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MongoDB unveils data encryption tech for developers to boost data privacy and compliance
MongoDB today announced at its developer conference MongoDB.local Chicago the general availability of Queryable Encryption, which it says is a first-of-its-kind technology that helps organizations protect sensitive data when it is queried and in-use on MongoDB. As data volumes skyrocket, so do the intricacies of modern applications. Coupled with growing regulatory demands, companies face a ...
AWS appoints Raejeanne Skillern as new chief marketing officer
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the hiring of Raejeanne Skillern as its new vice president and chief marketing officer. The news, sourced from an internal memo, was confirmed by an AWS spokesperson to SiliconANGLE. The position has been vacant since former CMO Rachel Thornton left almost a year ago. Skillern, an industry veteran with a ...
Exclusive: MongoDB foresees AI-powered future as it navigates shifting software development landscape
Following a stellar first-quarter earnings performance, MongoDB Inc., the forerunner in the database platform domain, prepares for its global conference tour with MongoDB.local NYC this week. I had a chance to chat with MongoDB Chief Executive Dev Ittycheria (pictured) and Andrew Davidson, its senior vice president of products, in advance of this week’s conference to ...
Exclusive Q&A: MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria on empowering developers and how AWS is changing
I had a chance to sit down for an exclusive conversation with the Dev Ittycheria, chief executive of MongoDB Inc., ahead of Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference, where SiliconANGLE and its video studio theCUBE will be providing wall-to-cloud coverage of the event. We talked about how much AWS is changing and the role the partners ...
CLOUD SPECIAL REPORT
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky: The cloud is about to reinvent corporate cultures
On the surface, the timing of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week doesn’t seem ideal — but AWS Chief Executive Adam Selipsky doesn’t seem too worried. The event is always a relentlessly upbeat gathering, but this year Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit is facing, well, a lot of storm ...
CLOUD SPECIAL REPORT
AWS chief Adam Selipsky hints at the next-gen cloud
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AWS chief Andy Jassy on managing during COVID – and beyond
If there’s any year when Amazon Web Services Inc.’s annual re:Invent conference has resonated the most, it’s 2020. After all, the COVID-19 pandemic has sent nearly every business scrambling to reinvent themselves. And when it comes to technology, that means cloud computing — where AWS remains the far-and-away leader even amid heightening competition from the ...
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How AWS aims to democratize machine learning with cloud services
Amazon Web Services Inc. has made a big bet on artificial intelligence and machine learning, and just how big a bet is likely to become apparent Tuesday when its AI chief presents his keynote at the cloud giant’s re:Invent virtual conference that continues this week. Swami Sivasubramanian, vice president of Amazon AI, will hold the ...
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How AWS is computing the future of the cloud
The highlight of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s annual re:Invent conference is always the marathon three-hour keynote by Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy, and despite the show going virtual this year, it’ll be the same today. As he always has, the longtime leader of Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing company will debut a dizzying array of new and upgraded ...
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How Amazon’s cloud chief aims to reset the competitive landscape
As Amazon Web Services Inc. opens its ninth annual re:Invent conference this week online rather than at its longtime Las Vegas venue, it confronts a world that needs its services more than ever during the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit has helped a raft of companies during the pandemic, enabling Zoom Inc. to handle rocketing growth from millions ...