Amazon just partnered with Verizon to improve 5G speeds
Summary
"The connectivity and the speed is just two things," Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said on stage Tuesday at AWS re:Invent conference. Outpost brings AWS hardware and tools to companies own data centers and enables customers to let Amazon handle maintenance, repairs and software updates. The announcements show that Amazon is serious about integrating its services with on-premises data centers, an area that has also attracted the likes of Microsoft and its cloud product, Azure. While AWS maintains a strong lead ahead of its rivals, Microsofts Azure continues to grow at a rapid clip — enough that its now considered the No. Microsoft has managed to edge out Amazon in one area, however, when the Pentagon awarded it the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, contract in October.