Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a compact computer that workers can use to access cloud-based virtual desktops. A virtual desktop is a workstation hosted in a ...

Amazon's new thin client looks just like a Fire TV Cube... and that's by design. At its AWS re:Ignite conference, the company this morning announced the launch of new $195 devices that allow ...

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WorkSpaces provides cloud-hosted Windows 7 desktops in four virtual machine configurations, but current VDI solutions may still have an edge in terms of flexibility Amazon Web Services is determined ...

The new Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a “reinvented” Amazon Fire TV Cube, will sell for $195, designed for enterprise customers to offer to their employees. (Amazon Photo) At a company famous for ...

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Tom Fenton begins a series of how-to articles about the Desktop-as-a-Service solution, Amazon WorkSpaces, which usually requires Active Directory (AD) services delivered to WorkSpaces desktops. Here, ...

The Amazon WorkSpaces Administration Guide states that you can use CloudWatch Metrics, CloudWatch Events and CloudTrail logs to monitor WorkSpaces. [Click on image for larger view.] CloudWatch Metrics ...