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Nedbank urges employers to contact graduates from the AWS re/Start programme
Having completed a 12-week long cloud skills course, the re/Start programme is now looking for employers to connect with recent graduates.
AWS SaaS Boost now open source to help devs migrate software
Announced at AWS re:Invent last year, now SaaS Boost will allow developers to move company on-prem software to an as-a-Service model.
GirlCode and AWS partnership sees 30 women receive valuable cloud skills
The GirlCode Software Development Learnership has assisted 30 unemployed women gain could-related skills with help from AWS.
AWS opens 2021 EEIP for SA black-owned IT businesses
Launched by AWS South Africa in 2019, the Equity Equivalent Investment Program is open once again, looking for applicants for 2021.
Vodacom Business receives AWS Outposts Ready designation
Good news for local businesses, Vodacom Business has announced that it has achieved the AWS Outposts Ready designation from AWS.
Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, AWS boss to replace him
After 27 years at the helm, Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of Amazon but he isn’t retiring.
Parler lives again, sort of
Aside from a single post from CEO John Matze and a message to users, Parler remains inaccessible.
AWS allegedly warned Parler about content violations for seven weeks
Amazon has outlined how Parler breached AWS’s terms of service in an opposition filing to Parler’s lawsuit.
70TB of data from Parler scraped by researcher ahead of AWS shutdown
Before Parler was taken offline, one hacker made a move to archive the content and now that content is going to be made available for anybody to search.
Parler booted off of AWS due to posts that encourage and incite violence
Google and Apple also decided to no longer make the Parler app available on the App Store or Google Play.
AWS now uses Mac Minis in its cloud for devs to test macOS & iOS apps
These Intel-powered Mac Minis will serve as EC2 Mac instances for AWS, with it being connected to the company’s Nitro System.
B2B business forum and digital accelerator, Sw7, out of pilot and eyeing local firms to help scale
Launching late last year, a tough 2020 sees Sw7 exit a successful pilot phase and begin the process of curating post-revenue B2B SaaS businesses.
AWS re:Invent will go virtual for its annual conference later this year
This year’s AWS re:Invent will feature three keynotes presented over three weeks, starting on 30th November.
AWS Outposts now in SA, bringing hybrid cloud solutions locally
AWS Outposts should now make hybrid cloud options more easily accessible to the hyperscaler’s customers in the region.
AWS and Slack partner up to offer developers deeply integrated services
The multi-year agreement with AWS will see Slack becoming a much more alluring tool for development teams.
Vodacom chooses AWS to help deliver services to business clients locally
The partnership comes after the recent launch of local AWS data centres.
htxt.africast – Lockdown restrictions and how they will ease next week
This week’s africast talks about Bionicles, Google, AWS and the COVID-19 lockdown.
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The full list of services offered by the new AWS Cape Town region
Confirmed as operating in the region yesterday, we now know the services available at AWS’ Cape Town availability zone.
