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Plus... * public cloud computing -- Amazon got it to work in a scalable and secure way. * S3 object storage * Dynamo -- A distributed, key-value store that e
by hodgesrm 6y ago
Plus...
* public cloud computing -- Amazon got it to work in a scalable and secure way.
* S3 object storage
* Dynamo -- A distributed, key-value store that ended up in products from S3 to Cassandra
* Redshift -- First cloud SQL data warehouse with ground-breaking ease of use
* RDS -- Cloud relational databases
* Amazon Aurora -- Relational DBMS that pushes the log and store into a virtualized, replicated storage layer
They've been particularly innovative in applications related to data.
- 93po 6y agoCrediting amazon for "public cloud computing" is pretty ridiculous. Managed VPS services were a thing when Amazon was still a book store. Yes, Amazon's services make things easier and in some instances cheaper. None of it was really inventive, though, and definitely not comparable to the list of Bell inventions.
- hodgesrm 6y agoThis can't be a serious argument. Even today there's no cloud provider with the breadth of services that Amazon offers. Amazon didn't just implement cloud technologies like block storage, networking models, and off-board hardware support for virtualization; they created an entirely new programming model on those services. I've heard the "it's not inventive" arguments like this from companies that tried to compete with Amazon. The one where I worked got creamed.