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  • Jeff Bezos To Sell 50 Mn Amazon Shares In Next 12 Months Market News

    New Delhi: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is planning to sell at least 50 million company shares in the next year, the media reported. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Amazon, where Bezos currently serves as executive chair, said its billionaire founder had a trading plan for selling a maximum of 50 million shares.

    The sales will occur “over a period” ending January 25 of next year “subject to certain conditions,” the filing read, reports Fox Business. Bezos, who recently turned 60, owns nearly one billion shares of Amazon stock. Seven other top Amazon insiders took up trading plans for offloading Amazon shares, according to the SEC filing. (Also Read: Zuckerberg Fifth Richest Person In The World Following Surge In Meta Share Price)

    However, Bezos’ involved the largest amount of shares. Bezos’ stake in Amazon stocks make up a major portion of his $193.3 billion personal fortune. Net sales for Amazon increased 14 per cent to $170 billion in the holiday quarter that ended December 31, 2023, compared with $149.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. (Also Read: Zoom Lays Off 150 Employees, Okta Slashes 400 Jobs)

    Net income increased to $10.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with $0.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. Amazon Web Services (AWS) segment sales increased 13 percent year-over-year to $24.2 billion.

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the past holiday season was “record-breaking.” “This Q4 was a record-breaking Holiday shopping season and closed out a robust 2023 for Amazon,” said Jassy. “As we enter 2024, our teams are delivering at a rapid clip, and we have a lot in front of us to be Excited about,” he added.

  • Amazon restores cloud companies after energy outage hits knowledge heart

    BENGALURU :

    Several apps and web sites, together with these of streaming service Hulu, workplace messaging app Slack and Epic Games, have been up and operating after being hit by a short energy outage at one in every of Amazon.com Inc’s knowledge servers on the US East Coast.

    “The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally,” AWS stated.

    Amazon earlier stated the outage had affected its platform that gives computing capability to cloud community operated by its unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

    Office messaging app Slack had stated it was experiencing points with file uploads, message enhancing and different companies.

    A serious outage in the identical area earlier this month introduced down streaming platforms Netflix and Disney , buying and selling app Robinhood in addition to Amazon.com Inc’s e-commerce web site.

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  • Dell and AWS companion to guard buyer information from ransomware

    Dell Technologies has partnered with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. firm, to guard buyer information from ransomware by bringing Dell’s cyber restoration answer to the AWS Marketplace with the launch of Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS.

    Through the AWS Marketplace, clients can simply buy and deploy an air-gapped cyber vault from Dell, to assist securely defend and isolate information away from a ransomware assault.

    Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS gives a number of layers of safety with a contemporary method that enables AWS clients to renew regular enterprise operations shortly and confidently after a cyberattack.

    “The answer strikes a buyer’s vital information away from the assault floor, bodily and logically isolating it with a safe, automated operational air hole. Unlike normal backup options, this air hole locks down administration interfaces, requiring separate safety credentials and multi-factor authentication for entry,” Dell mentioned in an announcement.

    “Data is a strategic asset and defending it in opposition to ransomware and different cyberattacks is vital for organizations to make knowledgeable selections about their enterprise and thrive in at this time’s digital economic system,” said David Noy, vice president of data protection product management, Dell Technologies. “By teaming with AWS, we are offering customers a cyber recovery solution that isolates business-critical data away from an attack with an air-gapped cyber vault, helping organizations reduce risk and protect data with confidence after a successful cyberattack.”

     

    As organizations proceed to undertake numerous IT infrastructures, throughout the general public cloud and on-premises environments, information safety options can enhance information safety. According to the 2021 Dell Technologies Global Data Protection Index survey of 1,000 international IT choice makers, 66% of organizations in Asia-Pacific and Japan area lack confidence that every one business-critical information might be recovered within the occasion of a harmful cyberattack. Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS goals to assist clients tackle the rising danger of ransomware and different cyberattacks.

     

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  • Moving to cloud can scale back carbon emissions of Indian corporations by 80%

    BENGALURU: Indian corporations and public sector organisations that migrated from on-premises knowledge centres to cloud infrastructure might anticipate to cut back their vitality and carbon footprint by almost 80%, based on findings of report commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

    The report by 451 Research, a unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence, titled ‘Carbon Reduction Opportunity of Moving to the Cloud for APAC’ surveyed greater than 500 personal and public sector organisations throughout Asia Pacific (APAC), spanning quite a lot of industries throughout Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. The report that features over 100 survey respondents from India, discovered that cloud service suppliers who faucet into native renewable vitality market to run their operations in India can enhance carbon emissions financial savings.

    451 Research estimates that if simply 25% of the 1,200 largest publicly-traded companies in India put one megawatt (MW) of compute workload into the cloud, powered by renewable vitality, it could save the equal of a 12 months’s value of emissions from 160,000 Indian households.

    “Customers in APAC who move compute workloads to the AWS Cloud can significantly reduce their carbon footprint, benefiting from the net effect of all our sustainability efforts,” mentioned Ken Haig, head of Energy Policy, Asia Pacific and Japan, AWS. “APAC vitality markets stay among the many most difficult on the planet for companies looking for to supply 100% renewable vitality, however we proceed to collaborate with personal and public organizations to beat these limitations and spend money on extra initiatives within the area.”

    In 2019, Amazon cofounded The Climate Pledge –a dedication to be web zero carbon throughout its enterprise by 2040, 10 years forward of the Paris Agreement. AWS mentioned it’s transferring steadily towards attaining Amazon’s company-wide aim of utilizing 100% renewable vitality by 2025.

    “Cloud technology can credibly help companies in India decarbonize,” mentioned Puneet Chandok, President Commercial Business – AWS India and South Asia, AISPL. “With India’s vibrant startup ecosystem already pioneering low carbon options, it’s crucial that enterprises, public sector organizations, and coverage makers consider sustainability as a vital a part of their cloud migration selections.”

    AWS’s efforts in the direction of web carbon neutrality objectives in India consists of initiatives in infrastructure effectivity, renewable vitality, water sustainability, electrical mobility, sustainable packaging, and constructing consciousness by neighborhood engagement.

    The knowledge centre market in India is predicted to develop at a CAGR of 16% from 2019-24, the best within the Asia-Pacific area. “As knowledge centre exercise continues to surge in India, so will vitality consumption, which can make vitality effectivity a focus available in the market,” mentioned Kelly Morgan, analysis director, Data centre Infrastructure & Services at 451 Research.

    The report revealed that vitality effectivity positive factors of cloud knowledge centres got here from their use of the most recent, most energy-efficient servers, which usually run at greater utilization charges than on-premises knowledge centres. These two elements mixed led cloud knowledge centres to make use of 67.4% much less vitality. The common server utilization in APAC enterprises was just below 15%. By distinction, 451 Research reveals that cloud operators make the most of servers properly above 50% to search out the correct steadiness between effectivity and utility efficiency.

    On electrical mobility, Amazon India has dedicated to incorporate 10,000 electrical automobiles in its supply fleet by 2025, an integral milestone on the decarbonization journey. Amazon India mentioned it has been working with a number of Indian companions to construct a fleet of automobiles that guarantee sustainable and secure deliveries of buyer orders.

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  • Amazon Web Services acquires Signal-rival, encrypted messaging app Wickr

    Washington: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired a messaging software Wickr. The messaging software which was based in 2012, boasts of emphasis on encryption.

    The Amazon subsidiary AWS made the choice official by way of a social media publish. The publish learn, “We are excited to share that AWS has acquired Wickr, an innovative company that has developed the industry’s most secure, end-to-end encrypted, communication technology.”

    AWS vp Stephen Schmidt claimed that the acquisition will assist the corporate construct its relationships additional with the navy, and Washington on the whole, and stated that Wickr’s options give “security-conscious enterprises and government agencies the ability to implement important governance and security controls to help them meet their compliance requirements.”

    The messaging software Wickr rivals the likes of Signal for offering encryption. The software has even been utilized by journalists and whistleblowers.

    Schmidt indicated that the acquisition was not less than partially influenced by the necessity to protect info safety whereas working remotely. “With the move to hybrid work environments, due in part to the COVID-19, enterprises and government agencies have a growing desire to protect their communications,” he wrote.

    The phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed however Schmidt concluded the notice, by including that AWS (Amazon Web Services) shall be providing Wickr providers efficient instantly and the present Wickr customers wouldn’t see vital modifications in the interim.

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  • MeITY and AWS introduced Quantum Computing Applications Lab in India

    The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has introduced the institution of a Quantum Computing Applications Lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The transfer will give choose researchers, scientists entry to Amazon’s Braket cloud-based quantum computing service.
    “The area of quantum computing is at a very nascent stage in the country. The Lab is a great opportunity for our researchers, whether they are in educational institutions, in research labs or in the startup environment,” Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY mentioned in the course of the announcement. “With quantum computing, there is still a tremendous amount that all of us have to learn together. What exactly will it be useful for, how does it get applied to the scenario that we have within the country, these are the questions we must ask,” he added.
    MeITY and AWS will name for proposals from the scientific, researcher group in February and early March as a part of the announcement. A steering committee will then undergo these proposals and approve ones which align with the objectives selected nationwide priorities. The Lab will determine quantum computing drawback statements for experimentation from amongst Central and State Governments, Research Institutions, and Academia.

    The chosen proposals will get entry to AWS credit to make use of the quantum computing cloud platform from Amazon. The Lab will then present the candidates with entry to quantum computing {hardware}, simulators, and programming instruments, on-demand and for gratis, through Amazon Braket.
    Researchers and scientists, whose proposals are chosen, can be anticipated to construct experiments based mostly on these. The closing experiments will even be reviewed in a while by the committee. Successful proposals can be chosen for additional enhancements and manufacturing. AWS will even present technical assist to the chosen proposals.
    The Meity Secretary additionally careworn that the federal government of India has a really massive quantum associated mission, which is being led by the Department of Science and Technology. “We also are looking at what kind of quantum computing capability we should build within the country with Indian effort,” he added.
    The chosen proposals will get entry to AWS credit to make use of the quantum computing cloud platform from Amazon. (Image Source: AWS)
    “The Quantum Computing Application Lab in collaboration with AWS is the first lab on AWS that’s aligned to a government mission. We are trying to pull all of the resources needed to really build the capacity and the skills within India to be able to propagate this technology in a meaningful way,” Rahul Sharma, President, Public Sector – AISPL, AWS India and South Asia mentioned in the course of the announcement.
    He added that the corporate desires to democratise quantum computing, and supply the fitting growth environments that may take the heavy lifting away from researchers and builders engaged on quantum algorithms. “We want to build this in a scalable manner that can be accessible to all,” he mentioned.
    Quantum computing is an rising subject, which desires to take computing past what present classical computer systems can obtain. Quantum computer systems depend on the legal guidelines of quantum mechanics to compute and resolve issues. The concept is that these computer systems may sooner or later resolve issues which conventional computer systems are unable to do. Other than Amazon, gamers like IBM, Google and Microsoft are conducting analysis on quantum computing.