3 ms·
I think there are two really interesting things about this: • This is the first time Amazon has pulled together the two major branches of their business, retai
by wheels 16y ago
I think there are two really interesting things about this:
• This is the first time Amazon has pulled together the two major branches of their business, retail and cloud infrastructure, into something (dare I say it?) synergetic.
• Amazon is taking the first steps into the non-retail consumer web, where, if successful, they'll probably give a good scare to a handful of startups as they sweep across segments (and without the Google / Facebook-like startup shopping).
- jrockway 16y agoNot necessarily true, really. When you save your current location on a Kindle, that's handled by an app running on EC2. That's just an example: I am sure pretty much all of Amazon's products use the AWS infrastructure.
- edanm 16y agoThat's what AWS was developed for originally - running Amazon's products.
- OstiaAntica 16y agoActually, that is sort of a myth. AWS was built independently of the core Amazon.com platform and specifically for the cloud marketplace.
- edanm 16y agoInteresting. I'm pretty sure I heard that in a talk on AWS given by an Amazon product manager, but I could be wrong (or he could be wrong).
- originalgeek 16y agoSeems like that synergy is SOP for them. How many sales do they make every day?