Amazon shares dropped more than 4% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported weaker-than-expected results for the third quarter and delivered disappointing guidance for the critical holiday period. Futurum’s co-founder Daniel Newman dives into the results and what this means for the company.
AWS Advances Amazon EC2 with new Xeon-powered Amazon EC2 M6i Instances
AWS announced the availability of new general-purpose Amazon EC2 M6i instances that offer up to 15% improvement in price/performance in comparison to fifth-generation instances. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why expanding the sixth-generation offerings to include x86 instances strengthens the overall Gravitron2 processor proposition, bolsters AWS’ supply chain stability, and advances Amazon’s overall sustainability & ESG goals as well as boost the competitive edge AWS has over Azure and Google Cloud in the custom silicon realm.