Amazon Web Services
Some of the key events about Amazon Web Services
- 2002Launched Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an internal infrastructure platform
- 2006Introduced Amazon S3, a cloud storage service, and Amazon EC2, a virtual server service
- 2009Released Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for secure, isolated cloud environments
- 2010Launched Amazon CloudFront, a content delivery network service
- 2011AWS experienced a major outage affecting many popular websites and services
- 2012Introduced Amazon DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service
- 2012AWS suffered a power outage in its US-East-1 region, disrupting services for several hours
- 2014Released AWS Lambda, pioneering serverless computing
- 2015Achieved carbon neutrality for its global infrastructure
- 2015AWS was criticized for its slow response to a security vulnerability in its EC2 service
- 2016Launched Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS)
- 2017AWS experienced an S3 outage that affected numerous websites and services across the internet
- 2018Introduced Amazon SageMaker, a fully managed machine learning platform
- 2018AWS faced backlash for selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies
- 2019AWS was involved in a controversy over providing cloud services to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- 2020Committed to powering operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025
- 2020AWS terminated its hosting services for Parler, a social media platform, sparking debates about free speech and tech company power
- 2021AWS experienced multiple outages throughout the year, affecting various online services and businesses
- 2021AWS faced criticism for its market dominance and potential antitrust concerns
- 2022AWS suffered a major outage in its US-East-1 region, impacting numerous websites and services
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