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Amazon might have a serious Alexa problem on its hands
News broke out earlier this week that Amazon’s Alexa assistant recorded a private conversation between two people and then sent that recording to a third party. Alexa, of course, is supposed to listen to everything you say but only act when you utter the designated...
Why Amazon pays employees $5,000 to quit
Amazon has a solution for employees who no longer want to work there — pay them to quit. Once a year, the company offers to pay full-time associates at Amazon fulfillment centers up to $5,000 to leave the company. Employees are eligible after one year of service, but...
For Amazon HQ2 hopefuls, Seattle serves as a cautionary tale
Fifty thousand well-paid jobs, a $5 billion investment, winning the affection of perhaps America's most dynamic and fast-growing company: Why wouldn't a city go all out to win Amazon's second headquarters? A few reasons, actually. And as a fight over taxes in Amazon's...
Onica Acquires Sturdy Networks and NetBrains, Expanding its Position in IoT, Serverless, and Application Refactoring AWS Solutions
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) DECEMBER 12, 2017 Onica, one of the largest and fastest-growing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting and Managed Service Partners, today announced its acquisitions of Sturdy Networks, LLC and NetBrains, Inc. The company now boasts more than...
Choosing the Right Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution: Veeam or Zerto?
Budgeting decisions, whether personal or business, are among the most stressful individuals consistently have to make. Because the vast majority of us don’t have the financial flexibility to make too many wrong choices, allocating funds toward a particular product or...
Frequently Asked Questions About HIPAA Compliance in the AWS Cloud
Today, we continue a series of AWS cloud compliance FAQs by focusing on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and protected health information (PHI). AWS’s Healthcare and Life Science customers are doing important things for their customers...