smoothspan.wordpress.com - 12/18/2008
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Well it’s official. My company, Helpstream , has now been running our application entirely on Amazon Web Services for a week and we’re very happy with the result–it’s better, faster, and cheaper. We’ve gotten a more robust system for our multitenant SaaS ...
business.timesonline.co.uk - 12/16/2008
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business.timesonline.co.uk —
Amazon, Britain s most popular website for Christmas
shopping, is making its staff work seven days a...
week and threatening them with the sack if they take time off sick. The company charges among the lowest prices for products ranging from books and ...
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Revealed: Amazon staff punished for being ill
mediamemo.allthingsd.com - 12/15/2008
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mediamemo.allthingsd.com —
Amazon has been selling digital music from all
the big music labels for nearly a year now....
It hasn't changed Apple's grip on that business in any way, and it hasn't made any money for Amazon. But don't write it off as a failure just yet.
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Amazon’s MP3 Store, One Year In: No iTunes Killer; ...
olpcnews.com - 12/15/2008
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olpcnews.com —
Heads up to European Give 1 Get 1
donors! Amazon.co.uk may be canceling your G1G1 Global purchase...
because OLPC is talking too long to ship your XO laptop. Via OLPC News Forum , here is the Amazon.co.uk email being sent out : Dear Donor: The following ...
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Breaking News: Amazon UK May Cancel G1G1 Global Orders!! ...
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Migrating to Amazon Web Services: The blueprint
Between the Lines —
... cloud platform–sounds like a no-brainer in many respects. You can scale up or down as needed and pay only for the computing and storage you use. The big question, however, is this: How exactly does a company migrate its infrastructure? Helpstream, a software as a service customer service and relationship management company, recently completed a migration to Amazon Web Services. Bob Warfield, executive vice president of products at Helpstream, recently disclosed the company’s move on his blog , ...
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