It’s long been known that the fastest data transfer rate can be physical media delivered by courier. Amazon has taken this to an extreme, by announcing Snowmobile, an 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck ...

The AWS Snowmobile, capable of moving 100 petabyes of data from a data center into Amazon’s cloud, debuted to applause at re:Invent 2016 in Las Vegas on Nov. 30, 2016. (GeekWire Photos / Dan Richman) ...

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy used a tractor trailer as a prop and highlighted why the company is so alarming to incumbents. AWS is obsessed with solving customer issues and will go to great ...

Less than eight years after introducing the Snowmobile at its Reinvent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon has taken the 18-wheeler out of service. Amazon Web Services designed the semi to help customers ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has stopped offering to transport data via an 18-wheeler truck by retiring its Snowmobile service. Andy Jassy, now Amazon CEO, revealed Snowmobile at the company’s 2016 ...

"AWS Snowball" is a hardware that stores 50 TB storage in a waterproof / shock-resistant case and can connect with 10 Gb Ethernet. Amazon Web Services event "AWS re: Invent 2016", Capacity increased ...

Moving large amounts of data to the cloud as part of a migration effort is challenging, but AWS has a solution. AWS has launched Snowmobile – a secure data truck which stores up to 100PB of data and ...

At Amazon's annual cloud conference in 2016, the company captured the crowd's attention by driving an 18-wheeler onstage. Andy Jassy, now Amazon's CEO, called it the Snowmobile, and said the company ...