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"private clouds are definitely something a large number of huge companies want. Amazon has no good incentive for moving into that space [...]" Maybe not direct
by shykes 17y ago
"private clouds are definitely something a large number of huge companies want. Amazon has no good incentive for moving into that space [...]"
Maybe not directly. A year ago Amazon participated in a $12M series B financing for Elastra, a major private cloud player. As far as Amazon is concerned, more private clouds means more hybrid clouds, which means a bigger pond for the every-growing AWS fish.
- SwellJoe 17y agoNo argument here. We've found that the folks we're interacting with do want to be able to overflow into AWS, as needed, and with data that is not sensitive. I think Amazon is moving with astonishing efficiency in this space. If we ever find ourselves in competition with them, I'll probably sleep a little restlessly at night. They're certainly more sure-footed than almost anyone else in the space. They occasionally implement things in ways that are a little obtuse, but in general, they've executed extremely well, iterated rapidly (incredibly so for such a large company), and delivered good products before anyone else even realizes there's a need.