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AWS Head of Productivity Apps Departs

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Kevin McLaughlin
· · Source: The Information

Larry Augustin, an open-source software veteran who joined Amazon Web Services nearly two years ago as vice president of productivity applications, has departed, Insider reported . Augustin was a key part of the cloud giant’s efforts to generate more revenue from applications as opposed to cloud servers and databases. He oversaw the Amazon Connect contact center service, Alexa For Business...

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