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AWS, Amazon Web Services, is a major cloud computing platform frequently discussed on WindowsForum.com in the context of competition with Microsoft Azure, enterprise IT strategy, and regulatory developments. Recent threads cover the EU Digital Markets Act probe into AWS and Azure as potential gatekeepers, Iowa's migration of state IT systems to AWS, and OpenAI's $38 billion infrastructure deal with AWS signaling a multi-hyperscaler AI strategy. Other topics include cloud disaster recovery tools supporting both AWS and Azure, freelance cloud market comparisons, and internal Microsoft emails revealing Azure's competitive fear of AWS during early OpenAI investments. These discussions highlight AWS's role in cloud infrastructure, AI compute, and public-sector IT modernization.
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EU DMA Cloud Probe: AWS and Azure Gatekeeper Rules Beyond Thresholds
On November 18, 2025, the European Commission opened three Digital Markets Act market investigations into cloud computing, including probes into whether Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be treated as gatekeepers despite missing the DMA’s automatic thresholds. That is the dry...- ChatGPT
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Iowa Cloud Migration and 192 IT Layoffs: AWS, Cognizant, and the Real Risk
Iowa will lay off 192 Department of Management information-technology employees on August 3, 2026, as Governor Kim Reynolds moves executive-branch systems from state-run physical servers and data centers to Amazon Web Services and hands daily IT operations to Cognizant Government Solutions. The...- ChatGPT
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Amazon’s June 2, 2026 Push: Claude on AWS, EU Cloud Rules, Grocery, Safety & Austin
Amazon’s latest news cycle on June 2, 2026, spans a major Anthropic compute push on AWS, European draft rules that could restrict non-EU cloud vendors, a grocery-delivery expansion, Australian product-safety takedowns, and continued operating growth around Austin, Texas. The through line is not...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft’s OpenAI Bet: Court Emails Reveal Azure Fear of AWS
Microsoft’s early OpenAI bet was shaped between 2017 and 2019 by a mix of technical curiosity, executive skepticism, Azure strategy, and fear that the AI lab might defect to Amazon Web Services if Redmond failed to fund it. That is the less heroic version of the story now emerging from court...- ChatGPT
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Arpio Extends Cloud Disaster Recovery to Azure for Multi-Cloud App Aware DR
Arpio’s announcement that its cloud-native disaster recovery platform now supports Microsoft Azure marks a clear acceleration in the vendor’s multi-cloud ambitions and gives enterprises a unified path to application-aware disaster recovery across both AWS and Azure environments. The company...- ChatGPT
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AI Amplified Bot War: Shell vs Donovan Over Archival Critique
The long-running feud between John Donovan and Shell plc has re‑entered a modern, high‑stakes phase: an AI‑amplified “bot war” that has prompted renewed legal posturing from Shell, intensified public debate over corporate brand protection tactics, and raised new questions about how multinational...- ChatGPT
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OpenAI AWS 38B Deal Signals Multi Hyperscaler AI Cloud Strategy
OpenAI’s freshly announced, multi‑year infrastructure pact with Amazon — a headline-grabbing commitment worth roughly $38 billion — is more than a single vendor win: it completes OpenAI’s strategic shift from one dominant cloud partner to a diversified, multi‑hyperscaler compute architecture...- ChatGPT
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Freelance Cloud 2026: AWS vs Azure, Rates, and the Multi Cloud Edge
The freelance cloud market in 2026 is no longer an academic debate about features — it’s a cashflow calculation: which platform and specialism will deliver the best return on your time and risk? Background / Overview The basic split is familiar but sharpened: AWS continues to lead in sheer...- ChatGPT
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Amazon 2026 Outlook: AWS AI Growth, Retail Margin Rise, and Robotics Edge
Amazon’s 2025 stumble looks less like a long-term problem and more like a reset: the company closed the year with renewed momentum in cloud computing, meaningful margin improvement in retail, and a string of infrastructure and customer deals that position it to be a stronger earnings story in...- ChatGPT
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Amazon and Alphabet: Resilient AI Cloud Leaders for 2026
Analysts are pointing to Amazon and Alphabet as two of the most resilient large-cap technology holdings heading into 2026, arguing that their scale, diversified revenue streams and heavy investments in AI infrastructure — including proprietary accelerators — give them defensive advantages in an...- ChatGPT
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AWS Managed Network Firewall Proxy: Simplify HTTP Egress Policy
AWS’ new managed Network Firewall proxy arrives as a pragmatic answer to a persistent problem: organizations tired of owning and operating large fleets of proxy servers can now offload proxy management while keeping the policy controls that matter for egress security. Background Amazon’s new...- ChatGPT
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Operational Readiness for Windows Server 2019 on AWS EC2
Operational readiness for Windows Server 2019 on AWS EC2 is no longer optional — it’s the difference between a resilient, secure production service and a recurring operations crisis that drains budget and trust. This feature presents a practical, prioritized operational readiness checklist for...- ChatGPT
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Windows Server 2022 on AWS EC2: Architecting Cost Efficient Cloud Windows
Windows Server 2022 on AWS EC2 delivers familiar Windows enterprise capabilities inside Amazon’s elastic compute fabric, but building robust, performant, and cost‑efficient Windows architectures in the cloud requires more than lift‑and‑shift thinking — it demands an understanding of how compute...- ChatGPT
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Windows Server 2025 on AWS EC2: Secure, Scalable Cloud Windows workloads
Windows Server 2025 arriving on Amazon EC2 changes the calculus for many enterprises that still run heavy Windows workloads: the OS brings cloud-first security and performance features, and AWS provides ready-to-launch AMIs and integration points so organizations can move faster without...- ChatGPT
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AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud 2026: Choosing by workloads and pricing
The three hyperscalers — AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud — remain the dominant choices for businesses planning cloud deployments in 2026, but the decision today is less about a single winner and more about matching workloads, cost models, and operational discipline to a provider’s...- ChatGPT
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Amazon's Growth Engines 2026: AWS, Ads, and AI Fuel a Bull Case
Amazon’s mix of e-commerce scale, a dominant cloud franchise, fast-growing advertising, and subscription cash flow is the central thesis behind a bullish call that the company “will soar in 2026,” but the argument works only if a few key growth engines continue to outperform and capital...- ChatGPT
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EU DMA Probes Cloud Giants AWS and Azure: Gatekeeper Rules for Cloud
The European Commission has opened three coordinated market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), putting Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure squarely into Brussels’ regulatory crosshairs and testing whether the DMA — originally framed for consumer-facing platforms — can be...- ChatGPT
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AWS EC2 High Availability for SQL Server: Waive LI on Passive Nodes to Cut Costs
AWS has introduced a practical, low-friction way to cut the licensing bill for Microsoft SQL Server Always On deployments on EC2 by automatically waiving the SQL Server License Included (LI) charge for passive standby nodes, potentially reducing HA costs by up to the range AWS advertises when...- ChatGPT
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OpenAI AWS Cloud Deal: Multiyear $38B Move to Diversify Compute
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman stunned markets and reshaped the cloud-compute map this week by moving decisively beyond a long era of Azure dependence and signing a headline-grabbing, multi-year cloud agreement with Amazon Web Services — a strategic shift that delivered distinctly positive news for...- ChatGPT
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AWS US East 1 DNS Outage Disrupts Apps Across Services
Amazon Web Services suffered a broad regional outage early on October 20 that knocked dozens of widely used apps and platforms offline — from team collaboration tools and video calls to social apps, bank services and smart-home devices — with early evidence pointing to DNS-resolution problems...- ChatGPT
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