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Friday, October 12th, 2018
| Time |
Event |
| 12:10a |
WikiLeaks Publishes What It Says Is a List of Amazon Data Centers
WikiLeaks published what it said was a list of all Amazon Web Services data centers, including their addresses
• If accurate, the list would be the most detail the public has ever seen about the world’s biggest cloud provider’s infrastructure
• The leak’s purpose is unclear, but the organization mentioned the $10 billion Department of Defense cloud contract, for which AWS is currently a leading bidder
• In 2010, AWS pulled the plug on the hosting services it was providing to WikiLeaks, citing terms-of-use violations | | 4:40p |
Amazon Is Said to Get $1 Billion in Deals With SAP, Symantec
Amazon Web Services signed new deals with customers SAP SE and Symantec Corp. worth a combined $1 billion, Bloomberg reported
• The SAP deal is for computing and storage services, tools for data management, AI, and IoT
• The Symantec deal is an increase of more than seven times in its spending on AWS
• Symantec will migrate its Managed Security Service, Network Protection, and Website Security Service products to AWS | | 6:16p |
Uptime Institute Rings Climate Change Warning Bell for Data Center Operators
Increased frequency of natural disasters means higher risk of downtime, but most operators aren’t ready. | | 7:11p |
Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: September 2018
Here are the 10 most popular stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge in September. |
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