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Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked off its annual re:Invent conference on Wednesday with the introduction of a handful of new additions to its cloud computing service. The rollout includes a tool to test apps for security flaws, plus a business intelligence (BI) service, and a new way to physically toss data into Amazon's cloud …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    All your data are belong to US ... & the TLA's

    "Snowball is a physical box (pictured above) you can order from Amazon that can hold up to 50TB of data encrypted using AES-256. When you get it, you copy your data to the appliance via Ethernet, and ship the box back to an AWS data center, where the data is transferred into your AWS account, and the appliance wiped. The encryption is in place just in case the box is nicked during transit; the decryption key is uploaded separately."

    About as sensible as Online Gambling

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  2. Velv
    Trollface

    People mock the fervour with which Apple Fanbois clamour for new shiny shiny, but 15,000 people PAID to attend Amazon's sales pitch. Good business to be in...

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    1. batfastad
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      And even more are attending their marketing seminars to get their marketing badge on their CVs! Sorry, I meant certifications.

      It's VMs, run by someone else, with a bunch of automation, APIs and other hosted services on top. Can you read our website? Congratulations, have a certified architect badge!

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  3. Alan J. Wylie

    Never underestimate the bandwidth ...

    ... of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

    Andrew Tanenbaum, 1981, Computer Networks, 4th ed., p. 91

    https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum

    And, of course, the obligatory XKCD

    https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/

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