Amazon Adds Encryption, NYC Edge Location To Cloud-Based Distribution Service
Amazon’s Web Services unit is now offering content owners and other customers of its cloud-based delivery network, CloudFront, the ability to distribute media content over secure HTTPS connections. The...
View ArticleZynga, Reliant on Amazon’s Data Centers, Adding More of Its Own Capacity
Social game publisher Zynga expects to make capital expenditures of between $100 million and $150 million during the second half of 2011, as it expands its own network infrastructure. Yet the company...
View ArticleMedia Sales Increase at Amazon; Analysts Upbeat on Digital Prospects
Amazon recorded a 27 percent year-over-year increase in worldwide media sales during its second quarter (ended June 30), with the sector good for $3.66 billion in revenue. Sales of media products (from...
View ArticleOn Disks in Data Centers, and Measuring an Earthquake’s Effects
The strongest shaking from Tuesday afternoon’s 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred less than 100 miles from an Amazon Web Services data center in Virginia. But the earthquake produced no major...
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