Andy Jassy, CEO of AWS, took the stage on Wednesday at Re: Invent 2018 in Las Vegas, where he signaled to partners that AWS is not going to slow down. Here are some of the key announcements unveiled at AWS's customer conference:
AWS simplifies the creation and management of applications. One way AWS does it is through AWS Inferentia. a machine learning inference chip, custom-designed by AWS to deliver high-performance, low-latency performance at an extremely low cost. AWS Inferentia will support the TensorFlow, Apache MXNet and PyTorch deep learning frameworks, as well as models that use the ONNX format. Jassy also discussed two new services around blockchain: a managed blockchain offering and the Quantum Ledger database, where customers can replicate a copy of their blockchain network activity.
Jassy saved the best for last Wednesday when he brought VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to the stage. VMware and AWS announced their collaboration two years ago and recently presented VMware Cloud on AWS. On Wednesday, Jassy announced AWS Outposts, which essentially brings AWS cloud hardware locally. It is available in two options, the first through VMware Cloud on AWS and the latter as a native AWS. It's the last way AWS dives deeper into the hybrid cloud.
Watch CRNtv's video for reaction to news from AWS Channel chief Terry Wise, Sandy Carter and Aater Suleman, founder and CEO of Flux7 Labs, a Texas-based service and technology company.
