Author Archives: Michael Otey

Get Ready for AWS Pi Day 2022

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Now that March is here it’s almost that time of year again. No, I don’t mean St. Patrick’s Day. It’s almost time for AWS Pi Day 2022. Amazon S3, the first AWS service, was launched 16 years ago on Pi Day, March 14, 2006. On March 14th, 2022 Amazon will host its 2nd annual AWS […] Continue reading Get Ready for AWS Pi Day 2022→

Amazon Adds AWS Backup to S3

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There’s no doubt that file systems are some of the most fundamental cloud services, as they provide storage for cloud-native apps, hybrid apps, and on-premise backups. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Backup enables you to centralize and automate data protection across your AWS services. Using AWS Backup and its new support for S3, you can centrally […] Continue reading Amazon Adds AWS Backup to S3→

Amazon Adds Batch Replication to S3

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After experiencing several regional outages late last year, Amazon has been adding replication technologies to several of their main storage technologies. Last month, Amazon added replication to their Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), and the company followed up this month by announcing Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Batch Replication. Batch Replication is a fully managed, […] Continue reading Amazon Adds Batch Replication to S3→