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Cybersecurity in the age of AI: A conversation with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt

by Todd Bishop on June 15, 2024June 15, 2024 at 8:12 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: It was a big week for cybersecurity for Seattle’s cloud giants, albeit in very different ways for each. Microsoft President Brad Smith was in… Read More

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Congressional hearing pits Microsoft’s actions vs. words in public grilling over security failures

by Todd Bishop on June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 at 11:43 am

Updated below with details from hearing. Microsoft President Brad Smith previewed his approach in prepared written testimony for his appearance Thursday before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security for… Read More

Amazon’s departing cloud chief: Gen AI can be ‘one of the biggest opportunities AWS has ever seen’

by Todd Bishop on May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 at 9:58 am

Three years after returning to Amazon Web Services to lead the cloud giant through one of the most challenging and prosperous periods in its history, Adam Selipsky fielded questions this… Read More

Adam Selipsky, the exit interview: Amazon Web Services CEO on AI, competition, and the future

by Todd Bishop on May 31, 2024June 1, 2024 at 10:47 am

Adam Selipsky spoke with GeekWire this week at Amazon Web Services headquarters in Seattle in an interview prior to his departure as AWS CEO. His final day in the role… Read More

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How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

by Todd Bishop on May 22, 2024May 30, 2024 at 12:56 pm

Three executives from Amazon Web Services were meeting with a top CIA tech leader, trying to come up with a creative solution to an issue that was facing the U.S.… Read More

Microsoft will make Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI tool free to U.S. teachers in cloud shift

by Todd Bishop on May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 at 10:05 am

Online education platform Khan Academy is shifting a portion of its cloud workload to Microsoft Azure under a partnership announced Tuesday morning. Microsoft says it will donate access to its… Read More

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

by Todd Bishop on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 at 7:35 am

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from the role, three years after returning to the company to lead the cloud giant, according to an internal memo from… Read More

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

by Todd Bishop on April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 at 7:56 am

Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others to size up the industry’s bet on the cloud… Read More

Amazon updates AWS Bedrock with new capability to import custom AI models

by Todd Bishop on April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 at 6:49 am

Amazon Web Services is releasing new capabilities for its Bedrock artificial intelligence service, including the ability for customers to import their own custom AI models to run alongside models from… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

by Todd Bishop on April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 at 8:17 am

Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels, the Amazon chief technology officer. “We’re all amazed that this bear can dance,” he explains. “We don’t… Read More

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

by Todd Bishop on April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 at 5:48 am

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… Read More

Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue

by Todd Bishop on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 at 5:55 am

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Credit the cloud, and the talent. The cricket is just a bonus. Veeam Software, the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has… Read More

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on AI, hiring, and the new realities of tech spending

by Todd Bishop on March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 at 10:14 am

Business software company Smartsheet surpassed $1 billion in annualized recurring revenue in the fourth quarter, within the timeframe established by the company during its first analyst day as a public… Read More

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Will AI change how we shop? What it’s like to use Amazon’s new Rufus assistant

by Todd Bishop on March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 at 10:04 am

Searching on Amazon for a trainer to convert my road bike into a stationary cycle, I knew the make and model of my bike, but had no clue about its… Read More

Microsoft invests in startup Mistral AI, outlines broader AI principles

by Todd Bishop on February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 at 8:22 pm

Microsoft outlined a series of principles for its development and deployment of artificial intelligence, including a pledge to partner with a “broad array” of companies and other players in the… Read More

Risk vs. revenue: Microsoft results will offer a new AI benchmark after a tumultuous quarter

by Todd Bishop on January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 at 7:39 am

Some of the downsides of artificial intelligence have come into clearer focus for Microsoft recently, including high-profile AI deepfakes, an FTC probe, a New York Times lawsuit, and a brief… Read More

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An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?

by Todd Bishop on January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 at 2:27 pm

Walking into the “Data1” building in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, it’s not easy to tell it’s the home of Tableau, with the big Salesforce sign behind the reception desk, and a… Read More

Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

by Todd Bishop on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm

Reporting from Las Vegas … Brilliant marketing move or big waste of money? That’s the debate after Google Cloud bought advertising space on the Las Vegas Sphere to send a… Read More

Amazon starts offering its palm recognition tech for building access and corporate security

by Todd Bishop on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 at 10:08 pm

Amazon is expanding its Amazon One palm recognition technology to corporate customers, allowing their employees to use their palms instead of traditional badges, passwords, or other ways of accessing buildings… Read More

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

by Todd Bishop on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 at 12:06 pm

Annapurna Labs co-founder Nafea Bshara knows semiconductors and appreciates a good red wine. Amazon distinguished engineer James Hamilton has an affinity for industry-changing ideas, and likes meeting with smart entrepreneurs.… Read More

Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

by Todd Bishop on November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 at 5:27 pm

At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its first desktop productivity device in one of its consumer division’s… Read More

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Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs

by Taylor Soper on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 at 9:46 am

Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig, a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while using the command line.

Cybersecurity in the age of AI: A conversation with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt

Congressional hearing pits Microsoft’s actions vs. words in public grilling over security failures

Amazon’s departing cloud chief: Gen AI can be ‘one of the biggest opportunities AWS has ever seen’

Adam Selipsky, the exit interview: Amazon Web Services CEO on AI, competition, and the future

How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

Microsoft will make Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI tool free to U.S. teachers in cloud shift

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

Amazon updates AWS Bedrock with new capability to import custom AI models

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

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

Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on AI, hiring, and the new realities of tech spending

Will AI change how we shop? What it’s like to use Amazon’s new Rufus assistant

Microsoft invests in startup Mistral AI, outlines broader AI principles

Risk vs. revenue: Microsoft results will offer a new AI benchmark after a tumultuous quarter

An inside look at Tableau: What’s the future of the ‘DataFam’ at Salesforce?

Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

Amazon starts offering its palm recognition tech for building access and corporate security

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

Shift AI Podcast: Laying the bedrock for generative AI at Amazon with AWS VP Vasi Philomin

Microsoft unveils custom AI chip, with help from OpenAI, playing catch-up with Amazon

Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team

AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

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

Microsoft and Oracle, frenemies at last: What others can learn from their unlikely partnership

Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs