Amazon's Golden Cloud

Forbes.com (Jun 29 2009) Cloud Computing

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  1. Amazon's Golden Cloud SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- When executives at Amazon took a hard look at the company's business a few years ago, they realized that one of the company's core competencies had become managing data and the flow of information. Not only was Amazon good at managing data--it was significantly better than many other companies. That smelled like a new revenue opportunity. As a result, three years ago, the company best known for selling books rolled out its first cloud computing services. Forbes caught up with Andrew R. Jassy, senior vice president of Web services at Amazon, to find ... (Read Full Article)

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