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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.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 8

Domino Data Lab

Not that I’m implying anything about current economic conditions vis-a-vis the timing of this report… #justsayin. Those times were relatively simple: keep all your data in your database, far behind the network perimeter, far removed from attackers, subject to well-defined permissions policies – and, oh yeah, remember to perform backups.

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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. Get the latest data cataloging news and trends in your inbox.