by ezcloud | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon, Amazon Web Services
(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon Web Services is arguably Amazon’s second-greatest creation, after the construction of a retail empire that has done so much to influence the way just about everything is bought and sold. But if the parent is holding back the...
by ezcloud | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon, Amazon Web Services
Wired on AWS: In the first half of 2015, revenue from AWS jumped 65 percent and accounted for 7 percent of Amazon’s overall revenue—and 37 percent of its profits. Though they share some infrastructure, AWS and Amazon’s e-commerce and hardware businesses are very...
by ezcloud | Mar 20, 2018 | Amazon, Amazon Web Services
There are lots of stories about the formation of AWS, but this much we know: 10 years ago, Amazon Web Services, the cloud Infrastructure as a Service arm of Amazon.com, was launched with little fanfare as a side business for Amazon.com. Today, it’s a highly successful...
by ezcloud | Sep 11, 2017 | Amazon Web Services, General
Article by Bill Murphy Jr. CREDIT: Getty Images Amazon just announced how it’s changing Whole Foods–and at the same time provided our latest answer to the question: Just how powerful is Amazon, anyway? Because we already knew it’s powerful enough to...
by ezcloud | Sep 11, 2017 | Amazon Web Services, General
New AWS software could help companies move on-premises applications to the public cloud. The initial product stemming from the AWS-VMware partnership could be delayed. Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services and Infrastructure. Amazon Web Services is thinking about...
by ezcloud | Sep 11, 2017 | Amazon Web Services, General
The cloud computing market is dominated by some familiar names. Amazon’s cloud service is its most profitable unit. Microsoft has pegged its future to its cloud computing businesses, leading to a very enthusiastic response from Wall Street. Google, too,...
