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General question: Who needs all this high-end, niche(?) services that AWS is cranking out like every week that are presumably even profitable in the long-term?
by marban 7y ago
General question: Who needs all this high-end, niche(?) services that AWS is cranking out like every week that are presumably even profitable in the long-term?
- nostrebored 7y agoWhen you consider the volume of customers using the cloud, even a small percentage of interest can represent huge revenues. Competing over small value adds can win over a customer from a competitor or make the case for hybrid cloud.
- marban 7y agoRight, but I wonder how many businesses are created based on an 'inspiration' from new AWS services vs. those who aren't already running similar things and don't value the created IP as a competitive advantage; thus just move over to AWS.
- wyldfire 7y agoIn general I agree, many of their offerings are not clear how they're useful. This one in particular is dead simple, though: ARM instances will be a better value for lots of AWS customers. While it will probably start out as niche, I expect it to catch on fast when people realize that their workloads are already portable and they can decrease their bill.