Archera raises $17M to help companies get cloud discounts without long-term commitments

GeekWire

(Archera Photos) Archera , a Seattle-based startup that sells tools to help companies reduce cloud computing expenses, raised $17 million in a Series B investment round. ” Companies will often sign long-term commitments with cloud computing providers to receive discounts. It has more than 400 customers.

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UK regulator puts Amazon and Microsoft on notice with details of cloud investigation

GeekWire

The Competition and Markets Authority’s cloud investigation is shaping up as Microsoft’s latest tangle with UK regulators. Ofcom calls these egress fees; The discounts offered by some cloud providers which are conditional on customers committing to a certain level of spend with them.

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