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Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights new connections to AWS and partners in Japan

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo) As Amazon gears up to build and launch thousands of satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation , it’s talking up the space-based broadband network’s potential to enable new options for managing data traffic with Amazon Web Services — including private connectivity services that never touch the public internet.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

GeekWire

Amazon Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of orbital tests that the company says achieved a “100% success rate.” Engineers test the Project Kuiper satellite network in McAllen, Texas.

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Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

GeekWire

Microsoft, for example, failed to recognize how its hold on the PC industry would be disrupted first by the internet and later by mobile devices. It was also possible to access applications from any location with internet access — users were not limited to accessing an application only from within a corporate network.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains the company’s current mindset in surprise debut on earnings call

GeekWire

Jassy explicitly named several businesses in which the company will continue to invest despite its cutbacks: streaming entertainment, devices, the Project Kuiper satellite internet business, and healthcare. These are in addition to core businesses of online and physical stores, Amazon Web Services, and advertising.

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WIIT: Enabling Enterprises to Realize the Full Potential of the Cloud While Bypassing its Complexity

CIO Business Intelligence

With a full portfolio that includes an extensive array of cloud offerings – including private, public, and hybrid cloud services – the company is well-known for its track record of success in helping organizations realize the full potential of the cloud while bypassing the complexity often associated with large-scale digital transformations.

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

GeekWire

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures. (Credit: OneWeb).

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Cloud Technology: Beyond Data Storage

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Cloud Technology in simple words is nothing but paying for the online services and resources used the by the customer over the Internet. It provides various facilities over the Internet that are used efficiently by the users. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). But today cloud is much more than data storage.

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