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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

An outage at Amazon Web Services is causing major downtime across the cloud this morning, as sites which rely on the cloud storage service have been unable to reliably connect all morning. Although Amazon's web services are widely used by Southern California tech startups, it's unclear how many are being affected by the downtime.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Thinkbox Software , a developer of software used to manage video rendering tools used in film production, and which has an office in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Amazon Web Services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Thinkbox was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked for the magic that has made Amazon the world's most valuable brand , from a total unknown only twenty years ago. Thus I was pleased to see the evidence confirming that perspective in a new book, “ The Amazon Management System ,” by Ram Charan and Julia Yang.

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JULY 15, 2014

According to Savings.com, its new search engine will instantly compare Amazon product prices to prices from around the web. The company claims its service can find a better price than Amazon on items more than 50 percent of the time. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

The new support for Amazon''s Kindle Fire was timed with Amazon.com''s launch of its own set of developer tools called Appstore Developer Select, for people developing Kindle Fire optimized mobile apps earlier this week. The company''s platform supports iOS, Android, web, and other platforms. Kindle Fire platform. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Another glitch in Amazon Web Services this morning briefly took down a large number of services this morning, including Slack, Hulu, and others, due to what AWS reported was a power outage at a data center.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

GumGum , the developer of in-image advertising technology headed by Ophir Tanz, is bolstering its sales efforts, and has hired an Amazon veteran to head up western sales. According to GumGum, Matt Weisbecker has been appointed Vice President, Western Sales for GumGum, a new position for the company. Weisbecker was previously. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Amazon Studios , the content production arm of Amazon.com, said Monday that it has optioned another comedy series. Amazon said that it has optioned "Those Who Can't", a comedy show written by Andrew Orvedahl, Adam Cayton-Holland, and Benjamin Roy, the writers behind the web series The Grawlix.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The firm said the new software allows service providers to implement their own, public cloud software--and claims that it out-performs the giant in the market, Amazon Web Services. Morphlabs said its software is aimed at helping service providers compete head-to-head with Amazon Web Services.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

My article 5 Time-Tested Success Tips From Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos was so well received, I am sharing five more pearls of wisdom from Mr. Bezos. The very creation of Amazon was the result of a leap of faith. If I did not start Amazon) I knew that that would haunt me every day.”. Let Your Competitors Chase The Quick Buck.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based AEG Digital Media , a provider of online broadcast services, said late last night that it has rolled out a new product which uses Amazon Web Services to provide cloud-based, video transport and ingest. digital media cloud video broadcast amazon services broadcaster television content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Amazon is tapping Eucalyptus to make it easier for enterprise customers to migrate their web applications between Amazon and their own IT environments. Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus Systems , the developer of cloud software deployment tools, has inked a major deal today, with Amazon.com.

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MAY 15, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the enterprise, e-discovery spinout of X1, announced this morning that its X1 Rapid Discovery product is now available through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider program.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Amazon said its new Kindle Paperwhite 3G will cost $179, and ships October 1st. As part of all the new device announcements, Amazon also said it is dropping the price of its older Kindle to $69, which it is already selling on its web site. Amazon already started running a video ad last night for the new devices.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

Amazon''s Founder, Jeff Bezos has had an incredible entrepreneurial career. Not satisfied with conquering the online retail world, Amazon then productized access to its infrastructure, ushering in the era of the public cloud. 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of Amazon''s founding. Know When To Throw Away The Rule Book.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 -- LAPHP October Talk: Introduction to Amazon Web Services by Jeff Barr. Jeff Barr from Amazon.com will present an introduction to the Amazon Web Services. Join us for our regular monthly LAPHP talk on October 5th at CoLoft. See [link] (more).

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APRIL 21, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , which operates a software service to help companies communicate with investors, is one of the firms caught by the widespread Amazon EC2 downtime today. CapLinked said in its blog that its site is temporarily unavailable due to Amazon's hosting service issues. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

ShareSquare said that the new link allows marketers creating QR codes using its service to link directly to a "Buy" module for Amazon, which allows those marketers to directly link to purchases on the popular e-commerce site.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

CrowdStrike , the developer of endpoint protection software and cybersecurity tools with a big presence in Orange County, is extending its software to Amazon Web Services, the company said today. The company said its software provides a single agent running on a node, which protects all of the containers running on that node.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA said today that it has chopped its pricing and is restructuring its business model, aiming at taking on competing services as Amazon CloudFront. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Catchpoint , a new web monitoring service headed by former DoubleClick executive Mehdi Daoudi, reports that yesterday's downtime of e-commerce site Amazon.com lasted for three hours. to monitor web sites for customers. Tags: downtime ecommerce uptime monitoring amazon catchpoint.

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MARCH 29, 2011

Amazon.com said last night that it has launched its own, cloud music and storage service called Amazon Cloud Drive , along with corresponding web and Android music players. Amazon.com said it will offer up 5 GB of cloud storage for music and other files for free, with upgrade to 20GB for users who purchase MP3 albums from Amazon.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

From the start, Amazon had an audacious goal – to sell virtually every book online. Before launching Amazon, Jeff consulted with several publishing experts, none of whom appreciated the Internet’s eventual ubiquity. The very creation of Amazon was the result of a leap of faith. Add Up Lots Of Little Advantages.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

According to The Trade Desk, it has appointed Blake Grayson, a veteran of Amazon, as its new CFO. Grayson was previously Vice President, Finance, for Amazon's International Consumer business.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

AWS Marketplace is Amazon's marketplace for business software that runs on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing infrastructure. Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance says it has extended its artificial intelligence driven, endpoint protection software, CylancePROTECT, to the AWS Marketplace.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Culver City-based Replicated, a startup that provides commercial and open source tools to streamline distribution and management of third party applications into enterprises, says it has linked in with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Global Startup Program.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Speakers: Jenny Wong, Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services, and Harold Kim, Solutions Architect at AWS. Abstract: This session will discuss base-level best practices for getting started on AWS and address some of the most common questions founders have when launching on AWS. See [link] (more)

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APRIL 28, 2021

Culver City-based network products developer PacketFabric say it has released a new, "cloud router" product, which supports connecting multiple, 100Gbps cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

When businesses and consumers use a cloud service provider like Amazon Web Services or Apple’s iCloud, their data, photos, and music don’t get processed in the misty skies above us, as a poet friend of mine once assumed.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

According to Amazon.com, it has selected five finalists to compete for the $10,000 in Amazon gift card, plus a trip to a film festival in New York City. Amazon ran its advertising through its site, Withoutabox, a Los Angeles startup which was acquired by Amazon subsidiary IMDB back in January of 2008. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Culver City-based network products developer PacketFabric say it has updated its "cloud router" product, which supports connecting multiple, 100Gbps cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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MAY 30, 2019

Los Angeles-based Mission , a startup providing managed services and consulting for Amazon Web Services, has raised $15M in a funding round, from private equity investor Great Hill Partners. According to Mission, it will use the new funding to expand its team, technology, system, and go-to-market.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Irvine-based Zadara , which develops cloud-based, data storage products, said it has enhanced its Virtual Private Storage Arrays product running on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The company offers up "container orchestration" software, which is used to deploy software into clouds, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company said the funding came from East Los Capital. Caylent is led by CEO JP La Torre.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica- and Irvine-based Onica , a provider of IT services focused on cloud-based platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), has raised $20M in a funding round, the company announced this week. Onica said it will use the new funding to focus on growth of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting and managed services business.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Orca Security develops cloud security and compliance software running on Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The funding was led by CapitalG, the growth fund of Alphabet, and Redpoint Ventures. The company says its customers include Robinhood, Databricks, Unity, Live Oak Bank, Lemonade, and BeyondTrust.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing service of Amazon, has launched anew Los Angeles zone, which will give local customers and companies much faster access to the AWS cloud.

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