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Best Dressed for Armageddon

TDAN

In 2006, the world learned an inconvenient truth. The planet we call “home” was getting hotter and we were to blame. Naturally, being intelligent and rational beings, we took the action necessary to prevent the oncoming catastrophe.

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AWS re:Invent Recap: The Future of Cloud

Alation

It’s only been 15 years since AWS took the first steps to the cloud with S3 and EC2, which launched in 2006. AWS is supporting green initiatives : Sessions covered new innovative advancements, including open data initiatives that provide new paths to space exploration. This concept has proven revolutionary. In Conclusion.

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How The Cloud Made ‘Data-Driven Culture’ Possible | Part 2: Cloud Adoption

BizAcuity

IaaS is mainly used for developing softwares (testing and development, batch processing), hosting web applications and data analysis. Fact: AWS started the first IaaS service with S3 back in 2006, which is still one of the most popular cloud platforms to date. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Application development. No pun intended.