Amazon.com Announces the Most Well-Read Cities in America

Tuesday May 15th 2012 09:00:00 AM

Alexandria, Va., Cambridge, Mass., and Berkeley, Calif., top Amazon’s second annual “Most Well-Read Cities in America” list SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 15, 2012-- Kicking off the summer reading season, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced its annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America. The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since June 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. The Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities are:     ...

Amazon Web Services Launches Dynamic Content Support in Amazon CloudFront

Monday May 14th 2012 03:36:50 AM

Businesses can deliver personalized, dynamic web content at no additional cost, without writing new code, and increase performance and reliability for interactive web applications SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 14, 2012-- Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today launched support for dynamic content in Amazon CloudFront. This new capability gives AWS customers a simple, cost-effective way to improve the performance, reliability and global reach of their website by using Amazon CloudFront to deliver all their content, including the dynamic portions of their site that change for each end-...

AWS and SAP Announce Certification of AWS Infrastructure for SAP Business All-in-One Solutions* – Research Study Shows Infrastructure Cost Savings of up to 69% when Running SAP Solutions on AWS

Friday May 11th 2012 03:01:42 AM

Customers including LIONSGATE, EMBI, and Merrifield Garden Center move SAP environments to AWS to take advantage of increased flexibility and infrastructure cost savings Independent Research firm VMS provides detailed research of infrastructure cost savings of running SAP systems on AWS SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 11, 2012-- Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the expansion of SAP certified solutions on AWS including SAP Business All-in-One solutions for both Linux and Windows, and expanded certification for SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP Busine...

All 7 Harry Potter eBooks Coming to Kindle Owners’ Lending Library

Thursday May 10th 2012 09:00:09 AM

Read all of J.K. Rowling’s iconic Harry Potter series for free on your Kindle Kindle Owners’ Lending Library now includes more than 145,000 books, including over 100 current and former New York Times Best Sellers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 10, 2012-- Owning a Kindle just got a whole lot better for magic-loving Muggles. Starting June 19, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is adding all seven Harry Potter books (in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish) to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL). Harry Potter is the all-time best-selling book series in history, and Amazon has purchased an exclusive lic...

Amazon Web Services Announces First Global Customer and Partner Conference: AWS re: Invent

Wednesday May 9th 2012 04:02:00 PM

Save the date for November 27-29, 2012 for more than 100 sessions, including hands-on workshops, cloud computing strategy sessions and technical deep dives SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 9, 2012-- Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced AWS re: Invent, its first global customer and partner conference. The conference will take place November 27-29, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Venetian hotel and will include more than 100 sessions such as hands-on workshops, cloud computing strategy sessions and technical deep dives delivered by the AWS team and AWS customers and p...

Gov. Beshear and Amazon Announce Company to Open New Customer Service Center in Winchester, Kentucky, Creating More than 550 Full-Time and 600 Seasonal Jobs

Wednesday May 9th 2012 09:00:34 AM

Project entails an investment of more than $20.7 million in the Commonwealth, operations set to begin by late summer FRANKFORT, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 9, 2012-- Governor Steve Beshear and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced Amazon’s plans to open a new 70,000-square-foot customer service facility in Winchester, Ky., investing more than $20.7 million and creating more than 550 full-time and 600 seasonal jobs in the Commonwealth by 2017. “Amazon’s decision to grow its Kentucky footprint is fantastic news, especially when you consider the impact of more than 1,100 full-time and seasonal job...

Amazon Web Services Announces New Managed Services for Windows Developers Worldwide

Tuesday May 8th 2012 05:00:00 PM

Launches Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Microsoft SQL Server and ASP.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk Now it’s even easier for Windows and ASP.NET developers to offload database and application management to AWS and focus on building innovative applications SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 8, 2012-- Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced new managed services for Windows developers with the worldwide launch of Amazon Relational Database Services (Amazon RDS) for Microsoft SQL Server and ASP.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Businesses can ...

Amazon Studios to Develop Original Comedy and Children’s Series for Amazon Instant Video

Wednesday May 2nd 2012 11:32:08 AM

Writers, animators and filmmakers around the world are now invited to submit comedic and children’s series proposals SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 2, 2012-- (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that Amazon Studios is expanding its development efforts into comedy and children’s series. Amazon Studios is Amazon’s content development division that uses audience feedback to identify great, original entertainment customers will love. Starting today, series creators are invited to upload their proposals for comedy and children’s programming to Amazon Studios at http://studios.amazon.com/getting-started/series. Th...

AMAZON.COM ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER SALES UP 34% TO $13.18 BILLION; 16 OF THE TOP 100 BESTSELLING TITLES ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THE KINDLE STORE

Thursday April 26th 2012 04:30:30 PM

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 26, 2012-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Operating cash flow increased 1% to $3.05 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $3.03 billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2011. Free cash flow decreased 39% to $1.15 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.90 billion for the trailing twelve months ended March 31, 2011. Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 464 million on March 31, 2012, compared with 466 million a year ...

Metropolitan Museum Announces Live Streaming from Red Carpet of Costume Institute Benefit

Thursday April 26th 2012 09:03:53 AM

Red Carpet Arrivals at Costume Institute Benefit to be Live Streamed for First Time on May 7, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., on Vogue, Amazon.com/Fashion, and Met Websites NEW YORK, Apr 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --For the first time in its history, red carpet arrivals at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's renowned Costume Institute Benefit will be live streamed online Monday, May 7, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., on the Vogue, Amazon.com/Fashion, and Metropolitan Museum websites. Hosted by Vogue's William Norwich and Elettra Wiedemann, the broadcast will include interviews with the gala co-chairs including Carey Mulligan, Miuccia Prada, and A...