>EC2 lets you roll a globally distributed solution with good tooling for low cost This is the Crux. There are other options available, but going cloud makes it

>EC2 lets you roll a globally distributed solution with good tooling for low cost This is the Crux. There are other options available, but going cloud makes it very easy to roll out something big without the necessity to have experts in all the lower level parts of your infrastructure. It lets you focus and the price for that is absolutely reasonable