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o9 Solutions Joins The Climate Pledge

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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o9 Solutions , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, announced today that it joined The Climate Pledge to further its commitment to enabling sustainable end-to-end global supply chains.

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  • o9 Solutions , a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, announced today that it joined The Climate Pledge to further its commitment to enabling sustainable end-to-end global supply chains.
  • More than 300 organizations and entities have signed The Climate Pledge, including PepsiCo, Best Buy, Unilever, Microsoft, HP, Procter & Gamble, Maersk, and many more.
  • o9, as well as other signatories to The Climate Pledge, agree to:
    Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions regularly.
  • Were honored to join The Climate Pledge and reinforce our commitment to sustainability and social impact, says Igor Rikalo, President and COO at o9 Solutions.

Rivian Inks Wind Energy Deal with Apex Clean Energy to Power Illinois Manufacturing

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Monday, December 5, 2022
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Rivian and Apex Clean Energy today announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the renewable energy companys proposed Goose Creek Wind farm in Piatt County, Illinois.

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  • Rivian and Apex Clean Energy today announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the renewable energy companys proposed Goose Creek Wind farm in Piatt County, Illinois.
  • The PPA will also contribute to the companys commitment to power its Rivian Adventure Network and Waypoints charging with 100% renewable energy.
  • Importantly, this is Rivians first major renewable energy purchase and a critical investment in Illinoissupporting homegrown jobs, economic development, tax revenues, and clean energy in the Prairie State.
  • Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy.

Yahoo Selects AWS as Its Preferred Public Cloud Provider for Its Ad Tech Business

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
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At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Yahoo has selected AWS as its preferred public cloud provider for its advertising technology business Yahoo Ad Tech.

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  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Yahoo has selected AWS as its preferred public cloud provider for its advertising technology business Yahoo Ad Tech.
  • In addition to giving brands a platform to reach audiences, the Yahoo Ad Tech platform offers media owners and publishers an ad-decisioning engine to help attract advertisers and manage their ad business.
  • Using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Yahoo Ad Tech will construct a centralized data lake to store hundreds of petabytes of data.
  • To expedite cloud adoption for Yahoo Ad Tech and develop new advertising solutions, Yahoo is providing employees with cloud skills training using the AWS Designated Virtual Trainer (DVT) program.

American Family Insurance and AWS Team Up to Drive Innovation in the Insurance Industry

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
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With AWS, were embarking on a mission to accelerate digital innovation in every part of our business, said Peter Settel, American Family Insurances chief strategy and technology officer.

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  • With AWS, were embarking on a mission to accelerate digital innovation in every part of our business, said Peter Settel, American Family Insurances chief strategy and technology officer.
  • The American Family Group of companies are customer-driven and powered by purposewe champion dreams and opportunities so everyone can rise.
  • American Family Insurances expanded partnership with AWS will accelerate the insurance companys cloud migration.
  • The American Family Insurance group also includes CONNECT, powered by American Family Insurance, The General, Homesite and Main Street America Insurance.

AWS and Slalom Expand Next-Generation Strategic Collaboration

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Slalom, LLC (Slalom), a global business and technology consulting company, announced a multiyear extension to the companies global Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA).

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  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Slalom, LLC (Slalom), a global business and technology consulting company, announced a multiyear extension to the companies global Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130006016/en/
    As part of the agreement, AWS and Slalom are expanding upon their 2019 announced collaboration to deliver AWS | Slalom Launch Centers (Launch Centers) that help enterprises accelerate their business transformations and modernize information technology services.
  • Over the last three years, more than 160 customers have migrated and modernized to AWS through their work with Launch Centers.
  • AWS is working with Slalom to develop solutions to help customers solve specific industry challenges.

Stability AI Selects AWS as Its Preferred Cloud Provider to Build Artificial Intelligence for the Future

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Stability AI, a community-driven, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) company, has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider to build and scale its AI models for image, language, audio, video, and 3D content generation.

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  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Stability AI, a community-driven, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) company, has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider to build and scale its AI models for image, language, audio, video, and 3D content generation.
  • Going forward, Stability AI plans to use AWS machine learning and AI services to build and train future models to achieve the best performance at the lowest cost.
  • At Stability AI, our mission is to build the foundation to activate humanity's potential through AI, said Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI.
  • Headquartered in London with developers distributed across the globe, Stability AI was founded to build the foundation to activate humanity's potential through artificial intelligence (AI).

AWS Announces Eight New Amazon SageMaker Capabilities

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced eight new capabilities for Amazon SageMaker, its end-to-end machine learning (ML) service.

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  • At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced eight new capabilities for Amazon SageMaker, its end-to-end machine learning (ML) service.
  • Todays announcement includes new Amazon SageMaker governance capabilities that provide visibility into model performance throughout the ML lifecycle.
  • Finally, new capabilities within Amazon SageMaker automate model validation and make it easier to work with geospatial data.
  • Amazon SageMaker offers new capabilities that help customers more easily scale governance across the ML model lifecycle.

AWS and Atos Strengthen Collaboration with New Strategic Partnership to Transform the Infrastructure Outsourcing Industry

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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The multiyear, industry-first agreement extends the strategic relationship between Atos and AWS, with Atos selecting AWS as its preferred enterprise cloud provider and AWS naming Atos as a strategic partner for IT outsourcing and data center transformation.

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  • The multiyear, industry-first agreement extends the strategic relationship between Atos and AWS, with Atos selecting AWS as its preferred enterprise cloud provider and AWS naming Atos as a strategic partner for IT outsourcing and data center transformation.
  • As part of the strategic partnership, Atos employees will also be trained on AWS, scaling up their skills and knowledge to continue supporting customers on their digital transformation journeys.
  • We are proud to strengthen our partnership with AWS in a first-of-its-kind collaboration, which is transformational in both its approach and its impact on our customers and the IT outsourcing industry.
  • In addition, this partnership represents another significant step in Atos transformation, said Nourdine Bihmane, Co-CEO in charge of the Tech Foundations Business line at Atos.

Amazon Announces Biggest Holiday Shopping Weekend Ever

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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(NASDAQ: AMZN)Amazon today announced that this Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was its biggest ever, with customers around the world purchasing hundreds of millions of products between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.

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  • (NASDAQ: AMZN)Amazon today announced that this Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend was its biggest ever, with customers around the world purchasing hundreds of millions of products between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.
  • This was a record-breaking holiday shopping weekend for Amazon.
  • Customers supported small businesses this holiday shopping weekend, generating more than $1 billion in sales for small businesses in the U.S.
  • Customers can also make returns with no packaging or a label at select locations, including Whole Foods, Kohls, Amazon Stores (Amazon Go, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Style), Amazon Counter and Locker+, and UPS Stores by showing the QR code provided.

Brookfield Asset Management Selects AWS to Enhance Its Renewable Energy Operations

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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In addition to its agreement with AWS, Brookfield Renewable, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management and one of the worlds largest publicly traded renewable power platforms, will provide 601.6 megawatts (MW) of clean wind and solar energy capacity to power Amazons operations in Europe, North America, and India.

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  • In addition to its agreement with AWS, Brookfield Renewable, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management and one of the worlds largest publicly traded renewable power platforms, will provide 601.6 megawatts (MW) of clean wind and solar energy capacity to power Amazons operations in Europe, North America, and India.
  • In return, Brookfield Renewable will provide renewable power to Amazon on three continents, which will help Amazon stay on path to power its operations with 100% renewable energy.
  • Together with Brookfield Asset Management, we are advancing the use of renewable energy around the globe, said Howard Gefen, general manager of Energy & Utilities at AWS.
  • Brookfield Renewable is the flagship listed renewable power company of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $750 billion of assets under management.